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The Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB) is a national and international centre of excellence for research on initial and continuing vocational education and training (VET) and the progressive development of VET. Its research, development and advisory work is aimed at identifying future tasks of vocational education and training, promoting innovation in national and international vocational education and training and developing new, practice-oriented solutions for initial and continuing vocational education and training. BIBB was founded in 1970 and is supervised by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research.
The German Association for Water, Wastewater and Waste (DWA) promotes water and waste management through various means. With approximately 14,000 members of specialists and executives from municipalities, universities, polytechnics, engineering offices, authorities and companies, the DWA is one of the largest organisations in this field in Europe, and its special expertise and competence give it a prominent place in standardisation, professional training and public information.
At the Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB) participants will be given an introduction to Germany’s dual training system, comprising elements on how to develop and launch training regulations and curricula. Following this, the German Association for Water, Wastewater and Waste (DWA) facilitates a visit to a water treatment plant, demonstrating the latest technology in this field. Participants will have the opportunity to exchange with trainers and apprentices and learn more about how vocational training is applied and implemented in Germany.

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These include utilities, environmental services, safety and security, infrastructure, analytics, vocational training, logistics and maintenance services. The 5,300 employees of CURRENTA and its two subsidiaries Chemion and TECTRION offer some of these services to external customers too. The training company CURRENTA qualifies over 2,000 young people on behalf and to meet the needs of the Bayer Group companies and LANXESS, as well as to meet its own needs and those of other companies in the region. Overall, CURRENTA hires roughly 800 young people in the various career fields each year. As a training company, CURRENTA offers the complete range of a large training services company with extensive experience, including the complete recruitment process. This includes candidate marketing and administration, trainee selection and hiring, conduct of training and the organization, preparation and administration of exams. Training takes place in company-owned training laboratories, pilot plants and workshops, as well as CURRENTA’s own technical college. At the three CHEMPARK sites in Leverkusen, Dormagen and Krefeld-Uerdingen plus the Bayer site in Wuppertal, young people are trained in over 25 scientific, technical, commercial and IT professions: from “A” for administrative assistant to chemical production technician and laboratory technician to “U” for utilities mechanic. Rounding out the range of services is combined degree and vocational training, for instance as a business information systems specialist. Training is future-oriented and centrally coordinated. The close link between theory and practice prepares young people just starting out for a wide range of tasks and their professional future.

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Furthermore, FAW is responsible for the vocational education and training at Ford-Werke GmbH, at Getrag Ford Transmissions GmbH and at Cotarko GmbH in Cologne and Saarlouis. 130 employees at FAW recruit up to 270 new apprentices per year and conduct their training and guidance. There are 13 recognized occupations in the commercial and in the industrial-technical sector. They are supplemented by the two dual study programmes, do2technik and do2business. Our study tour at Ford starts with a visit to various training centres where you will have the opportunity to meet and interact with apprentices and trainers. Afterwards Ford staff will give a presentation about important aspects of Ford’s vocational education and training system: - overview of the German (vocational) education system - dual studies at Ford - possibilities for disadvantaged young people at Ford (EQ programme) - women in technical professions (FiT programme).

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Based on the long-standing professional experience (since 1975), ICON conceives and delivers vocational training according to the quality standards of the German vocational training system. ICON’s concepts are designed in a way that the specific cultural and professional environment of every country is carefully integrated and taken into account.
ICON maintains a branch at the Technology Centre in Aachen (one of the most important industrial regions in Germany), specialised in technical training and skills development.
In the past we have successfully conducted numerous study tours for TVET delegations to Aachen from all around the world in order to stimulate TVET partnerships and presenting best-practise examples from Germany. Considering the importance of the location Aachen for TVET and its success-stories from regional small-and medium sized companies, Aachen is the ideal location to get an on-site impression on regional competency clusters in TVET and to learn more about a successful interaction between stakeholders from TVET, SME development, industry and science aiming at promoting employment and qualifying high skilled workers. In co-operation with the Chamber of Crafts and Trade Aachen, we invite all interested participants to discuss international experiences as well as customised TVET concepts, and to learn more about TVET practises in Germany.

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We provide intelligent teaching and experimentation systems to fully emulate authentic situations that students will encounter in their subsequent careers. This also teaches the essential skills which will be so vital in their later work. The tight meshing of theory and practice, the self-explanatory design and a positive, successful learning experience resulting from students performing experiments by themselves, at their own pace, ensure that learning with the help of our products is quicker and more efficient than using alternative systems. Another contributory factor lies in training and support of teachers themselves, which is a key part of our work. In our seminar rooms and exhibition spaces, we can show you exactly how Lucas-Nülle puts this combination of aspects into action. Lucas-Nülle combines the hallmark of German quality with its international experience, and supplies comprehensive solutions from a single source. Let us convince you of the quality evinced by the words “made in Germany” in a tour around our development and manufacturing facilities at Lucas-Nülle GmbH. The subsequent presentation shows you more about blended learning. Lucas-Nülle’s training systems link the experiment hardware with interactive training programs. The subject which completes the agenda is the up-to-the minute topic of renewable energy. We will show you the training systems needed for modern technical education focussing on renewable energies and smart electricity grids.