Renewed teaching materials for the MBO programme Water and Gas Engineer

Brabant Water invests actively in the vocational training of its technical staff. For the shortened MBO programme for Water and Gas Engineers, the content structure already existed, but the teaching materials were not yet developed in a uniform way and did not meet the visual and didactic standard the organisation wanted.

With twenty teaching days still to be developed and limited internal capacity for instructional design, a more structured approach was needed. The aim was not to reinvent the content, but to make it consistent, practical and ready for use in training.

The challenge
The assignment asked for a specialist who could turn existing material into complete lesson plans, practical assignments and presentations in Brabant Water’s house style. Close alignment with instructors on site was essential, while the focus had to remain on structure, clarity and consistency rather than new content creation.

Blackbear's role
Blackbear helped define the assignment clearly at the start. The first five teaching days were scoped as the foundation for the wider programme, including a reusable PowerPoint format in Brabant Water’s visual style. Digital learning environments, print production and video were kept outside scope, so the work could stay focused on didactic and visual development. From there, the delivery was organised in steps with review moments in between.

Result
For the first five teaching days, complete lesson plans, around 35 practical assignments with backup exercises, and PowerPoint presentations of roughly 25 to 30 slides per day were delivered. The central format can now be reused for the remaining fifteen days, giving the next phase a much stronger starting point.