News about VET from Germany

In Germany, 5.3 per cent of all initial Vocational Education and Training graduates in 2017 had some mobility experience during their training. This is one key result of a research study called "Transnational Mobility in Initial Vocational Education and Training in 2017", published by the National Agency for the Erasmus+ Programme at the Federal Institute for Vcational Education and Training (NA at the BIBB).

How many people are in gainful employment and where do they work? Here are some key facts, and a surprising number relating to the "industrious Germans". Around 5.5 million people in Germany work in the skilled crafts sector.

These are the top companies in the current employer rankings.

Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB) analysis of the costs and benefits of continuing vocational training

In Shanghai, 300 employees are to be trained in the metalworking and electrical sector in accordance with the proven model of German dual vocational education and training - this is the aim of BHS Corrugated Maschinen- und Anlagenbau GmbH at its Chinese production site.

Education minister Tonne sits in on an elderly care class at the DIAKOVERE Vocational Education Centre for Health Occupations.

Training with distinction: The office furniture company Assmann Büromöbel in Berlin has been awarded the Hermann-Schmidt prize for outstanding performance in vocational education and training. "Securing future talent and career development through vocational education and training" was the theme of the annual competition of the "Innovative Vocational Education and Training" association.

The scholarship programme "Trainees in the USA" enables trainees from Bavaria and Hamburg to see their own occupational field abroad from a different perspective.

There is a desperate need for a master craftsmen and women in many skilled crafts occupations. However the route to a master craftsman certificate can be long and arduous - journeymen do, after all, often have to complete their training alongside their career. Good planning and information on the options for financial support are therefore important.