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skillNest connects learners, educators and FabLabs through practical workshops, RE/UP programmes and shared experience across Europe.
How do you want to use skillNest?
For learners, students, employees and makers
I want to learn and create
Find hands-on workshops, develop practical digital manufacturing skills and connect with labs and experts.
- Discover workshops and RE/UP programmes
- Find a FabLab near you
- Learn skills you can use in real projects
For FabLabs, educators and training teams
I teach or work in a lab
Explore how other organisations design practical training, discover programme formats and connect with experts across the network.
- Explore RE/UP programme approaches
- Discover labs and their expertise
- Find educators and industrial experts
- Share your own experience
Representing a company or institution?
Identify a skills gap, propose an industry challenge or collaborate on a training programme.
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Current opportunities across the skillNest network.
Algorithmic Modeling and Its Application in Wall Object Design
strojLAB/ Czechia
Lecturer: Petr Křivohlavý
The course teaches algorithmic modeling in Grasshopper, from basics to advanced techniques, including useful add-ons. It connects modeling with additive manufacturing, emphasizing "additive rules" for design. Students will create wall panels from a shared base module, forming a larger composition. Final designs will be fabricated using FDM in the additiveLAB at strojLAB.
Target: University students
PLC and Arduino microcontrollers programming for electrical drives machinery
strojLAB/ Czechia
Lecturer: Petr Krejčiřík
This workshop introduces the fundamentals of motor control and drive systems. Students will learn the basics of stepper motor phases, manual pulse generation and frequency control, followed by hands-on training with external drivers, NC breakout boards, and Arduino firmware execution. The workshop concludes with an industrial demonstration of AC servo control and NC Motion in TwinCAT.
Target: University students
FabLab Competition for High School students
FabLab BRNO/ Czechia
Lecturer: Martina Michlovská
The "FabLab High School Competition" is a creative competition for students, organized by FabLab Brno. Participants design and build innovative projects using digital fabrication tools like 3D printers, laser cutters, or CNC machines. The competition promotes hands-on learning, technical skills, and teamwork. Winners receive valuable prizes and the chance to showcase their projects to the public.
Target: High school students
How skillNest connects the ecosystem
From an identified skills gap to a practical outcome — every workshop on skillNest traces back to a real need.
Need
Companies and labour-market stakeholders identify a concrete skills gap.
Programme
Partners design a RE/UP programme package to address it.
Workshop
The programme is delivered as hands-on workshops in a FabLab.
Practical skills
Participants leave with skills they can apply immediately.
About DiSTT
skillNest is built as part of DiSTT, an Interreg Central Europe project developing shared digital upskilling and reskilling programmes across five countries. Six partner FabLabs designed and piloted the RE/UP programmes you can explore here.
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