Vocational Training
Vocational Training
An excellent approach to practical skill development
Vocational Training prepares young people for a future in a chosen profession. That means studying at a college or trade school and acquiring hands-on training, and putting the knowledge you have acquired into practice through long internships in companies or social work organizations.
Vocational Training helps also to develop open employees, with good interpersonal skills, responsible, and who take the initiative. And it prepares young people for the challenges of living in an increasingly complex society.
Deeply rooted in German culture
The Vocational Training system is deeply rooted in German culture, better known as Dual System. The two parts of this system are cooperatively working with small and medium-sized businesses, on the one hand, and publicly funded vocational schools, on the other. This cooperation is regulated by law. Trainees in the dual system typically spend part of each week at school and the other part at a company, or they may spend longer periods at each place before alternating. Dual training usually lasts two to three-and-a-half years.
The German dual system offers an excellent approach to skill development, covering initial vocational education and training, further education and training, careers, employability, occupational competence, and identity. Thanks to the dual system, Germany enjoys low youth unemployment and high skill levels.
In Germany, about 50 percent of all school-leavers undergo vocational training provided by companies that consider the dual system the best way to acquire skilled staff.
