1. EUROPEAN SERVICE / Central Placement Office Seminar in Selfoss / Iceland September 2005 Labour Market Germany – with a special view on construction workers

2. EUROPEAN SERVICE / Central Placement Office Index Facts about Germany Labour Market Construction Workers European Service and EURES

3. EUROPEAN SERVICE / Central Placement Office Surface Area: 357.000 km² Population: 82.6 Million (east 20, west 60 million +/-) Capital: Berlin With 4.3 million inhabitants 16 Federal States (Bundesländer) Facts about Germany

4. EUROPEAN SERVICE / Central Placement Office Unemployment Rate: 11.4% West Germany: 9.6% East Germany: 18.2% About 5 Million unemployed persons (Aug. 05: 4.73 Million) Employed: 39 Million (+/-) About 464.000 job vacancies Labour Market

5. EUROPEAN SERVICE / Central Placement Office Practical work in a company (3-4 days / week) Theoretical education at school (1-2 days / week) Apprentice wages (200 - 500 / month) Typical field of work Handycraft Industrial work Business Administration Labour Market - Education in the Dual System Dual System

6. EUROPEAN SERVICE / Central Placement Office East West Total Masons72.11136.946 109.057 Locksmiths13.332 8.90422.236 Painters24.62335.80760.430 Carpenters 10.392 9.38119.773 Construction Engineers 1.506 880 2.386 Joiners16.09434.20050.294 Concrete workers 6.100 4.43410.534 Roofers 6.285 7.73314.018 Tilers 4.767 3.687 8.454 Aug. 05 Labour Market – Unemployed in the Building Industry

7. EUROPEAN SERVICE / Central Placement Office The Structure of the European Service Job placement and employment advice within the European Employment Services (EURES) network Career Guidance within the EUROGUIDANCE network Advice on mobility (for migrant workers who want to return to their home countries) Central Placement Office European Service

8. EUROPEAN SERVICE / Central Placement Office The Structure of the European Service (ES-BA) 15 regional ES-BA Centres throughout Germany with a Headquarter in Bonn

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