The Bavarian State Minister for Economic Affairs, Ilse Aigner, presented the allocation decision for the project "Qualifizierung älterer Beschäftigter in der Automobilbranche für den Umgang mit Hochvoltfahrzeugen" (Qualifying older employees in the automotive industry for dealing with high voltage vehicles) to the Forschungsinstitut Betriebliche Bildung (f-bb) gGmbH (Research Institute for Vocational Education and Training) and the Audi AG at the premises of Audi AG in Ingolstadt.
The German economy is dependent on a well trained skilled labour force. The dual system of vocational education and training increasingly opens up new career opportunities. In order for the dual system of vocational education and training to meet the requirements of a continually changing demand structure, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) has revised several training regulations in time for the start of the new vocational training year.
Good education needs well-trained teachers. This is why the Union for Education and Science (GEW) demands a fundamental reform of the training provision for teachers. It makes the qualification, advanced training and continuing education provision for teachers a focus of its activity with the "Forum for the Future - Qualification of Teachers".
Read an article by iMOVE how the global developments affect the co-operation between Arab and German partners in vocational education and training. The article appears in an Education Guide, which will be released on the occasion of the 6th Arab-German Education and Training Forum.
Mercedes-Benz opened its new training centre for employees of the affiliated car dealerships in Shanghai on 22 July 2014. It is the brand's worldwide largest training centre with an annual capacity of 140,000 training man-days.
Well-trained employees are a competitive advantage for businesses. Advanced training helps to keep the vocational qualification level up-to-date, to safeguard one's job and to improve one's chances of promotion.
Marc Estapé stands at the lathe and gives his work piece, a conveyor table roll, the right shape. Spiral metal shavings fall down, just like they ought to. No training supervisor looks over the 21-year old's shoulder, "that much trust they do invest in us", says Estapé, even though the lathe is "really very, very expensive." But Estapé is well versed in operating it. He is close to completing his second apprenticeship year as a toolmaker at the Escuela de Aprendices in Barcelona, the apprenticeship school of the automotive manufacturer Seat belonging to the German Volkswagen Group.
The German Federal Employment Agency plans to introduce the instrument of "assisted vocational training" in the context of its initiative "Betriebliche Ausbildung hat Vorfahrt" (In-company training comes first).
