ZWH - Central Agency for Continuing Vocational Education and Training in the Skilled Crafts
Key competencies
High-quality and modern educational services for the skilled crafts
Corporate Profile
The Central Agency for Continuing Vocational Education and Training in the Skilled Crafts (ZWH) is a service provider for all vocational training facilities in Germany‘s entire skilled crafts sector. Its supporting members are the regional chambers of skilled crafts and the German Confederation of Skilled Crafts (ZDH). "Future – Further Education – Skilled Crafts" is the mission statement that has been guiding the activities of the ZWH since its foundation in 1998.
The ZWH acquired many years of experience in the implementation of vocational training projects and contracts with national and international educational institutions. Thanks to its large network, reaching beyond the skilled crafts sector, the ZWH has access to the know-how of excellent dual vocational training experts and is able to facilitate and guide the adaptation and transfer of results and concepts from the German dual vocational training system to other national education systems.
Our main areas are: organisational development, quality management, corporate management, development and conduction of programs of further trainings, implementation of E-learning processes ZWH offers a comprehensive international service portfolio.
We develop strategic tools to implement dual vocational education and training systems in partner countries, introduce and integrate specific components of the German dual VET system in existing vocational training systems in partner countries, qualify vocational school teachers, in-company trainers and examiners for a task-oriented and applied IVET, conduct training needs assessments, develop training designs and course programmes, implement international cooperation projects, develop course materials for IVET and CVET, offer comprehensive e-learning-services and conduct market analyses for international vocational education and training.
Web content available in:
- English
- German
Industry sectors
- Teaching and Education
Products & services
- Further Training
- Train the Trainer
- Vocational Training
- Consultancy Services
- Certification
Internationally known quality management system
The ZWH is certified according to DIN EN ISO 9001 for the following fields of activity:
- Creation, updating and distribution of course concepts and learning media,
- Planning and implementation of seminars and events,
- Implementation of national and international vocational training projects,
- Services to support teaching, learning and testing with new media.
Services are already offered in
- Turkey
- Spain
- Slovakia
- Malaysia
- Philippines
- Nigeria
- Morocco
- Kosovo
- Kazakhstan
- India
- Greece
- Germany
- China
- Costa Rica
Services can additionally be offered in
- United States of America
- Romania
- Portugal
- Latvia
- Chile
- Brazil
Services can be offered in the following languages
- Spanish
- Russian
- Romanian
- Portuguese
- Latvian,Lettish
- German
- French
- English
- Dutch
- Chinese
Internationally known certifications/memberships
The ZWH is certified according to DIN EN ISO 9001 for the following fields of activity:
- Creation, updating and distribution of course concepts and learning media,
- Planning and implementation of seminars and events,
- Implementation of national and international vocational training projects,
- Services to support teaching, learning and testing with new media.
The ZWH has published two sustainability reports in accordance with the German Sustainability Code and is a member of the UN Global Compact.
Target groups
Public, private and educational institutions interested in vocational education and training in the skilled crafts sector.