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A highly skilled workforce for the Chemical Industry in Germany

A highly skilled workforce for the Chemical Industry in Germany. Dirk Meyer BAVC, Managing Director Elewijt, Belgium, April 2012. Bundesarbeitgeberverband Chemie (BAVC) German Federation of Chemical Employers‘ Associations.

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A highly skilled workforce for the Chemical Industry in Germany

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  1. A highly skilled workforce for the Chemical Industry in Germany Dirk Meyer BAVC, Managing Director Elewijt, Belgium, April 2012

  2. Bundesarbeitgeberverband Chemie (BAVC)German Federation of Chemical Employers‘ Associations • National federation of the German chemical industry in the area of collective bargaining and social affairs • Headquarters in Wiesbaden, European office in Brussels • Federal structure: BAVC is made up of 10 regional member associations • 1,900 companies with 550,000 employees are members of the regional associations

  3. Education and Training System in Germany (schematic diagram) continuingvocationaltraining Labour Market University Tertiarylevel Iover 19 years Dual VET-System (approx. 51%) Full-time vocationalschools(approx. 12%) Uppersecondarygrammarschool(approx. 37%) Secondarylevel II15 to 19 years Lowersecondary school Intermediateschool Lowersecondarygrammarschool Secondarylevel I10 to 15 / 16 years Primary level6 to 10 years Primary School Source: OECD „Education at a glance“

  4. Dual VET-System in Germany • Characteristic Elements • Places of learning company training and part-time vocational school • Final qualification • State-recognized training occupation • (chamber certificate) • Prerequisistes • Full compulsory education • (no leaving certificate required) • Duration • Two, three or three an a half years Facts andFigures • Germany (2011) • approx. 350 nationwide recognised training occupations • 1,6 million apprentices • Chemical Industry (2011) • more than 50 different training occupations • approx. 26.000 apprentices • (approx. 5 % of all employees) • approx. 60 % of the member companies are providing training Source: BIBB Source: BMBF Source: BAVC

  5. Effectiveness and Efficiency of Dual VET-System in Germany youngpeople industry state / society • good prospects on the labour market • recognized certificate • practical orientation • payment of an • allowance • securestheskilledlabour • reduces costs of settling-in • increases motivation and loyalty to company • job specific qualification • relativly low rate of youth unemployment • possibility of offering • all school leavers vocational training • private sector contribution eases the burden on public budgets Source: BiBB / BMBF

  6. Ageing Workforce Average42,4 years Quelle: Beschäftigungsstatistik der BA, 31.12.2010

  7. Occupationalskills in the Chemical Industry in Germany BAVC 2011; eigene Auswertung

  8. Academic Employees in the Chemical Industry (Graduates) 2/3 MINT skills (mathematics, information technology, natural sciences, technology), BAVC Akademiker-Strukturerhebung 2007

  9. Most importanttrainingoccupations in the Chemical Industry 2/3 MINT skills (mathematics, information technology, natural sciences, technology), BAVC 2012; eigene Auswertung

  10. A highly skilled workforce for the Chemical Industry in Germany Challenges • In order to ensure the quantity and quality of the next generation of employees with MINT skills (mathematics, information technology, natural sciences, technology), the teaching of these subjects in schools and universities must be given priority. • Companies are encountering increasing difficulties in finding suitableapplicants for the Dual VET System. • There is a need for improvement of the interfaces between vocational training, further training and tertiary education. • The challenges of demographic change and technological progress mean that further training of employees will have to be expanded and vocational training needs to be developed systematically in order to avoid running out of skilled workers.

  11. Dirk Meyer Bundesarbeitgeberverband Chemie e.V. Abraham-Lincoln-Straße 24 65189 Wiesbaden Telefon +49 611 77881- 41 Fax +49 611 77881- 23 dirk.meyer@bavc.de www.bavc.de

  12. Higher Education – facts and figures

  13. Stakeholders and Responsibilities in Dual VET-System BBiG Actions by all stakeholders is governed by statutory federal framework legislation, in particular the Vocational Training Act (BBiG) Federal Government e.g. recognizes training occupations and promotes measures to support dual training Employer’s Associations and Trade Unions Draft proposals for the creation oftraining occupations nominate experts for participation in the drafting of training regulations negotiate provisions in collective agreements (e.g. amount of allowance paid to apprentices) Dual VET-System States (Länder)e.g. issue curricula for part-time vocational schools and finance teaching staff. Chambers (self-governing bodies) e.g. supervise training in the company, register training contracts, administer examinations

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