Apprenticeship Training in Austria (measures for drop-outs and early school leavers)

Outline 1.Main characteristics of apprenticeship training 2.Integrative Initial Vocational Training 3.Training guarantee for young people 4.Coaching and counseling for trainees and training providers 5.Subsidies for apprenticeship

 „dual system“ training in two places and  Duration: 2 to 4 years (mostly 3)  Precondition: 9 years compulsury school Apprenticeship Training in Austria training enterprisepart-time vocational school

 Enterprises  80 % of the training period  apprenticeship contract between company and apprentice  learning in practice for practice  using state-of-the-art technologies  training regulation with training profile (Ministry of Economy) curriculum for the enterprise-based training and competence profile (for learning outcomes)  Part-time vocational schools  20 % of the period (1 or 2 days a week or periodical)  theoretical subject-related training, general education, supplementary practical training  curriculum (Ministry of Education) Training takes place in …

Facts and Figures  204 apprenticeships (2012)  apprenticeship training companies ( )

Facts and Figures  apprentices ( ) – about 40 % of the peer group training companies supra-company (AMS)

 IBA (Integrative Initial Vocational Training) if not completed or no positive compulsury school degree  Training guarantee (pledged by federal government)  Coaching and counseling for trainees and training providers Possibilities for drop outs

Integrative Initial Vocational Training Possibilities for drop outs

Tailored vocational training for people disadvantaged on the labour market 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” Integrative Initial Vocational Training

Training since 2003 (due to § 8b BAG)  Training within a prolonged apprenticeship scheme (§ 8b Abs. 1 BAG) full apprenticeship with longer training period (prolongation of the programm 1 to max. 2 years)  Acquisition of partial qualifications (§ 8b Abs. 2 BAG) duration: 1 to 3 years Integrative Initial Vocational Training

5.473 IIVT Training Places (per )  Training companies 2931 (prolongued) 616 (partial)  Training institutions 1025 (prolongued) 901 (partial) Integrative Initial Vocational Training

Training guarantee for young people Possibilities for drop outs

 Training guarantee for young people who cannot be placed into regular apprenticeships  Instrument of the Active Labour Market Policy: establishing of training institutions by the Public Employment Service Austria (AMS)  Possibility to complete the entire training duration until the apprenticeship-leave exam  Financed by the federal budget as well as provincial fundings Training guarantee

 Priority of company-based IVET by targeted efforts for a take over of the young person from the training institution into a company-based apprenticeship  about apprentices in training institutions (per = about 7,2% of the total number of apprentices) Training guarantee

Coaching and counseling for trainees and training providers Subsidies for apprenticeship Possibilities for drop outs

 support pilot project since October 2012 (in Upper Austria, Styria, Tyrol and Vienna)  personal, professional and independent coaches  request to the Apprenticeship Office (located at the Economic Chambers) – Coaching and counseling for trainees and training providers

Who is eligible for the new program to use?  apprentices difficulties in operation, in the private sphere or in achieving educational goals (max. 41 counseling sessions)  trainers in companies to support them in handling apprentices (max. 11 counseling sessions) Financed from funds for operational apprenticeship funding Coaching and counseling for trainees and training providers

basic support for companies: o 1 st year: 3 apprentice wages o 2 nd year: 2 apprentice wages o 3 rd and 4 th year: 1 apprentice wages quality related : o Attendance in Training Alliances for additional qualifications o preparation for the final apprenticeship examination o measures for apprentices with learning difficulties o training of trainers o excellent and good final exams o measures to encourage young women in non-traditional occupations o preparation for the university entrance exam Subsidies for Apprenticeship

Many thanks for your attention! Mag. Birgit Wenninger-Jost Federal Ministry of Economy, Family and Youth