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📐 Architectural draughtsperson / BIM
Scale and dimensioning
- Scale drawings ↗
Exercises on scale factors, comparing scales and how scale affects area.
- Reading construction drawings (part 1) ↗
Course on line types, hatching and legend, scale, levels, floor plans, sections and elevations of a real project.
- ME2 maths: scale plans and units ↗
Read and draw plans to scale and convert lengths between mm, cm and m.
Reading drawings
- Reading construction drawings (part 1) ↗
Course on line types, hatching and legend, scale, levels, floor plans, sections and elevations of a real project.
BIM basics
- Understanding family types in Revit ↗
Short tutorial on families and types, so that editing one type updates all its instances.
- Create a clash test (Navisworks) ↗
Shows how to use Clash Detective to find conflicts between architectural, structural and MEP models.
- Key BIM concepts ↗
Explains open BIM and the open formats IFC, BCF and COBie for exchanging models between software.
- BIM in a project. Part 6: BIM protocol ↗
Webinar on what a project BIM protocol contains: who models what and at which level of detail.
🧮 Construction estimator
Reading the bill of quantities
- Common abbreviations in specifications and bills of quantities ↗
Explains VH (provisional), FH (fixed), lump sum, PM and provisional sums, and how each item is settled.
- Public procurement guide (Flanders) – 6. Drafting the specifications ↗
Shows how the bill of quantities of a public contract is built, including fixed versus provisional quantities.
- CCTB 01.07 – A3.62.4 Correcting contract documents: errors and omissions ↗
What a bidder must do with errors or omissions in the bill of quantities: report them in time and correct them before submitting.
Quantity take-off
- Volume and surface area ↗
Practise area and volume calculations (prisms, nets) needed for taking off floors, excavations and concrete.
- Electricity/Heating maths (ME2): units, area and volume ↗
Vocational maths: unit conversions, scales, areas and volumes of solids.
Pricing
- Renovating – VAT rate ↗
Official conditions for the 6% VAT rate on renovating a home at least 10 years old and what the invoice must state.
- Building – VAT rate for new construction ↗
Confirms that new construction is normally subject to 21% VAT and which exceptions exist.
- Pocket guide: cost price calculation ↗
Step by step from direct costs through overheads to profit margin and unit price.
🦺 Construction site manager
Planning and execution
- Planning templates for contractors (MS Project) ↗
Free templates with task dependencies and automatically calculated deadlines for orders and approvals.
- Pouring concrete in winter: how to do it ↗
Practical measures to protect fresh concrete from frost: insulating, covering, planning and monitoring temperature.
Site safety
- Temporary or mobile construction sites ↗
Role of the safety coordinator, the health and safety plan and the post-intervention file.
- Temporary work at height ↗
Official rules for work at height and scaffolding, giving collective protection priority over personal protection.
- Falls of people and objects from height ↗
Why the guardrail is the key collective protection and when catching devices are needed.
Follow-up and communication
- Public procurement guide (Flanders) – 13. Execution phase ↗
Site diary, official reports and provisional acceptance with remarks or reservations.
- Inform, warn or refuse: the contractor's three duties on site ↗
How to respond in writing when previous work by another contractor is defective.
- Checklist: when is interior plaster ready for painting? ↗
Check flatness, appearance and finish level of plaster before the painter starts.
📊 Accounting assistant / file manager
VAT
- VAT rates (page in Dutch) ↗
Official overview of Belgian VAT rates (21%, 12%, 6%, 0%) and the matching boxes in the return.
- VAT rates (page in French) ↗
Official French-language page on Belgian VAT rates and how they apply.
- Periodic VAT return (page in Dutch) ↗
Monthly or quarterly return: how VAT due minus deductible VAT gives the balance to pay or reclaim.
- VAT from A to Z (in Dutch) ↗
Online course on VAT returns for domestic and foreign transactions, always linked to bookkeeping (basic accounting knowledge required).
Invoices and checks
- Correct invoicing (in Dutch) ↗
Checklist of mandatory details on a Belgian invoice and how to correct an error with a credit note.
- Bookkeeping and invoicing (page in Dutch) ↗
When an invoice is required and which books (incoming and outgoing invoices, receipts) you keep for VAT.
- Bookkeeping and invoicing (page in French) ↗
Official French-language explanation of invoicing obligations, retention period and VAT books.
Bookkeeping entries
- Bookkeeping and invoicing (page in Dutch) ↗
When an invoice is required and which books (incoming and outgoing invoices, receipts) you keep for VAT.
- Bookkeeping and invoicing (page in French) ↗
Official French-language explanation of invoicing obligations, retention period and VAT books.
- Introduction to bookkeeping (in Dutch) ↗
Online introductory course: balance sheet, income statement and manually booking daily, monthly and yearly transactions.
- Belgian minimum chart of accounts (in Dutch) ↗
The official Belgian chart of accounts to find the right account (e.g. 400 customers, 411 VAT recoverable, 451 VAT payable, 604 goods for resale, 700 sales).
- Belgian minimum chart of accounts (in French) ↗
French-language version of the official Belgian chart of accounts.
- General accounting (self-study, in French) ↗
French online self-study with lessons and corrected exercises: balance sheet, entries, purchases and sales with VAT, depreciation (about €27 a year, free at the reduced rate).
Calculations and Excel
- Relative, absolute and mixed references (page in Dutch) ↗
Why you write $E$1 to lock a VAT rate when copying a formula down (F4 shortcut).
- Relative and absolute references (page in French) ↗
French explanation of fixed ($) and relative cell references in Excel formulas.
- Calculate percentages (page in Dutch) ↗
Increase or decrease an amount by a percentage, such as adding VAT or deducting a discount.
- SLN – straight-line depreciation (page in Dutch) ↗
How to calculate annual straight-line depreciation: cost minus salvage value, divided by useful life.
⚙️ CNC operator / machining setter
Drawings and tolerances
- Reading mechanical drawings ↗
Read dimensional tolerances, the ISO fit system and roughness symbols on a drawing (course in Dutch).
- Mechanical drawings (distance learning) ↗
Interpret projections, dimensions, clearances and tolerances (in French, for jobseekers).
- Graphical representation of surface roughness (ISO 1302) ↗
What the roughness symbol with an Ra value on a drawing actually requires (in French).
Measuring
- Micrometers: how to read the scale ↗
Step-by-step reading of a 0.01 mm micrometer: sleeve, half-millimetre line and thimble.
- Mechanics – Measuring techniques ↗
For each instrument (calliper, micrometer, …): handling, reading and accuracy, with videos (course in Dutch).
Cutting data and programming
- Mill G-codes (operator's manual) ↗
Reference for G-codes such as G00 and G01, including the advice to test a new program in graphics mode first.
- General turning formulas and definitions ↗
Calculate cutting speed, spindle speed and feed in turning (page in Dutch).
- Milling formulas and definitions ↗
Calculate table feed from feed per tooth, number of teeth and spindle speed (page in French).
Safety
- Mill G-codes (operator's manual) ↗
Reference for G-codes such as G00 and G01, including the advice to test a new program in graphics mode first.
- Machines and installations: collective protection ↗
Why guards, door interlocks and emergency stops must never be bypassed (page in Dutch).
- Machines and installations (French version) ↗
The same explanation of machine safeguards, in French.
- The lathe (leaflet) ↗
The main hazards of lathe work, such as chips and entanglement, and the precautions to take (in French).
⚡ Industrial electromechanic
Electrical safety
- Electrical installations and AREI (well-being at work) ↗
Official explanation (in Dutch) of BA4/BA5 qualifications, safe work procedures and inspections of electrical installations at work.
- Electrical installations and AREI (French version) ↗
The same official explanation in French: BA4/BA5 authorisation, procedures and inspections.
- Lockout and release procedures (brochure ED 6109) ↗
Step-by-step lockout: isolate, lock with a personal padlock and verify absence of voltage, including with several technicians (in French).
Electrical engineering and diagrams
- Basic electricity – Part 2: the electric circuit ↗
Voltage, current, resistance and Ohm's law with calculation exercises (course in Dutch).
- Basic electricity – Part 8: three-phase current ↗
Three-phase networks and electric motors: star/delta connection, motor wiring and direction of rotation (course in Dutch).
- Electrical diagrams (distance learning) ↗
Learn symbols and read control and power diagrams, such as a self-holding contact (in French, for jobseekers).
- Industrial electricity (distance learning) ↗
Measuring instruments, protection, contactors and relays, electric motors and repairing electrical faults (in French, for jobseekers).
Pneumatics and mechanics
- Control air flow of cylinders ↗
Why cylinder speed is best controlled by throttling the exhaust air (meter-out).
- Bearing mounting ↗
How to press-fit or shrink-fit bearings correctly, applying force to the ring with the interference fit.
- Basic pneumatics ↗
Compressed air, valves, cylinders and speed control, plus sensors and electro-pneumatics (course in Dutch).
- Pneumatics (distance learning) ↗
Gas laws, pneumatic components and the effect of flow, pressure and force on a circuit (in French, for jobseekers).
Fault finding
- Detection method and function of inductive sensors ↗
Why an inductive proximity sensor only detects metal and which sensor type suits other materials.
- Basic electricity – Part 8: three-phase current ↗
Three-phase networks and electric motors: star/delta connection, motor wiring and direction of rotation (course in Dutch).
- Basic pneumatics ↗
Compressed air, valves, cylinders and speed control, plus sensors and electro-pneumatics (course in Dutch).
- Industrial electricity (distance learning) ↗
Measuring instruments, protection, contactors and relays, electric motors and repairing electrical faults (in French, for jobseekers).
🔥 Welder
Welding processes
- What is the difference between heat input and arc energy? ↗
The arc energy formula (V × I / travel speed) and how process efficiency gives heat input.
- Welding@: MIG/MAG welding ↗
When to use MIG/MAG, arc transfer types and working with shielding gases (course in Dutch).
- Welding@: TIG welding ↗
TIG electrode, equipment, filler wire and gases, including for aluminium (course in Dutch).
- Arc welding (distance learning) ↗
Set up welding equipment for stick and MAG welding according to material and thickness, safely (in French, for jobseekers).
- Welding@: Fillet welds ↗
Making fillet welds: parameters, tacking, positions and bead build-up (course in Dutch).
Recognising weld defects
- Porosity in welding ↗
Causes of porosity, such as draughts blowing away the shielding gas, and how to prevent it.
- Geometric shape imperfections, including undercut ↗
Undercut, overlap and other shape imperfections: what they look like and which parameters cause them.
- Lack of sidewall and inter-run fusion ↗
Causes of lack of fusion: narrow joint preparation, wrong parameters, poor technique and dirty surfaces.
- Welding@: Quality ↗
Recognise weld imperfections versus defects, plus destructive and non-destructive testing (course in Dutch).
Weld symbols and joint preparation
- Reading mechanical drawings ↗
Read weld symbols and dimensions on a mechanical drawing (course in Dutch).
- Welding@: Fillet welds ↗
Making fillet welds: parameters, tacking, positions and bead build-up (course in Dutch).
Safety
- Arc welding (distance learning) ↗
Set up welding equipment for stick and MAG welding according to material and thickness, safely (in French, for jobseekers).
- Welding@: Safety ↗
Preventing welding fumes, radiation, electric shock and fire, and choosing the right protective equipment (course in Dutch).
- Welding fumes: key points ↗
Why welding fumes are carcinogenic and how on-torch extraction and ventilation protect you (in French).
- Metal welding: hazards and prevention ↗
Overview of welding hazards: fire from sparks, electrocution, noise and radiation, with prevention measures (in French).
📦 Warehouse operative / order picker
Stock control
- Logistics: the warehouse ↗
Inbound, internal and outbound goods flows, stock and warehouse software (course in Dutch).
- Logistics – stock management ↗
Types of stock, reorder level, maximum stock and stock costs (course in Dutch).
- Basic module warehouse operative ↗
Warehouse zones and tasks, the documents and equipment you use, and working safely (course in Dutch).
Order picking
- Logistics: the warehouse ↗
Inbound, internal and outbound goods flows, stock and warehouse software (course in Dutch).
- Basic module warehouse operative ↗
Warehouse zones and tasks, the documents and equipment you use, and working safely (course in Dutch).
Safety
- Basic module warehouse operative ↗
Warehouse zones and tasks, the documents and equipment you use, and working safely (course in Dutch).
- Logistics: internal transport equipment ↗
Forklift theory: stability, driving with a load and safety tips, with a practice test (course in Dutch).
- Forklift operator: hazards and prevention ↗
The main forklift hazards, such as tip-over, driving with a raised load and dock loading (in French).
- Labelling and hazard symbols (sheet 10, Dutch version) ↗
Reading the CLP label and hazard pictograms and what they mean for storage at work (in Dutch).
- Hazard symbols (French version) ↗
What each hazard symbol means, such as oxidising (flame over circle) and flammable (in French).
Loading, unloading and stacking
- Cargo securing for road transport – European best practice guidelines ↗
How to load a truck correctly: weight distribution, heavy at the bottom and blocking the load.
- Logistics: internal transport equipment ↗
Forklift theory: stability, driving with a load and safety tips, with a practice test (course in Dutch).
- Forklift operator: hazards and prevention ↗
The main forklift hazards, such as tip-over, driving with a raised load and dock loading (in French).
- Loading docks for safe loading and unloading (brochure ED 6059) ↗
Loading dock hazards and checks before driving into a trailer: vehicle restraint, dock leveller, lighting (in French).
🚚 Truck driver
Driving and rest times
- Driving times (Dutch version) ↗
The official rules: 4.5 h driving, 45 min break (or 15 + 30), 9/10 h per day, 56 h per week and 90 h per fortnight (in Dutch).
- Driving times (French version) ↗
The same official rules on driving times and breaks, in French.
- Logistics: driving and rest times ↗
The EU rules with definitions, symbols and how drivers record their times (course in Dutch).
- Tachograph cards (Dutch version) ↗
What the personal driver card is for and which data it stores (in Dutch).
Load and documents
- Cargo securing for road transport – European best practice guidelines ↗
Blocking, lashing, anti-slip mats and weight distribution: how to secure a load safely.
- Logistics: road transport ↗
Truck types, weights in road transport and the consignment note (course in Dutch).
- CMR consignment note (Dutch version) ↗
How a CMR consignment note is made out, who gets which copy and how long to keep it (in Dutch).
Safe driving
- Briefing: blind spot crashes (Dutch version) ↗
How blind-spot crashes happen when turning right and what drivers can do to avoid them (in Dutch).
- Briefing: blind spots (French version) ↗
The same briefing on blind-spot crashes, in French.
🩺 Healthcare assistant
Hygiene
- World Hand Hygiene Day – 5 Moments ↗
The WHO posters 'Your 5 Moments for Hand Hygiene', 'How to Handrub' and 'How to Handwash' show when and how to clean your hands.
- Hand hygiene ↗
When to rub or wash your hands, the correct technique and the basic conditions (short nails, no jewellery, correct glove use).
- Hand hygiene (FPS Public Health) ↗
Belgian hand hygiene campaign with posters, videos and e-learning on correct glove use for care workers.
Safety and ergonomics
- Fall prevention guideline for nursing homes (in Dutch) ↗
Flemish guideline (with short work sheet) on assessing residents' fall risk and choosing preventive measures.
- Practice guideline: moving people (in Dutch) ↗
How to carry out safe, back-friendly transfers and which aid (hoist, stand-up lift, slide sheet) to choose based on the person's mobility.
- Pressure ulcers (in Dutch) ↗
What pressure ulcers are, where they develop and how to prevent them with repositioning, pressure-relieving mattresses and heel offloading.
- Pressure ulcer prevention – advice for care staff ↗
Redness is already an early pressure ulcer: risk assessment (Braden), skin inspection, repositioning and support surfaces.
Observation and reporting
- Fluid balance (nursing maths, in Dutch) ↗
Explainer videos and exercises to correctly calculate a fluid balance (in minus out) and hourly volumes.
- Delirium or acute confusion (in Dutch) ↗
Recognise the signs of sudden-onset delirium and know to report it immediately so a doctor can look for the cause.
- Delirium: confusion in older people ↗
The difference between delirium (sudden, temporary) and dementia (slow, permanent) and why to seek medical help quickly.
- Reporting in elderly care (in Dutch) ↗
Tips for factual, concrete and clear reporting: what you see and hear, without personal opinions or conclusions.
Professional conduct
- Care assistant (page in Dutch) ↗
The legal role of the care assistant: working under a nurse's supervision, with links to the professional profile and overview of permitted tasks.
- Care assistant (page in French) ↗
Official French-language explanation of the care assistant's role and under whose supervision they work.
- A guide to professional secrecy (in Dutch) ↗
What professional secrecy is, who is bound by it and when you may (not) talk about a person in your care.
- Professional secrecy and duty of discretion ↗
Brochure for all hospital and care home staff: why you never share information about residents and how to respect their privacy.
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