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Apprenticeship Training in Austria

Apprenticeship Training in Austria. Outline. Austrian education system Main characteristics of apprenticeship training Responsibilities Innovations in apprenticeship training Training guarantee for young people Financing of apprenticeship training

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Apprenticeship Training in Austria

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  1. Apprenticeship Training in Austria

  2. Outline • Austrian education system • Main characteristics of apprenticeship training • Responsibilities • Innovations in apprenticeship training • Training guarantee for young people • Financing of apprenticeship training • Status of apprenticeship graduates and permeability to higher education

  3. 1. Austrian education system

  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 SPECIAL NEEDS SCHOOL APPRENTICESHIP WITH PART-TIMEVOCATIONAL SCHOOL UNIVERSITYCOURSES PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL FINAL APPRENTICESHIP EXAM BERUFSREIFEPRÜFUNG GENERAL EDUCATION SCHOOL FACHHOCH-SCHULE COURSES VET SCHOOLS PRIMARY SCHOOL POST-SE- CONDARY VET COLLEGES VET COLLEGES SCHOOL LEAVING EXAM HIGHER GENERAL EDUCATION SCHOOL (JUNIOR CYCLE) POST-SE-CONDARY VET COURSES HIGHER GENERAL EDUCATION SCHOOL (SENIOR CYCLE) 1.1 Austrian education system obligat. s. age

  5. 2. Main characteristics of apprenticeship training

  6. 2.1 Main Characteristics • Training takes place in two places (“dual system“): training enterprise and part-time vocational school • Duration: two to four years, mostly three years • Reduction of apprenticeship period for people who have • job-specific training periods in related apprenticeships • acquired relevant school qualifications training company apprenticeship vocational school

  7. 2.2 Training enterprise (2/2) • Enterprise-based training • 80 % of the training period • apprenticeship contract between enterprise and apprentice • learning in practice for practice, learning through productive work using state-of-the-art technologies • training regulation with job profile and work description

  8. 2.2 Training enterprise (1/2) • Approval of starting training by the apprenticeship office • Check of the necessary technical equipment and training facilities to teach the skills and knowledge required • sufficient number of qualified and authorised trainers (subject-specific and pedagogical know-how) • company owner or competent employee • trainer examination or trainer course • Training alliance: With other enterprises or supplementary courses, if the company does not fulfill all training requirements – only lack of small parts of training facilities accepted

  9. 2.3 Vocational school • School-based training • 20 % of the training period • theoretical subject-related training, general education, supplementary practical training • Curriculum • classes: full-time blocks or every week • subject teachers: master craftsperson qualification or subject-specific qualifications as well as longer-term work experience

  10. 2.4. Facts and figures • 129.899 Apprentices • 36.004 Training enterprises • 226 apprenticeships 15 with 2 years 1 with 2 ½ years 140 with 3 years 55 with 3 ½ years 8 with 4 years of training 7 modular apprenticeship vocations (as per 31 December 2010) (as per 31 December 2010)

  11. Apprentices in Austria (1) Fußzeile

  12. Number of Apprentices (31.12.2010) Fußzeile

  13. Training Enterprises (31.12.2010) Fußzeile

  14. 3. Responsibilities

  15. 3.1 Responsibilities ENTERPRISE - BASED PAR T SCHOOL - BASED PART Economics Education Ministry Ministry Federal Level Federal Advisory Board Apprenticeship Regional Office Education Board Provincial Level Regional Advisory Provincial Board Governor Training Vocational Local Level School Company

  16. 3.2 Federal level (1/2) • Federal Ministry of Economy, Family and youth • responsible for the enterprise-based part of apprenticeship training • Legal base for training: Vocational Training Act • regulations for the individual apprenticeships • Federal Advisory Board on Apprenticeship • consisting of representatives of the social partners • submits expert opinions to the Economics Ministry (e.g. on the establishing of new apprenticeship trades or the modernization of apprenticeships)

  17. 3.2 Federal level (2/2) • Federal Ministry of Education, the Arts and Culture • responsible for the school-based part of apprenticeship training (part time vocational schools) • Legal base: Federal School Organisation Act • framework curricula for the part-time vocational school for the several apprenticeship trades

  18. 3.3 Provincial level (1/2) • Apprenticeship Office (at the Chambers of Commerce in the federal states) • apprenticeship authorities of the first instance • examine the suitability of training enterprises • responsible for examining and recording apprenticeship contracts • provide counselling to apprenticeships and training enterprises • Organisation of the apprenticeship-examinations • Provincial Governors • apprenticeship authorities of the second instance • decision on appeals in apprenticeship training matters

  19. 3.3 Provincial level (2/2) • Regional Advisory Boards on Apprenticeship • provide consultancy services in all issues related to apprenticeship training • Regional Education Board • implementing the federal framework curricula for part-time vocational schools for each apprenticeship • supervising schools in educational and technical matters

  20. 4. Innovations in apprenticeship training

  21. 4.1 Integrative Vocational TrainingAmendment of Vocational Training Act 2003

  22. 4.1 Integrative vocational training (1/2) • Tailored vocational training for socially disadvantaged or less gifted people • Types: • Acquisition of partial qualifications – duration: 1 to 3 years • Full Apprenticeship with a longer training period: prolongation of the programme by 1 to max. 2 years • Training Places • Training companies • Training institutions

  23. 4.1 Integrative vocational training(2/2) • Target groups: • Leavers of special needs schools • Youth who did not successfully acquire qualification at lower secondary level • People with disabilities • People who are not suitable to be placed into a regular apprenticeship relation for “reasons related to the person himself/herself” • Facts and figures: • December 2010: 5.173 people in integrative VET • 71% prolonged apprenticeship period, 29% partial qualification • 63% in companies, 37% in supra-company institutions

  24. 4.2 Modular Vocational Training Amendment of Vocational Training Act 2006 Fußzeile

  25. Scheme of Modular Training Fußzeile

  26. Building Technology specialising in Service Work Central Building Control Technology Security Systems Engineering Network and Communication Technology 6 special modules for Railways Technology Renewable Energies MAIN MODULES - 1,5 Years Elictrical Engineering - Electrical Engineering Automation and Steering Systems Electrical Engineering - Electrical Engineering – Plant and Industrial Engineering Elictrical and Building Power Engineering Engineering BASIC MODULE Electrical Engineering 2 Years 4.2 Modular vocational training Vocation „Electrical Engineering“ SPECIAL MODULES 0,5 Year Fußzeile

  27. 4.2 Purposes of modular training • Make training more flexible for companies and for apprentices • Improve training possibilities for companies with specific training needs • thereby increasing the number of potential training enterprises

  28. Purposes of modular Training 4. Acquisition of more in-depth knowledge due to attendance of special modules 5. Linking initial vocational training (IVET) and continuous vocational training (CVET) 6. Improve career opportunities on the labor market Fußzeile

  29. 4.3. Training Guarantee for Young People Fußzeile

  30. 4.3. Training guarantee for young people (1) • Training guarantee for young people who cannot be placed into regular apprenticeship posts • Establishing of suitable training institutions by the Public Employment Service Austria (AMS) • Possibility to complete the entire training duration until the apprenticeship-leave exam

  31. 4.3 Training guarantee for young people (2) 4. Priority of company-based VET by imposing the obligation for the training institution to make targeted efforts for a take over of the young person into a company-based apprenticeship 5. 9.462 persons in training institutions per 31.12.2010, that is 7,2% of the total number of apprentices Fußzeile

  32. 5. Financing

  33. 5.1 Financing • Financing • company-based part of training: training enterprise, viz. the business sphere • school-based part of training: public funds, viz. the federal and regional governments • Apprenticeship remuneration • specified in the respective collective agreement for every individual apprenticeship • increases every year

  34. 5.2 Financial Subsidies (2/2) • Exemptions • Waiving of employers' contributions to the health insurance for the first two years of apprenticeship • Waiving of contributions to accident insurance for the entire training period • Contributions to unemployment insurance only need to be paid in the final year of apprenticeship

  35. 5.2 Subsidations for training quality • Basic support by partly compensation of apprenticeship remuneration • Support for new apprenticeship posts in newly founded enterprises and for first-time training in companies • Proving evidence of qualification by maintenance of a training documentation and positive completion of a practical test by the apprentice after half of the apprenticeship period (Cancelled temporary until 30.06.2011 for elaborating new rules for quality assurance) • Additional job-specific qualifications for apprentices • Measures for continuing education of trainers • Excellent and good performance in apprenticeship-leave exams • Measures for apprentices with learning difficulties

  36. 6. Occupational status of apprenticeship graduates

  37. 6.1 Occupational status of graduates • Apprenticeship-leave examination • Practical section of the apprenticeship-leave exam • Theoretical section of the apprenticeship-leave exam • Skilled workers • Solid foundation for an entrepreneurial career • Permeability: Berufsreifeprüfung (BRP) and/or professional experiences  access to tertiary education routes (universities, Fachhochschule institutions, post-secondary VET colleges) • Variety of CVET options (such as foreperson courses)

  38. 6.2 Permeability - Berufsreifeprüfung • Berufsreifeprüfung - Certificate of secondary education for apprentices to increase permeability • Four partial exams: German, mathematics, foreign language, specialist area • Target group: people with VET qualification - apprenticeship graduates, graduates of VET schools, etc. • Three of four partial exams can be taken already before the final apprenticeship exam, the last partial exam over the age of 19 • Support programme for free preparation for exams and for completion of exams • Some 2.000 graduates every year

  39. Further information • Federal Ministry of Economics and Labour http://www.bmwfj.gv.at/Berufsausbildung/LehrlingsUndBerufsausbildung/Seiten/default.aspx • Austrian Economic Chamber http://wko.at/bildung • Description of all apprenticeship certificates – Europass Certificates http://www.certificate.at

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