BHS Corrugated Maschinen- und Anlagenbau GmbH urgently requires skilled workers at its production site in Shanghai. They are to be trained under the German dual vocational education training model.
Over the next few years, the Chinese government is planning to modernize their vocational education and training system based on Germany's dual vocational education and training model. In doing so they are seeking to avert a shortage of workers with completed technical vocational qualifications. This will then enable the government to provide competent skilled workers with a focus on Industry 4.0.
The German company BHS Corrugated Maschinen- und Anlagenbau GmbH also needs these skilled workers urgently at its production site in Shanghai. In the future, the plan is to train 300 employees in the metalworking and electrical sector in line with the tried-and-tested model of German dual vocational education and training.
On-site training
As part of the CoACH-ME project, the Inter-Company Training Center in Eastern Bavaria (Überbetriebliche Bildungszentrum in Ostbayern gGmbh - ÜBZO) is providing support to the Chinese company in developing the vocational education and training. Funded by the Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training.
The project involves setting up a professional training department, including its quality assurance, in the company. It is also addressing training measures for the company-based training personnel on site in the areas of technology and occupational pedagogy.
Thomas Götz and Manfred Meier, the two ÜBZO trainers, have trained ten vocational education training managers on site at BHS Corrugated. As part of this, they specified the subject area of control technology for machines and systems in Industry 4.0.
Intensive cooperation with huge benefits
ÜBZO project manager, Sonia Prüll, describes the internationalisation project as a "win-win situation for all parties on both the German and the Chinese side". It is not just foreign personnel who benefit from the intervention measures stemming from the transfer of knowledge from Germany; the intensive cooperation delivers advantages for the German trainers too. Working with the Chinese partners enables them to develop their intercultural vocational competencies.
In order to continue the CoACH-ME project, the ÜBZO applied for follow-up funding as part of the "Training Worldwide" programme at the Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training. This application has already been approved.