STUDY VISIT Nº 19Stockholm- sweden.

“Role of Social Partners in VET” Álvaro Ferreirós Rey.

The place

Secondary School…

… but where is it?

The job

Teacher• In VET• Subject:

Labour Legal Frame

Member of School Management Staff• Secretary:

finantial management & general administration

PhD Student• Thesis• Topic:

transition from school to work

The reasons

Interested in:

transition from school-to-work

VET organization in other countries

practical traininghow to

encourage social partners

the search for employers`s cooperation

the access to the labour

market

The connection

As a PhD student:

- Research on the role of social partners in VET

As managenment staff:

- Training contracts

As a teacher:

- Informatio

n about practice- Open minds

SPANISH VET SYSTEM

Labour Market

CONTINUING

TRAINING FOR

OCCUPIED

VOCATIONAL TRANING

FOR UNEMPLOY

ED

INITIAL VOCATIO

NAL TRAINING

SPANISH

EDUCATIONAL

SYSTEM

DESCRIPTION OF SPANISHEDUCATIONAL SYSTEM

INFANT EDUCATION

PRIMARY EDUCATIO

N

COMPULSORY SECUNDARY EDUCATION

BASIC, FREE & LAICAL

EDUCATION IN STATE SCHOOLS

POST COMPULSORY

EDUCATION

HIGHER SECONDARY

EDUCATION ≈SIXTH FORM

MIDDLE LEVEL SPECIFIC VOCATIONAL

TRAINING CYCLES

HIGHEREDUCATION

UNIVERSITYHIGHER LEVEL SPECIFIC

VOCATIONAL TRAINING CYCLES

LANGUAGE STUDIES

ARTISTIC STUDIES

SPORT STUDIES

SPECIALISEDSTUDIES

COMPULSORY EDUCATION

or

or

in language schools

in conservatories

in sport schools

VOLUNTARY EDUCATION

&

Statistics:Students in Higher Secundary/VET Comparison

and Progression

Comparative Statistics, Course 2010/11:according to Age and Studies

16 years

17 18 19 20 21 25+0

50,000

100,000

150,000

200,000

250,000

Higher Sec.Med. L. VETPCPI (Drop-outs)High L. VET

SPECIFIC INITIAL VOCATIONAL

TRAINING CYCLES

TO PROVIDE TRAINING ACTIVITIESTHAT ENABLE QUALIFIED STUDENTS FOR

THE PERFORMANCE OF VARIOUS PROFESSIONS, ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT AND ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN SOCIAL,

CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC LIFE

TO PREPARE STUDENTS TO WORK AND HELP THEM ADAPT TO WORKING LIFE

TO INCLUDE A MODULAR ORGANIZATION OF VARIABLE DURATION AND

THEORETICAL & PRACTICAL CONTENT APPROPRIATE TO THE VARIOUS

PROFESSIONAL FIELDS

DIVIDED INTO

AIMS

MIDDLE LEVEL HIGHER LEVEL

ORGANIZED IN PROFESSIONAL GROUPS

COMPLETION OF COMPULSORYSECONDARY EDUCATION

COMPLETION OF HIGHER SECONDARYEDUCATION

Practical TrainingTechnical skills

Social skills

A true apprentices

hip>

Employabilit

y

Practical Traning in VET- “FCT”

CompulsoryOnce all subjects

have been passedThree months

(approx.)At the end of the

course

“FCT” Coordinator

Group Tutor

Job Tutor

SPANISH VET SYSTEM

Labour Market

CONTINUING

TRAINING FOR

OCCUPIED

VOCATIONAL TRANING

FOR UNEMPLOY

ED

INITIAL VOCATIO

NAL TRAINING

Vocational Training for the Unemployed

It is managed by... Responsibilities...

the employment authority SPEE-INEM

(National Public Employment Service)

or, in some cases, by the

departments of employment in

each Autonomous Community

Implementing the Plan Nacional de Formación e Inserción Profesional FIP (National Vocational Education and Training Plan)

Implementing

the National Plan

for School-Worksh

ops, Trade

Learning

Centres and

Employment

Workshops …

Continuing Training for the Occupied

It is managed by… the Tripartite Foundation for Training in Employment

Social partners (Enterprises and employer’s organisations as well as the Unions) and the labour authority (Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs and Regional Labour Departments) share the powers and responsibilities for continuing vocational training

Social Partners_General Vocational Training Council

At the regional level: Autonomous Vocational Training Councils_ Drafting autonomous vocational Training programmes.

At company level: Collective agreements within the company.

General Vocational Training Council

Organized on a tripartite basis with the participation of …

Objectives:

Public Administrations

trade union

s

employers

organizations

To observe qualifications

and their evolution

To determine qualifications

To accredit qualification

s

To develop the integration of professional qualifications

Follow-up and assessment of the

National Program of Vocational Training

The Organic Act 5/2002 on Qualifications and Vocational Education and Training

The aim...

To consolidate the three vocational subsystems into

one

National System of

Qualifications and Vocational

Training (SNCFP ):

National Institute of Qualificatio

ns (INCUAL)

National Catalogue of Professional

Qualifications

DEMANDS

To increase the participation of

workers in lifelong learning

To strength the role of General Council of VET

and INCUAL

Formation contracts

To regulate the right of formation

To end up with the process of integration

of the three VET subsystems

Dual system

Thank you for your attention!!Álvaro Ferreirós

The Organic Act 5/2002 on Qualifications and Vocational Education and Training The aim: to consolidate the three vocational

subsystems into one. This law has also created the National System of

Qualifications and Vocational Training (SNCFP ): instruments and actions which are necessary to promote and develop the integration of vocational education and training through the National Catalogue of Professional Qualifications.

National Institute of Qualifications (INCUAL): It is the technical instrument, which supports the Spanish General Council of Vocational Education and Training in order to attain the objectives of the SNCFP.

SOCIAL PARTNERS

Education & Labour MarketUnemployment rates by age group and formation (2008)

Time to get a job

Paths to the access to work

First job in “fct” company

Paths to the access to work

The transition to work

Public investment in Education according to GDP(2006)

“FCT”

Achievement s ProblemsFor the students:Knowledge of real productive processes & labour environments

Formative point of view in employers

Educational formation for the job tutor

Higher companies commintment

More participation of companies in the design of “FCT” programmes

Curricula updating in VET

Simultaneity between school and labour world

“FCT” impact on the students

Positives Negatives

Real apprenticeship Employability Better labour

prospects

No feed-back Cheap labour force Reduce range of tasks Disarrangement

between school & job No updated of the

educative equipment

Employers demand…

… improvement in technical skills

… bringing the teachers closer to labour world

… increasement in length for effective practice

… direct transition from intermediate level to higher level

… on “FCT”

Better coordination between theory & practice through…

More frequent periodical checking of the professional families curricula

More participation of the job tutor in the

practices programmes

Increasement of the length of practices.

Insertion in the academic course ,

not at the end.

Educative path