APO-IT

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APO-IT stands for work process-oriented training in the IT industry. The concept was developed by the Fraunhofer Institute for Software and System Technology (ISST) with the participation of the social partners, associations and companies ( ver.di , IG Metall , BITKOM and ZVEI , Deutsche Telekom, etc.) on behalf of the BMBF and closely combines learning and work with each other (learning in the process of work). The project was divided into five sections and ran from January 1, 2000 to September 30, 2004.

The qualification according to APO-IT leads to a personal certification of employees in the field of IT . Certification is carried out in accordance with the international standard DIN EN ISO / IEC 17024. For certification, the candidate processes and documents a real project in his or her operational environment, the so-called transfer project. The transfer project must correspond to a reference process that is described in the examination regulations. An LPB (learning process facilitator) looks after the candidate during self-directed learning at work.

APO-IT is part of the IT advanced training ordinance of the federal government and represents the first level of the IT advanced training system. At this level of IT specialists, 29 advanced training profiles in 6 groups were initially available. After the profiles have been revised, 14 further training profiles are now available, which are divided into 5 profile groups.

This training is suitable for IT graduates (e.g. IT specialists) and career changers. Even university graduates can use it to systematically build up and document IT skills.

background

The IT industry, which has been growing since the 1990s, makes it particularly clear that education and training are in need of reform and had to be adapted to economic and social conditions. The considerable employment and growth opportunities that emanate from the IT sector in Germany, despite the four IT apprenticeships developed in mid-1997, due to the lack of apprenticeships and trainers, the low number of IT graduates, the heterogeneity on the IT training market and The advanced training concepts that have not been adapted to rapid technological change are not noticed. As a result, the findings on branch-specific work processes and learning requirements from a series of research projects were taken into account in the internationally oriented IT training system (IT-WS) introduced in 2002. Further training profiles were defined on three levels: IT specialists, operational and strategic professionals (cf. fundamentally BMBF 2002; Borch / Weißmann / Wordelmann 2006, p. 23f).

As early as 2001, the complementarity between lifelong learning and learning in the work process was pointed out: While the concept of lifelong learning tends to encompass equality for all people (from young people to retired people), the concept of learning is in the work process ( LiPA) in the relationship between employers and employees. Great importance is attached to this learning for the development of skills. It helps to maintain the required flexibility and agility of an organization and to achieve the desired goals (cf. Mouillour Le 2002, p. 3; Dehnbostel 2001a, p. 53 f.).

The concept of lifelong learning reacts to social challenges by promoting self-directed learning. There is a renaissance of “learning at work” and, closely related to it, there is a growing learning and process orientation at work (cf. Dehnbostel 2007, p. 15).

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literature

  • I. Rogalla: APO-IT: Work process-oriented advanced training in the IT industry - final report. Fraunhofer Institute for Software and Systems Technology (ISST), Dortmund, 2005
  • BMBF: IT training with a system. New perspectives for specialists and companies. Federal Ministry for Education and Research (ed.). Bonn 2002.
  • H. Borch, H. Weißmann, P. Wordelmann: International aspects of the IT training system. In: Vocational training in science and practice. 35, H. 5, 2006, pp. 23-25.
  • P. Dehnbostel: Perspectives for learning at work. In: Arbeitsgemeinschaft Betriebliche Bildungsforschung eV (Ed.): Kompetenzentwicklung 2001. Waxmann, Münster / New York 2001, p. 53f.
  • P. Dehnbostel: Learning in the process of work. (= Study series Education and Knowledge Management. Volume 7). Waxmann, Münster / New York 2007, ISBN 978-3-8309-1798-4 , p. 15f.
  • Mike Finsch, Jele Oppermann: The APO coach, practical book on learning process support and accompanying educational services. WBV, 2006, ISBN 3-7639-3452-9 .
  • Isabelle Le Mouillour: Learning in the process of work. Scientific Center for Vocational and University Research, University of Kassel, 2002, p. 3.
  • Irmhild Rogalla, Detlef Witt-Schleurer: IT training with a system. Heise, 2004, ISBN 3-936931-06-2 .
  • Stefan Grunwald, Thoralf Freitag, Detlef Witt-Schleurer: Certification in the IT training system. Heise, 2005, ISBN 3-936931-23-2 .