@article{cardoso_updating_2020,
	title = {Updating the {Clothing} {Technician} {Profile} through synergies betweenindustry and vocational and educational training},
	volume = {71},
	issn = {12225347},
	url = {http://revistaindustriatextila.ro/images/2020/6/013%20ALEXANDRA%20CARDOSO_Industria%20Textila%206_2020.pdf},
	doi = {10.35530/IT.071.06.1838},
	abstract = {The importance of the textile and clothing sector in the European manufacturing industry, particularly in terms of theeconomy and employability, is very representative and crucial. To act upon urgent need felt by the textile and clothingindustry and qualification gap, the CosTUmE project, in alignment with the Skills Agenda for Europe, created andupdated the Clothing Technician profile and skills, facilitating the mobility of qualified people in the EU. This paper presents several aspects concerning the field and desk research developed in order to map the qualificationsneeds and the Work Based Learning Practices (WBL) in the textile and clothing sector. Also, this work presents the toolsdeveloped in order to enable people to make better career choices in UE and help them to find higher quality jobs andimprove their life chances: Clothing Technician profile and qualification, ECVET Matrix, Tutorial guide for EU mobilityand Training package.},
	number = {06},
	urldate = {2020-12-31},
	journal = {Industria Textila},
	author = {Cardoso, Alexandra and Guimarães, Pedro Nero and Dinis, Ana Paula and Koukovinis, Alexandros and Domenech-Pastor, Jorge and Segado, Almudena and Dascalu, Mihaela and Olaru, Sabina},
	month = dec,
	year = {2020},
	pages = {587--595},
}