ibw-news 1/2006
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Entwicklung
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The ibw online test for apprentice selection will be available in an offline version from late February » Dr. Monika Thum-Kraft
The ibw has complied with the request of many businesses – especially small and medium-sized ones- to develop an offline version of the ibw’s online test to select apt apprentices. -
ibw – development » Mag. Josef Wallner
From the development of new (modular) apprenticeships to setting up a job info system for Saudi Arabia and organising the Fit For Future challenge – a short overview of the ambitious work plan of the ibw’s developers for 2006.
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English at Work » Mag. Sabine Tritscher-Archan
NEW! The media folder “English at Work“ was published in the course of the go international initiative of the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Labour and the Austrian Economic Chamber. It aims at trainers, vocational school teachers and apprentices and it contains the most important terms and proverbs in the field of technology and trade.
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VQTS – Vocational Qualifications Transfer System » Mag. Sabine Tritscher-Archan
There are certain prerequisites for creating a so-called European Labour Area: these are the transparency of certificates of (vocational) training, transferability of competences, as well as acknowledging and crediting qualifications.
This topic is at the centre of attention in the Leonardo da Vinci project called Vocational Qualifications Transfer System (A/03/B/F/PP-158.034), on which a total of 37 institutions in eight EU member states have been working since October 2003. It is the aim of this project to develop a systematic procedure of international acknowledgment of school and job qualifications in the course of job training, so as to increase job mobility.
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Modularisation of apprenticeship training » Mag. Sabine Tritscher-Archan
On 13 January 2006, an amendment to the job training law was made. At the centre of this amendment stands the introduction of modular apprenticeship professions. Each modular apprenticeship job consists of three modules (basic, main and specialised module), within which the knowledge and skills that have to be transferred are clustered according to their complexity.
Forschung
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On the diversity of vocational education and training in Europe and “translation aids” to promote mobility in training and the labour market » Dr. Arthur Schneeberger
The European Union promotes and requests transparent and transferable vocational education and training and higher education everywhere in
The present contribution will first work out differences in educational traditions and formal qualificational structures of various European countries in order to envision the degree of “demand for translation”, which is in the interest of European mobility, both in training and in one’s profession.
Another topic will be the fact that the qualifications of the countries which offer labour market relevant job training already on upper secondary level are underestimated in comparison with those that start job specific training only after upper secondary level.
After that, already existing concepts to promote mobility in education and one’s profession, and also to make the latter easier, will be reflected.
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Operational competence management – problematic areas and perspectives of development » Gastautor
Starting from the discussion on core competences of companies, operational resources of competence are considered to be central competitive factors. In the pan-European ENSR
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Felix Rauner (Ed.): Handbook of Educational Research » Gastautor
The new guide was published by the well-known university professor Felix Rauner from -
Micro credits in Europe: deficiencies in financing for economic players without access to classical bank loans » Ehemalige Mitarbeiterin
The EU defines micro credits as being loans up to 25.000 Euros. The target group of these are economic actors that have not got access to financial services of classical financing institutions, either because they cannot come up with their own positive credit history, or because they cannot provide the securities that are usually necessary to be granted classical credits.
The range of loan financing models for new and small businesses in
The following article discusses the need for micro finance offers in
Gastautoren
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‘start up’ – a chance for the youth! » Gastautor
In 2005, the number of apprenticeship posts went up by more than 2.6%. The apprenticeship initiative “start up” surely contributed to this increase. The central idea of this initiative is a standardised, voluntary check for school leavers who want to start an apprenticeship in trade or craftsmanship. It enables student to check if their skills match the requirements of their future profession.
Plattform für Partnerinstitutionen
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That is how compelling Economy at school can be » Mag. Josef Wallner
What do I have to take into account when it comes to financing my first car? What are the chances Globalisation offers? Why do share prices go up and down? – three very different questions; if you want to answer these, user-oriented knowledge is needed.
Statistik/Grafik
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BIC - Job Information Computer: 180,000 visitors in the year 2005 » Mag. Wolfgang Bliem
The ibw is in charge of an online medium of the Austrian Economic Chambers: the Job Information Computer (BIC – BerufsInformationsComputer). Having 180,000 visitors and 570,000 job calls each year, it is among the most frequented online job information centres in- BIC - BerufsInformationsComputer
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