DigiRescueMe

The project of acronyme „DigiRescueMe” (Standardization and Digitalization of Rescue Education in Mining) is the international education project being realized within the Erasmus+ program, action KA220-VET – Cooperation partnerships in vocational education and training.
The project is realized in international cooperation. The leader is Kutahya Dumlupinar University from Turkey and the partners are AGH University of Science and Technology, Universidade do Porto (Portugal), Universita Degli Studi di Salerno (Italy), as well Turkish school Nurettin Çarmıklı Madencilik Mesleki ve Teknik Anadolu Lisesi from Balikesir region. Furthermore, the Technical School in Rybnik is cooperating and supporting the project.

From AGH side the project coordinator is Assoc. Prof. Tomasz Niedoba and the rest of the team are Assoc. Prof. Agnieszka Surowiak, Assoc. Prof. Zbigniew Burtan, Dr Dagmara Nowak-Senderowska, Dr Natalia Schmidt-Polończyk, Dr Zbigniew Kuczera, MSc. Michał Dworzak -all from Faculty of Civil Engineering and Resources Management and MSc. Janusz Grząśko from Career Center AGH. Additionally a Doctoral Student Daria Polek is helping with dissemination of the project in digital media.

The general goal of the project is to produce two main specific outcomes for the vocational education sector. We would like to develop standardised and digitally enriched rescue education for target groups by using not only engineering but also psychological and pedagogical aspects. To create a safe environment, DigiREscueMe Project focuses on improving readiness, resilience and capacity of learners in vocational education. In addition to these, some additional achievementsof the project are:

– to improve the mental wellbeing and preparedness level of learners for rescue,

– to create a mine-cave (simulator) for learners for improving their practice capacity and digital competences.

We will also produce tangible and intangible results which will be led by partners according to their expertise.

Safety is a key need

Statistics show that occupational diseases and accidents kill 2 million people each year. This number is higher than the death rate related to drugs and war. Mining has the highest reported number of accidents and deaths per worker. According to European Statistics on Accidents at Work (ESAW) and Social Security Institution (SGK), the highest incidence of fatal accidents at work has been observed in mining. In the mining sector, nearly more than 150 miners die and 20 thousand workers have accidents annually in EU countries. Even though all countries have their safety laws, they cannot stop accidents. Therefore; improving the preparedness level of miners by sufficient rescue education is of great importance in prevention of high fatality rate in accidents. Even though many rescue centres have been established in the EU, none of them has standardized curriculum equipped with contemporary tools such as virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) simulations to animate the mining environment. It is very well known that these kinds of tools for some sectors are necessary as they need to make practice by using a simulator, such as aviation, nuclear and mining. With the help of implementing smart technologies for proper training, these tools will improve capacity building, modernization of the mining sector includes VET schools and provide well-prepared rescue teams.

VR / AR in mining

The achievements expected with DigiRescueMe Project are given as below from local to international level: At local level, the Rescue CAVE (Vr/Ar Simulator) will be constructed in Kutahya, Krakow Porto and Balıkesir. The products will be actively used in real rescue operations and support the sufficient rescue operations. Every year more than hundreds of learners from VET schools may be educated on-site. By integration of digital technologies, the VET Schools will be preferred by students for recruiting. The Cave Simulators will make the cities a kind of centre for excellence in terms of rescue. At regional level, the partner organizations will include the stakeholders in their region to the project activities. This kind of cooperation within the region will make a positive contribution to the sustainability of the Project in terms of raising awareness about the inevitable place of rescue as a part of OHS. This kind of regional development will contribute to national targets of regional rankings within the EU, in terms of OHS requirements. In addition to these, regional standardization in rescue issues in mining will be ensured under such an EU Project. At national level, all mining companies and sectors that are engaged with rescue issues will be informed and the products of the project will be shared with them.

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