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skillNest connects learners, educators and FabLabs through practical workshops, RE/UP programmes and shared experience across Europe.
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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.
Week-long project challenge for one class of students. Students separate into teams or work together. On the first day, they get a task reflecting a real-life problem (possibly straight from a specific company). They learn to operate FabLab machines to finish the project. They have mentors to consult during the week and then present their finished solution on the last day..
Target: High school students
An introduction to large-scale robotic 3D printing of metal parts
strojLAB/ Czechia
Lecturer: Jakub Slavíček
This introductory workshop provides a practical insight into large-scale robotic metal 3D printing technologies with a focus on Directed Energy Deposition (DED). Participants will explore the principles of robotic additive manufacturing, compare major DED technologies, and discover how WAAM (Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing) enables the efficient production of large-scale metal components. The workshop combines theoretical background with real-world demonstrations from the laboratories of Brno University of Technology, including examples of steel and magnesium alloy printing.
Target: University students
Start with design thinking to deal and prepare for future challanges. This is separate module 1 of 5 from Designing the Future Academy.
Target: Unprivileged
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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