Ein Unternehmen der BBRZ GRUPPE 1 “Cooperation between Education and the World of work” Focus on Work based Learning, th June 2015, Budapest Workshop No. 3 Petra Drews-Milalkovits This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. LLP-LDV-TOI-13-AT-0001

Ein Unternehmen der BBRZ GRUPPE Project aims: Transfer and implementation of approaches, methods and materials for preventing drop out to/ in Southern and South- eastern European countries. Good practice methods developed for the labour market oriented productiuon schools in Austria. 2

Ein Unternehmen der BBRZ GRUPPE Based on: work based learning self-directed learning Developing social and personal skills Guidance, counselling and empowering young persons 3

Ein Unternehmen der BBRZ GRUPPE 4 Wood workshop

Ein Unternehmen der BBRZ GRUPPE 5 Kitchen and catering workshop

Ein Unternehmen der BBRZ GRUPPE 6 Metal workshop

Ein Unternehmen der BBRZ GRUPPE 7 Social and personal skills training

Ein Unternehmen der BBRZ GRUPPE 8 “Work-based training while producing real products for real customers for the local and regional market is a powerful means of engaging and motivating young people, enhancing and enabling the learning process and preventing drop out and reintegrating young drop outs into formal iVET. Success rates in the production schools for young people entering the labour market, other VET schools and training and further education are high. “

Ein Unternehmen der BBRZ GRUPPE The production school concept : highly connected to the requirements young people are confronted with in companies and during job interviews. All workshops are connected to companies which award contracts ( companies and privat persons as customers) F.e. Steyr ( Upper Austria): SKF ( Swedish bearing company) = production and repairing of cages in the metal workshop 9

Ein Unternehmen der BBRZ GRUPPE The contact to the HR Department is close and frequent. Managers of all departments spend time working with young people in the workshops „social xchange“ 10

Ein Unternehmen der BBRZ GRUPPE 11 Participants of the production school : do excursions to SKF and other companies (getting to know the produktion and sales department and talking about Do´s and Don´t´s during job interviews) do internships in different companies ( „the best way to show you are the right one for the apprenticeship“)

Ein Unternehmen der BBRZ GRUPPE Former participants of the production school : may start an apprenticeship at Bfi within IBA ( inclusive vocational training) = alternence ( in-company-training and vocational school), supported by training courses with social education workers IBA apprentices are : employed by Bfi paid by the Upper Austrian labour market service Trained by in-company-training ( more than 100 skilled trades) Intention: Being taken up as an apprentice at the company of the internship Alternative: final apprenticeship examination after three/four years at IBA 12

Ein Unternehmen der BBRZ GRUPPE A Leonardo da Vinci - Transfer of Innovation project Funded with support from the European Commission LLP-LDV-TOI-13-AT