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A survey of competencies

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History

1872 Foundation of TÜV on behalf of industry - Examination of steem boilers

1905 First tests of motor vehicles 1967 First subsidiary company in Germany 1970 First subsidiary company abroad 1997 Merger of TÜV Rheinland and

TÜV Berlin-Brandenburg 1997 Annual turnover reaches more than

1,000 millions of DM 2000 The 140th branch office outside

Germany is opened in Vietnam

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Branch offices

More than 150 in Germany

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Branch offices

Global Network

140 branch offices all over the world

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Structure

More than 50 subsidiary companies in 150 locations

TÜV Rheinland/Berlin-Brandenburg e. V.

TÜV Kraftfahrt GmbHTÜV Anlagentechnik GmbH

TÜV Rheinland Holding AG

In Germany Worldwide

More than 50 subsidiary companies in 140 locations

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Business fields/Fields of activity

Vocational training for job seekersTraining for professional experts and managersPrivate schoolsEnhancement of business processesCreation of management systemsPublishing

Training and consultancy

Safety of IT and communication systems

IT Services

Electronic devices for communication and entertainmentTelecommunicationMedical productsLeisure and mechanical products for householdsDomestic electrical devicesMachinesErgonomicsElectromagnetic safetyInternational product licensing

Product safety and quality

Motor vehicle testsGarage and fleet managementDriving licence examinations and traffic psychologyService for individuals and companiesDamage and value reports/Fleet managementHomologationMotor vehicle technologyRailway technologyAviation technologyTraffic systemsIntermodal traffic management

Mobility and traffic

High pressure vessels and technology of materialsTransport and mechanical engineering, LiftsElectricity and the built environmentTechnical plant safetyConstruction technologyEnvironment and energy technologyIndustrial safetyCertification of management systems

Service for industry

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Training and consultancy

Quality and safety start with awareness

Vocational training for job seekers

Training for professional experts and managers

Private schools

Enhancement of business processes

Creation of management systems

Publishing

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Training and consultancyVocational training for job seekers

Close to practice

Training programmes are developed in co-ordination with the Employment Offices and made available whenever the regional labour markets call for them.

In more than 60 towns all over Germany we offer our clients tailor-made qualification courses for their professional careers.

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Training and consultancyTraining for professional experts and managers

New horizons

Fit for the job - ready to take off. Regular qualification is indispensable for professional careers. We offer more than 500 seminars and have more than 2,500 trainers at our disposal. Close co-operation with decision-makers in companies is a guarantee for the relevance of our training courses.

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Training and consultancyPrivate schools

The alternative

Our private schools are an attractive alternative to training in companies. We prepare our students for their dream job with excellent prospects for their professional careers. The extraordinarily high rate of acceptance of our students in companies is a proof of excellence for this kind of vocational training.

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Training and consultancyEnhancement of business processes

Organizing success

We are an independent, experienced and down-to-business partner for companies. This is the basis on which our consultants work for the benefit of our clients while analyzing and enhancing their internal business process. For more competitiveness and to our clients‘ full satisfaction.

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Training and consultancyCreation of management systems

Perfect preparation

Business-to-business interaction requires a well functioning management system. We help our clients to create and to implement their management systems quickly and efficiently - and prepare them to pass the certification audit.

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Training and consultancyPublishing

Offhead - online

The accumulated knowledge of TÜV Rheinland Berlin Brandenburg does not only exist in the minds of our experts, but is made available through publications of TÜV Verlag Publishers. It is printed by our own printers and can be ordered in our online-bookshop under www.tuev-verlag.de.

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„(Female) Information Scientist“

A project only for girls

• First started in 2000• Relaunched in 2001 and 2002

• Three years‘ initial vocational training• Officially recognized certificate (IHK)

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Reasons for the project:• Less than 10 per cent of information scientists in Germany are women.• Girls do not tend to choose professions where they think they are left alone with a large group of boys. • Girls are often less self-confident than boys, particularly in mixed groups with a large majority of boys studying scientific or technical subjects.• There is empirical evidence that girls perform better in groups without males; they feel less pressure in such groups.• Girls have their own approach to the learning process, they learn in a different way (they are more careful than boys, do not simply try but want to understand etc...).

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Our experience with the project:• Surprisingly or not, many Girls do not like to learn in groups without any males.• Companies tend to accept women as information scientists, even if they are aware of the fact that pregnancy may interrupt their female employees‘ career. • Information science seems to be a difficult subject, as about 40 per cent of all (male and female) students fail to pass the final examination in Berlin.• .• Girls have their own approach to the learning process, they learn in a different way (they are more careful than boys, do not simply try but want to understand etc...).

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Final remarks:• The project is financed from a mix of sources: ESF, public funds of Berlin and private (company) funding.• The participants‘ contract on training is concluded with TÜV Akademie. • The training is implemented in co-operation between „Oberstufenzentrum“ (secondary training centre), companies and TÜV Akademie.• The course is accompanied by supplementary subjects like communication training, project management and others.