Supplying authority: Helios Study Center

Course Type: Professionalizing course which provides for the issue of Professionalizing Certificate pursuant to Law 4/2013

Course delivery methods: Online

Recognized Professional Profile: Ecomuseum eucator

The profession. 

The ecomuseum educator is a professional figure, with a high intellectual and complex content, who possesses specific skills to carry out the following activities:

Activities related to the Ecomuseum Heritage:

• individuation,
• Knowledge,
• Interpretation,
• Documentation,
• Enhancement,
• Training,
• Education
• Promotion of sustainable development

The ecomuseum educator can carry out his activity both in public and private bodies and as self-employment also as an expert/consultant.

The ecomuseum educator has a deep knowledge of Cultural Heritage, in its various forms from the material one (historical-artistic cultural heritage, landscape and natural heritage) to the immaterial one (tradition, folklore, art, food and wine, typical crafts, history and local traditions ) and is able to use their own knowledge which has as its objective the protection, enhancement and renewal of the cultural identity of a community.

Regulations and reference schemes

• European Qualification Framework (EQF)
• Recommendation 2009 / C 155/02 (European Credit System for Vocational Education and Training - ECVET)
• Law 4/2013 relating to non-regulated professions

This figure is also recognized by the Italian Association of Tourism Professionals and Cultural Operators (AIPTOC) authorized by Ministry of Economic Development (MISE) to release Certificate of quality and professional qualification of the Services pursuant to Articles 4, 7 and 8 of Law 4/2013.

Structuring of the training path and EQF level 

600 hours of total effort (total workload necessary to obtain learning outcomes) that can be distributed on average over a semester and structured in:

• • 440 hours training in E-learning mode
  • 80 hours Project Work or Internship
  • 80 hours of commitment to devote to individual study, time for preparing for exams and writing the final thesis.

EQF level: 6