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Study Tours

16 October 2014, 11:00 to 16:00

On the third day of the Global Forum, participants will have the chance to participate in study visits to a number of distinguished companies and institutions. Ford and Currenta offer an insight how training is provided for students and trainees in internationally operating companies like Bayer, Lanxess and Ford. Lucas-Nülle is a producer of educational equipment and training systems for basic and advanced vocational training. ICON Institute implements complex projects and training measures in vocational education and training and maintains a branch at the Technology Centre in Aachen. The Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB) and the German Association for Water, Wastewater and Waste (DWA) will present on the German Dual Training System/Curricula Development and on water and waste management in Germany.

Please note that registration for study tours is closed.

Destination Description
Presentation on the German Dual Training System/Curricula Development
Transfer to Water Treatment Plant
Guided Tour through the facilities/Q&A with trainers and apprentices

This study tour will take its participants to two sites: the Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB) and a water treatment plant facilitated the German Association for Water, Wastewater and Waste (DWA).
Presentation LAUNCH PAD FOR THE FUTURE - Training at Currenta (Vocational training & “Jump-Start” pre-training program / XOnce for “late bloomers”)

Tour of the training facilities:
  • Scientific Training
  • Laboratory and pilot plant
  • Technical Training
  • Metalworking & Electronics/Electrical shops
Currenta GmbH & Co. OHG is the manager and operator of the three CHEMPARK sites in Leverkusen, Dormagen and Krefeld-Uerdingen. A joint venture between Bayer and LANXESS, it offers the 70 companies based at CHEMPARK more than 1,000 chemical-related services across an area of around 11 square kilometers.
Welcome remarks by Volker Theissen, Managing Director and introduction to the German dual training system within the company Ford Aus- und Weiterbildung

Tour through the facilities
Presentations:
  • Dual Study System
  • Disadvantaged Youth (EQ Programme)
  • Women in technical professions (FiT Programme)
Founded in 1993, the Ford Vocational Training and Education Registered Society (Ford Aus- und Weiterbildung e.V.; FAW) offers a wide range of initial and further vocational education and training programmes, demand-oriented guidance and an effective coaching for companies and their employees.
Presentation AGIT (Regional Development Agency for the Technology Region Aachen): The role of the Technology Centre Aachen TZA to promote regional entrepreneurship and start-ups
Transfer to the BGE, Vocational Training Centre, Aachen
  • Presentation HWK (Chamber of Crafts and Trade Aachen): The role of Chambers in the German TVET System. Tour of the BGE
  • Presentation ICON-INSTITUT Education and Training GmbH: International practises and experiences - How to integrate elements of the German TVET system into foreign vocational education systems and industry practises
ICON-INSTITUTE is a Germany based specialist in vocational training and consulting with its headquarters in Cologne. As part of ICON-INSTITUTE GmbH & Co. KG Consulting Gruppe, the business unit ICON Education and Training implements complex projects and training measures in vocational education and training, capacity building and organisational development on a global level.
Welcome reception by the CEO and team followed by an introduction of the company’s mission, vision and portfolio
  • Presentation of product line for TVET in Electrical Engineering/ Electronics and Automotive (guided tour through seminar and exhibition rooms)
  • Guided tour through the departments Development, Manufacturing and Logistics
  • Presentations: Excellence in Technology, Quality and Didactic Solutions:
  • *New Multimedia Supported Training Systems for Electrical Engineering and Electronics
  • *From Power Generation Through to Consumption - Renewable Power Generation, Power Transmission, Distribution, Management, Smart Grid
Lucas-Nülle is a company which is synonymous with the development, manufacture and sale of high-quality educational equipment and training systems for basic and advanced vocational training, which have been tried and tested in the classroom. In addition to teaching a broad-based theoretical background, particular focus is given to project-based vocational training with proven educational value.


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