ACCESS-3DP: 3D Printing Training for Craft Enterprises (Erasmus+ OER)

Summary

ACCESS-3DP ("Art & Creative Craft Enterprises for Successful Streaming of 3D Printing") was an Erasmus+ KA202 strategic partnership (October 2020 – March 2023, €346,963 EU grant) that built an openly licensed vocational course bringing additive manufacturing to traditional and creative craft industries. The consortium — Chambre de Métiers et de l'Artisanat Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (France, coordinator), CETEM (Spain), CTCP (Portugal), Štajerski Tehnološki Park (Slovenia), and the Technical University of Košice (Slovakia) — produced a joint curriculum, a detailed trainer guide, an OER strategy report, and a multilingual e-learning (MOOC) platform with six modules: (1) innovation processes in traditional sectors, (2) design thinking and skills, (3) 3D printing and the production process, (4) current processes and application fields, (5) entrepreneurship and 3D printing for new business ideas, and (6) advanced industrial robotics applied to crafts. All training material is licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, per the consortium's published OER strategy. Note: the dedicated project site (access3dp.eu) was unreachable at verification (2026-09-12); the coordinator's project page hosts downloadable result documents and is the surviving entry point. The project is therefore catalogued as Archived — materials persist, but the platform's current availability is uncertain.

Guiding Principles

Open Source — All course materials released as OER under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, with a published licensing strategy aligned to Erasmus+ programme rules.
Transferable Skills — Designed for working craftspeople: modules map AM skills onto existing trades (furniture, footwear, creative crafts) rather than requiring an engineering degree, and Module 5 is explicitly dedicated to 3D-printing-enabled new business ideas, treating AM as an income opportunity for micro-enterprises.
Community Self-Sufficiency — Targets small craft firms and VET providers, building local production capacity instead of outsourcing fabrication.
STEM Integration — Connects design thinking, production engineering, and robotics into one validated vocational curriculum.

Learning Outcomes & Transferable Skills

Learners gain 3D Printing process competence, CAD and design-thinking skills (Module 2), Entrepreneurship (business model development around AM), Project Management (innovation processes), and Sustainability Literacy (distributed, on-demand production's role in craft economies). Trainers gain a validated curriculum structure with learning outcomes per module, usable directly in VET programs.

How to Replicate or Build On It

Download the Joint Curriculum report, trainer guideline, and OER strategy from the coordinator's project page (linked under "Results").
Deliver the six-module course in order, or excerpt Module 3 (production process) and Module 5 (entrepreneurship) for shorter community workshops.
Because materials are CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, translate, localize, and republish adaptations for your region with attribution to the ACCESS-3DP Consortium.
Combine with a hands-on build (e.g. Layers to Leaves) to ground the production-process module in practice.

Considerations & Constraints

Cost: Free materials; original development funded by the EU (€346,963 grant).
Skill Level: Intermediate — pitched at professionals and VET learners, not young children.
Space/Climate: Not applicable (curriculum); e-learning platform requires internet access.
Tools Required: Browser; platform access originally required creating an account.
Ongoing Maintenance: None for reusers of the documents; the MOOC platform's operational status post-project is uncertain.
Access Barriers: Project website (access3dp.eu) unreachable at last verification — use the coordinator's page and Erasmus+ project results repository; NonCommercial license limits paid-course reuse; module translations vary in depth.

Prerequisites

None required

Primary Source

https://cmacooperation.fr/en/art-creative-craft-successful-streaming-3dp/ (coordinator project page; original site access3dp.eu offline at verification)