On the third day of the Global Forum, participants will have the chance to participate in study visits to a number of distinguished companies and institutions. Ford and Currenta offer an insight how training is provided for students and trainees in internationally operating companies like Bayer, Lanxess and Ford. Lucas-Nülle is a producer of educational equipment and training systems for basic and advanced vocational training. ICON Institute implements complex projects and training measures in vocational education and training and maintains a branch at the Technology Centre in Aachen. The Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB) and the German Association for Water, Wastewater and Waste (DWA) will present on the German Dual Training System/Curricula Development and on water and waste management in Germany.
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| Presentation on the German Dual Training System/Curricula Development Transfer to Water Treatment Plant
Guided Tour through the facilities/Q&A with trainers and apprentices
This study tour will take its participants to two sites: the Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB) and a water treatment plant facilitated the German Association for Water, Wastewater and Waste (DWA).
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The Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB) is a national and international centre of excellence for research on initial and continuing vocational education and training (VET) and the progressive development of VET. Its research, development and advisory work is aimed at identifying future tasks of vocational education and training, promoting innovation in national and international vocational education and training and developing new, practice-oriented solutions for initial and continuing vocational education and training. BIBB was founded in 1970 and is supervised by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research.
The German Association for Water, Wastewater and Waste (DWA) promotes water and waste management through various means. With approximately 14,000 members of specialists and executives from municipalities, universities, polytechnics, engineering offices, authorities and companies, the DWA is one of the largest organisations in this field in Europe, and its special expertise and competence give it a prominent place in standardisation, professional training and public information.
At the Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB) participants will be given an introduction to Germany’s dual training system, comprising elements on how to develop and launch training regulations and curricula. Following this, the German Association for Water, Wastewater and Waste (DWA) facilitates a visit to a water treatment plant, demonstrating the latest technology in this field. Participants will have the opportunity to exchange with trainers and apprentices and learn more about how vocational training is applied and implemented in Germany.
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| Presentation LAUNCH PAD FOR THE FUTURE - Training at Currenta (Vocational training & “Jump-Start” pre-training program / XOnce for “late bloomers”)
Tour of the training facilities:
- Scientific Training
- Laboratory and pilot plant
- Technical Training
- Metalworking & Electronics/Electrical shops
Currenta GmbH & Co. OHG is the manager and operator of the three CHEMPARK sites in Leverkusen, Dormagen and Krefeld-Uerdingen.
A joint venture between Bayer and LANXESS, it offers the 70 companies based at CHEMPARK more than 1,000 chemical-related services across an area of around 11 square kilometers.
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These include utilities, environmental services, safety and security, infrastructure, analytics, vocational training, logistics and maintenance services. The 5,300 employees of CURRENTA and its two subsidiaries Chemion and TECTRION offer some of these services to external customers too.
The training company CURRENTA qualifies over 2,000 young people on behalf and to meet the needs of the Bayer Group companies and LANXESS, as well as to meet its own needs and those of other companies in the region. Overall, CURRENTA hires roughly 800 young people in the various career fields each year.
As a training company, CURRENTA offers the complete range of a large
training services company with extensive experience, including the complete recruitment process. This includes candidate marketing and administration, trainee selection and hiring, conduct of training and the organization, preparation and administration of exams. Training takes place in company-owned training laboratories, pilot plants and workshops, as well as CURRENTA’s own technical college.
At the three CHEMPARK sites in Leverkusen, Dormagen and Krefeld-Uerdingen plus the Bayer site in Wuppertal, young people are trained in over 25 scientific, technical, commercial and IT professions:
from “A” for administrative assistant to chemical production technician and laboratory technician to “U” for utilities mechanic. Rounding out the range of services is combined degree and vocational training, for instance as a business information systems specialist.
Training is future-oriented and centrally coordinated. The close link between theory and practice prepares young people just starting out for a wide range of tasks and their professional future.
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| Welcome remarks by Volker Theissen, Managing Director and introduction to the German dual training system within the company Ford Aus- und Weiterbildung
Tour through the facilities
Presentations:
- Dual Study System
- Disadvantaged Youth (EQ Programme)
- Women in technical professions (FiT Programme)
Founded in 1993, the Ford Vocational Training and Education Registered Society (Ford Aus- und Weiterbildung e.V.; FAW) offers a wide range of initial and further vocational education and training programmes, demand-oriented guidance and an effective coaching for companies and their employees.
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Furthermore, FAW is responsible for the vocational education and training at Ford-Werke GmbH, at Getrag Ford Transmissions GmbH and at Cotarko GmbH in Cologne and Saarlouis.
130 employees at FAW recruit up to 270 new apprentices per year and conduct their training and guidance. There are 13 recognized occupations in the commercial and in the industrial-technical sector. They are supplemented by the two dual study programmes, do2technik and do2business.
Our study tour at Ford starts with a visit to various training centres where you will have the opportunity to meet and interact with apprentices and trainers. Afterwards Ford staff will give a presentation about important aspects of Ford’s vocational education and training system:
- overview of the German (vocational) education system
- dual studies at Ford
- possibilities for disadvantaged young people at Ford (EQ programme)
- women in technical professions (FiT programme).
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| Presentation AGIT (Regional Development Agency for the Technology Region Aachen): The role of the Technology Centre Aachen TZA to promote regional entrepreneurship and start-ups Transfer to the BGE, Vocational Training Centre, Aachen
- Presentation HWK (Chamber of Crafts and Trade Aachen): The role of Chambers in the German TVET System. Tour of the BGE
- Presentation ICON-INSTITUT Education and Training GmbH: International practises and experiences - How to integrate elements of the German TVET system into foreign vocational education systems and industry practises
ICON-INSTITUTE is a Germany based specialist in vocational training and consulting with its headquarters in Cologne. As part of ICON-INSTITUTE GmbH & Co. KG Consulting Gruppe, the business unit ICON Education and Training implements complex projects and training measures in vocational education and training, capacity building and organisational development on a global level.
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Based on the long-standing professional experience (since 1975), ICON conceives and delivers vocational training according to the quality standards of the German vocational training system. ICON’s concepts are designed in a way that the specific cultural and professional environment of every country is carefully integrated and taken into account.
ICON maintains a branch at the Technology Centre in Aachen (one of the most important industrial regions in Germany), specialised in technical training and skills development.
In the past we have successfully conducted numerous study tours for TVET delegations to Aachen from all around the world in order to stimulate TVET partnerships and presenting best-practise examples from Germany. Considering the importance of the location Aachen for TVET and its success-stories from regional small-and medium sized companies, Aachen is the ideal location to get an on-site impression on regional competency clusters in TVET and to learn more about a successful interaction between stakeholders from TVET, SME development, industry and science aiming at promoting employment and qualifying high skilled workers. In co-operation with the Chamber of Crafts and Trade Aachen, we invite all interested participants to discuss international experiences as well as customised TVET concepts, and to learn more about TVET practises in Germany.
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| Welcome reception by the CEO and team followed by an introduction of the company’s mission, vision and portfolio- Presentation of product line for TVET in Electrical Engineering/ Electronics and Automotive (guided tour through seminar and exhibition rooms)
- Guided tour through the departments Development, Manufacturing and Logistics
- Presentations: Excellence in Technology, Quality and Didactic Solutions:
- *New Multimedia Supported Training Systems for Electrical Engineering and Electronics
- *From Power Generation Through to Consumption - Renewable Power Generation, Power Transmission, Distribution, Management, Smart Grid
Lucas-Nülle is a company which is synonymous with the development, manufacture and sale of high-quality educational equipment and training systems for basic and advanced vocational training, which have been tried and tested in the classroom. In addition to teaching a broad-based theoretical background, particular focus is given to project-based vocational training with proven educational value.
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We provide intelligent teaching and experimentation systems to fully emulate authentic situations that students will encounter in their subsequent careers. This also teaches the essential skills which will be so vital in their later work. The tight meshing of theory and practice, the self-explanatory design and a positive, successful learning experience resulting from students performing experiments by themselves, at their own pace, ensure that learning with the help of our products is quicker and more efficient than using alternative systems. Another contributory factor lies in training and support of teachers themselves, which is a key part of our work. In our seminar rooms and exhibition spaces, we can show you exactly how Lucas-Nülle puts this combination of aspects into action.
Lucas-Nülle combines the hallmark of German quality with its international experience, and supplies comprehensive solutions from a single source. Let us convince you of the quality evinced by the words “made in Germany” in a tour around our development and manufacturing facilities at Lucas-Nülle GmbH.
The subsequent presentation shows you more about blended learning. Lucas-Nülle’s training systems link the experiment hardware with interactive training programs.
The subject which completes the agenda is the up-to-the minute topic of renewable energy. We will show you the training systems needed for modern technical education focussing on renewable energies and smart electricity grids.
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