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Vocational Training in Germany
A brief survey of the German education system
with a special spotlight on vocational training
2nd AEROnet-Meeting, Barcelona, Spain 2006,
February 21s - 23rd Bernd.schroeder_at_airbus.com Jue
rgen.Ledl_at_eads.net EADS-HR/GE/EP
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Content

• Educational system in Germany
• Upper secondary education
• Patterns of vocational preparation / education in
  Germany
• Apprentices with new contracts in 1983, 1999 und
  2004
• Conception of Germanys dual system
• Major differences to other systems
• Juridical roots of the German System
• Concrete regulations concerning in-plant training
• National vocational education and training at
  AIRBUS in Germany
• Structure Apprenticeship Bremen
• Professions in Bremen

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Educational system in Germany
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Further education (Weiterbildung)
University of applied science (Fachhochschule)
University
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Specialised secondary school (Fachoberschule)
Vocational Training (Dual System)
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Grammar school (Gymnasium)
in school
in plant
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Secondary modern school (Realschule)
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Secondary school (Hauptschule)
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Special school (Sonderschule)
Gesamtschule
Gesamtschule
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Gesamtschule
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Schulpflicht
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Elementary school
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Kindergarten, nursery school (voluntary)
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Altersstufe
The orange square represents the Dual System of
vocational training in Germany Source Eurydice
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Upper secondary education

• The range of upper secondary education courses
  includes general education, on the one hand, and
  vocational courses, on the other, as well as
  courses that combine general education and
  vocational training.
• Each year some 600,000 young people, i.e. more
  than two-thirds of those leaving general
  education schools, enter the duales System,
  Germany's dual system.

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Patterns of vocational preparation / education in
Germany
Seniority of students and duration of vocational
education in Germany by the different existing
patternsincluding the Dual System of vocational
training Source CEDEFOP/EUROSTAT, PROQUA
directing centre, http//epp.eurostat.cec.eu.int
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Apprentices with new contracts in 1983, 1999 und
2004 composed of the school degree
Source Statistisches Bundesamt, Fachserie 11,
Reihe 3 und Reihe 3.P.1
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Conception of Germanys dual system

• The occupations for which training is provided
  within the dual system are determined in
  accordance with the requirements of the job
  market and in close cooperation between the
  Federation, the states and the social partners,
  industry and unions.
• Training takes from two to three and a half years
  (depending on the occupation).
• The content is geared to the demands trainees
  will face later in professional life.
• Trainees are paid a training allowance.
• Considerable funds are spent by the state and the
  companies involved to finance the dual system.

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Major differences to other systems

• The dual system of vocational training
  differs from the purely academic vocational
  education customary in many other nations in two
  respects
• Most learning does not take place in schools, but
  rather in the production facilities or service
  operations of private business and industry, in a
  workshop, in a practice of one of the independent
  professions or in the public service.
• Training is split between two providers
  companies and part-time vocational schools.
• Competence for vocational training is split as
  well on-the-job training is subject to federal
  law, whereas classroom schooling is the
  responsibility of the states.

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Juridical roots of the German System

• The Basic Law (Grundgesetz) guarantees everyone
  the right to self-fulfillment and the right to
  freely choose his or her school or place of
  training as well as his or her occupation or
  profession.
• The scope of the Federal Government's
  responsibilities in the field of education is
  also defined in the Basic Law, according to which
  the Federation bears responsibility particularly
  for the regulations governing the following
  domains of education, science and research
• In-company vocational training and vocational
  further education
• Financial assistance for pupils and students
  (including apprentices)
• Youth welfare
• Employment promotion measures occupational
  and labour market research.
• The Federal Law for vocational education,
  Vocational Training Act (Berufsbildungsgesetzt
  BBiG) of 1969 (and the Handicrafts Act Gesetz
  zur Ordnung des Handwerks of 1953) regulate the
  training at the workplace, in-plant

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Concrete regulations concerning in-plant training

• BBiG governs fundamental matters (rights and
  obligations) like the rights and obligations of
  trainees and trainers.
• They also govern the regulatory aspects of
  vocational training and the organisation of
  vocational training
• The Vocational Training Promotion Act
  (Berufsbildungsförderungsgesetz) of 1981 governs
  the planning and statistics of vocational
  training as well as the terms of reference and
  organisation of the Federal Institute for
  Vocational Training (Bundesinstitut für
  Berufsbildung - BIBB).
• The Protection of Young Persons at Work Act
  (Jugendarbeitsschutzgesetz R6) lays down
  special provisions for the protection of young
  trainees.

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National vocational education and training

• Responsible for vocational training plant
• Duration (regular) 3.5 years
• Duration (optional) 3 to 2.5 years (bac)
• Modal age of the beginners 16 years to 18 years
  (bac)
• Modal graduation Realschule/Gymnasium
  (85/15)
• Payment 1. year - 671 , 2. year - 726
  3. year - 781 , 4. year - 837
• Professions involved in the Project 2
• Flight Electrician 40 (Airbus Hamburg)Flight
  Mechanic 83 (Airbus Hamburg) 30 (Airbus
  Bremen) 25 (Airbus Nordenham)Turbine/Mainten
  ance/Sheet Metal none
• Organisation form by law or plant law
• Title (nation or enterprise specific) nation
• Standardised additional qualifications none
• Cycle between plant and school 6 weeks plant -
  3 weeks school
• Career opportunities Technician Meister

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Structure Apprenticeship Bremen
PE Preparation for examination
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Professions in Bremen
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