GTDEE INSIGHT

Visit to the BMW Service Apprentice Programme organised in co-operation with GTDEE

In June 2022, the GTDEE team visited the apprenticeship programme of BMW Service Apprentice Programme, Batch 2021. They are currently undergoing practical training at BMW dealers. The GTDEE team and teachers from Don Bosco Technological College and Bang Kaeo Fah Industrial Community Education College joined the visit to a total of 12 dealers.

TÜV SÜD Thailand opening ceremony

On 19 July 2022, the GTDEE team joined the opening ceremony of the battery and automotive component testing centre of TÜV SÜD Thailand, located at Amata City Industrial Estate, Chonburi. TÜV SÜD Thailand is investing in a new testing facility in Thailand with the objective of working more closely with industry and key stakeholders to make Thailand and ASEAN a production centre for electric vehicles.

Monitoring project-based learning at Eastern Technological College

On 31 August 2022, the GTDEE team visited a project-based learning for mechatronics students at Eastern Technological College (E.Tech). The meeting shared knowledge of planning for designing and developing pick and place devices with conveyer belts. The students are learning to plan handling control systems.

Workshop on Quality Control Concept

On 31 August 2022, the GTDEE team organised a Workshop on the Quality Control Concept for the Robert Bosch Automotive Technologies Thailand Apprenticeship Programme (Hemaraj Plant), Batch 2022, at the Mechatronics Department, Thai-Austrian Technical College. The students joined in the workshop on using the Mechatronics textbook, sharing knowledge and discussing the quality control concept and continuous improvement.

Online meeting with the TÜV SÜD on training programmes

On 3 August 2022, the GTDEE team organised an online meeting with TÜV SÜD to seek additional training opportunities for trainees and trainers in companies and for teachers in vocational colleges. TÜV SÜD provided excellent insight into training offers from its digital academy and know-how development as well as high-voltage training and best practices. TÜV SÜD specializes in corporate training programmes, competency gap analysis programmes, and International Register of Certified Auditors (IRCA).

PAL Final Examination Part 1 preparation

on 23 August 2022 Senior Manager GTDEE Dr. Kamonsak Suradom and Mr. Sorathorn Sainak Head of DVET, Don Bosco Technological College was meeting with Trainers and Apprentice at Pathumthani Brewery Co., Ltd. This meeting focused on Examination preparation, tools and equipment for Apprentices. The PAL Final Examination Part 1 will be held in Nov 2022.

Seminar on “Securing high-quality skilled labour for electromobility”

On 26 August 2022, a King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok (KMUTNB) seminar on “Securing high-quality skilled labour for electromobility” was organised by GTDEE/GTCC, the Thai-German Pre-Engineering School, KMUTNB, and the KMUTNB Alumni at the Benjarat Auditorium to commemorate the 160th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Thailand and Germany. The panelists included: Asst. Prof. Dr. Warit Thammasiriroj, College of Technology, KMUTNB; Mr. Hadi Sanjaya, Program Manager – Transportation Product Service Division, TÜV SÜD (Thailand) Limited; Mr. Parkin Saengvijit, Managing Director of MadLab Motorwerk Ltd.; Mr. Pakpum Phlykaew, Apprenticeship, BMW Service Apprentice Programme, Batch 2021; Mr. Markus Hoffmann, GTDEE Project Director, who was the moderator; and Dr. Kamonsak Suradom, GTDEE Senior Manager. The participants from Thailand, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic and Germany joined the seminar onsite and online.

Seminar on “The fundamentals of safety concepts for EV technology”

On 27 August 2022, a seminar was co-hosted by GTCC and King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok (KMUTNB) Alumni on the fundamentals of safety concepts for electric vehicle (EV) technology by panelists who included: Mr. Kijjapisit Sangtup, system technician at Benz Primus Autohaus, who graduated from the Mercedes-Benz Apprenticeship Programme, Batch 2019; Asst. Prof. Dr. Warit Thammasiriroj from KMUTNB; Khun Prawed Moonthongsong, General Manager of VCB Car Service; Asst. Prof. Direk Choowichie, Examiner Board of GTDEE in Automotive Mechatronics, and moderator Dr. Krishda Srichanpiyom Faculty of Technical Education, KMUTNB.

“AdA International –Train the Trainer 2022”

On 22 and 29 August 2022, the "AdA International – Train the Trainer 2022 (Full Version) Examination" was successfully conducted for 17 technical teachers of the Thai-German Pre-Engineering School at KMUTNB. Dr. Sathipharp Khamsa-Ard, Chief People Officer of Ananda Development Public Company Limited and GTCC representative as well as Asst. Prof. Dr. Panarit Sethakul, President of the Faculty of Technical Education Association were invited to participate as a committee for the examination. The examination was organised by GTDEE Project Director Mr. Markus Hoffmann and Senior Project Manager Dr. Kamonsak Suradom.

Don Bosco Tech ASEAN delegation visit to Pathum Thani Brewery Co., Ltd.

On 2 September 2022, a delegation visited Pathum Thani Brewery Co., Ltd. to learn more about the dual vocational training based on the German standard within the co-operation framework between Pathum Thani Brewery Co., Ltd, Knowledge Management Boonrawd Group, Don Bosco Technological College Bangkok and GTCC/GTDEE. The Pathum Thani Brewery management team and trainers shared their knowledge and demonstrated how to implement practical training with regard to the German standard and how to prepare for the PAL Final Examination, part 1 and part 2, in Germanstandard electronics.

The delegates also explored the production line, guided by Pathum Thani Brewery’s Engineering Department manager and in-company trainers, where the apprentices are presented with different methods of practical training in problem-based learning.

GTDEE organises training for apprentices at RBTA and RBTY

On 6 September 2022, GTDEE Project Director, Mr. Markus Hoffmann, and GTDEE Senior Manager, Dr. Kamonsak Suradom organised training on “Quality control concept in the German standard” for apprentices of Robert Bosch Automotive Technologies (Thailand) Co. Ltd. (RBTA) and Robert Bosch Automotive Technology (Thailand) Co., Ltd. (RBTY) at the Amata City Plant.

Vocational Education Committee meeting held at the Mercedes-Benz Competence Center

On 7 September 2022, a Vocational Education Committee meeting was organised by GTCC/GTDEE. The meeting focused on activities between January and September 2022 in co-operation with GTDEE regarding the development of dual vocational education in Thailand. Experiences from Don Bosco Technological College, Eastern Technological College on Project-Based Learning in Mechatronics Development and In-Company Trainers from Pathum Thani Brewery Electronics Apprentices Training Method were exchanged. The participants also visited the training facility for the Mercedes-Benz Apprenticeship Programme 2021.

The meeting was held at the Mercedes-Benz Competence Center and attended by representatives from partner companies Mercedes-Benz (Thailand), BMW Group Thailand, Robert Bosch Automotive Technologies (Thailand) Amata City Plant, KM Boonrawd Brewery Group, Pathum Thani Brewery Co., Ltd., Bangkok Cable Co., Ltd., and partner colleges that have co-operated in Mechatronics Project-Based Learning such as Don Bosco Technological College, Bangkok, and Eastern Technological College.