SME-Manager

Enhancing dual education and training through promotion, networking and innovation

Juergen Kraemer Karrieretag 2018
Lustenau, Marcel Hagen

This is intended to address persons who lead an SME as a master craftsman respectively master craftswoman.

SME managers are responsible for their company and they play a key role in deciding on the recruiting and training apprentices. Their position allows them to establish networks with other important players in dual education and training such as other SMEs, schools and higher education institutions with a view to promoting its image, value and quality. As head of their SME, they should highlight the advantages of training in their companies. They should also encourage their employees and apprentices to seize opportunities to expand their skills and perspectives, e.g. through advanced trainings or mobility programmes.

How can competences of in-company trainers in my region be improved?

Lustenau, Fulterer

Improvement of Trainers’ Competences

Studies within our project showed that today’s dual educational systems as well as the needs of vocational schools apprentices and the labour market highlight certain competences required of in-company trainers including professional, technical and didactic competences, professional experiences in …

How can I enhance the image and value of dual education and training in my region?

WIGE Montafon

Image and Value of Dual Education

A low public image of dual training in general and in particular of handicraft looms over the regions of the Alpine Space. In several countries, an increase of the academization can be observed, indirectly supported by school teachers and parents who encourage youngsters to aim at a higher education …

How can I find an apprentice?

i-Ausbildungsmesse

Get in Touch with Apprentices

As an SME- Manager, there are many ways to get in touch with apprentices. Initiatives organized by SME- Managers together with schools are particularly good opportunities. But fairs and open days offer a great occasion, too.

How can I give young people an insight into my everyday practice?

i-Ausbildungsmesse

Experience a Profession

What tasks a profession entails and what the work in the company effectively looks like are two essential points in the decision-making process of a young person choosing a future career. In this context, there are various initiatives that enable SME- Managers to provide everyday practical insights …

How can I inspire students with higher school qualifications/studies to join my company?

Schulmesse Montafon

Inspire Students to take up the Crafts

It is not always easy to bring together crafts and graduates with higher school qualifications. For this reason, there are various initiatives to inspire pupils with higher school qualifications or studies to take up the crafts.

How can I reach young people to present my company?

Schulmesse Montafon

Promote the Company

The Regions offer SME- Managers different opportunities to present their company to young people.

How is the permeability in my region shaping up?

Juergen Kraemer Karrieretag 2018

Permeability: Transparency and Transfer Opportunities in the Education System

What innovations and collaborations are there in my region to promote the quality of dual education?

BULU Karrieretag 2018

Activities and Innovations to promote the Quality of Dual Education

Another part of the DuALPlus project was the collection of successful examples of innovative dual training programmes from the Alpine Space. Because of the differences in the dual education systems of the six partner countries in general and in their current states of development, the best practice …

What innovative training formats have been developed as part of the DuALPlus project?

ZIMM Karrieretag 2018

Developed Innovative Training Formats within DuALPlus

Six partners developed regional training formats based on previous research, either by improving existing trainings or by developing new ones. The trainings are directed at SMEs, trainers or youngsters. They will help these target groups to develop the skills to cope with continuous social …

Where can I present myself as an employer?

Schulmesse Montafon

Visibility on the Labour Market

Visibility on the labour market is fundamental for the acquisition of employees and apprentices. There are different ways to achieve this.

Where do young people get information about training paths?

Ausbildungsbotschafter

Where to find Information on Training Pathways

Young people use a wide variety of online and offline channels in the information process on the future training pathway.

Which further training modules for in-company trainers were designed as part of the DuALPlus project?

BöschGmbH 2017

Proposal for Training Modules for In-Company Trainers

The importance of dual education for a smooth transition from education to work and the economic relevance of skilled crafts and trade professions are widely recognised at a political level. Yet, SMEs find it more and more difficult to get suitable apprentices. Today, an increased number of …