E-COP – Project no. 167127-LLP-1-2009-1-IT-KA1-KA1ECETB

BvB – Berufsvorbereitende

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Volkshochschule im Landkreis Cham e.V.

E-COP – Project no. 167127-LLP-1-2009-1-IT-KA1-KA1ECETB

• To assist unemployed young

people to find a proper

apprenticeship place

• To arrange internships in different

local enterprises

• To arouse interest in a variety of

professional opportunities

• To give practical ideas of

theoretical understanding

• To help students learn from

experience

• To decrease drop-off rates

E-COP – Project no. 167127-LLP-1-2009-1-IT-KA1-KA1ECETB

The Course

• …addresses students with all levels of education between 16 and 19 who have

not yet found an apprenticeship place to gain further underrstanding of

common school subjects and to enhance already existing skills

• . …provides lessons in the most common school subjects and transferres a

great variety of practical manufacturing skills

• …provides all sorts of workshop tools and machines for woodwork, metal work

and the like, in order to enable students to simulate real life vocational

situations and to make practical use of theoretical mathematical applications

• …offers furthermore the possibility to gain computing skills and to achieve

computing certificates

• …offers the opportunity to gain a qualified school leaving exam if not yet

achieved

• …addresses local enterprises to organize internships for the students for

possible future apprenticeships or in-company trainings

E-COP – Project no. 167127-LLP-1-2009-1-IT-KA1-KA1ECETB

BvB is financed by the German employment agency for each student over a period of 10 months. It is an ongoing course and there are new students joining at any time, throughout the year. They attended the course at vocational schools and at Volkshochschule in Cham.

The concept was planned by the German employment agency.

It started about fifteen years ago and it is open all the time, new students join whenever there is the need for them to be supported.

The background of the training is to support young adults and youths to start their vocational careers, even if they were not able to pass a proper school graduation before and to help them in their search for apprenticeship. Trainers sometimes also act as personal mentors.

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The project has shown very good results during the last 15

years, as long as it has lasted. There are hardly any

drop-offs and the number of signed apprenticeship

contracts afterwards show the great success of this

measurement.

There are rarely any vacancies, and at the moment there

is even a waiting list for young people who want to join in.