Training quota
The training quota is the number of employees in training in relation to the total number of all employees . In Germany, the training quota is 4.8%. A number of companies do not train. Sometimes there is a lack of approval for training, sometimes the companies are too small, sometimes they shy away from the expense of training. If one looks at the companies providing training, the average in-company training rate in 2006 was 6.4%.
The training rates vary according to region, industry and company size and also from company to company.
In the new federal states the training quota is 5.9%, in the old federal states it is 4.5%. While in the east it is the large companies in particular that have the highest training quota (companies in the east with over 500 employees: 8%), the training quota in the west is the highest at 5.3% in the size class 10–49 employees. The craft makes a particular contribution to this .
If one looks at the sectors, the training quota is particularly low in sectors that employ a high proportion of academics (e.g. other services mainly for entrepreneurs - west 1.5%, east 1.1%). The construction industry (7.2% / 5.0%) and the hotel and restaurant industry (6.3% / 10.8%) have high training rates .
Training rates of some companies
| Companies | Quota | year |
|---|---|---|
| Wittenstein AG | 13% | 2015 |
| Dehn and sons | 10% | |
| Webasto AG | 9.1% | 2009 |
| research center Julich | 9% | |
| Ostsächsische Sparkasse Dresden | 8.1% | 2011 |
| Oldenburgische Landesbank | 7.3% | 2011 |
| ABB in Germany | 5.9% | 2009 |
| DaimlerChrysler | 5.3% | 2003 |
| Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG | 5.0% | 2007 |
| Volkswagen AG | 4.2% | 2003 |
| ford | 3.3% | 2003 |
| Opel | 2.8% | 2003 |
| Adidas | 2.0% | 2006 |
Different definitions
Different calculation models are also used to calculate the training quota. For example, in a press release from March 13, 2008 , the Berliner Wasserbetriebe (BWB) reported a training quota of 9.3% based on person- years . This information is misleading and makes comparisons with information from other companies difficult. If the training quota of BWB is calculated based on the total number of employees, the training quota is 8%.
Measures to increase the training quota
The training rate typically fluctuates significantly over the course of the economy . Particularly in periods of economic downturn, the training quota is so low that the demand for training places exceeds the supply. One then speaks of an apprenticeship gap . On the one hand, this corresponds to youth unemployment and potentially leads to a shortage of skilled workers . There is therefore a political demand for an increase in the training quota. There are different approaches to this. On the one hand, attempts are being made to improve the conditions for training through joint actions by politicians, employers and trade unions . Historical examples are the concerted action or the alliance for work .
The majority of economists and employers' associations point out that the level of training allowances leads to a reduction in the number of training places offered and thus to a low training rate. Another motive for the reduction of apprenticeship positions is the union demand for takeover guarantees for the apprentices.
The trade unions and parts of the SPD and the Greens as well as the left, on the other hand, are demanding the introduction of a training place tax and the use of these funds for inter-company training.
Web links
Training Report 2007 of the BMBF
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- The training behavior of German companies in 2006: Results of the IAB company panel / Iris Möller, Jens Stegmaier, Klaus Schöngen [employees]. Bonn: Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training, 2008. 44 S .: Bibliography, Tab. (Scientific discussion papers; 099) (series of publications / Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training). Online version , accessed on July 2, 2008 (PDF; 197 kB).
Individual evidence
- ↑ All figures in this section: BMF: Vocational Training Report 2006, Overview 55 (PDF; 1.9 MB) ( Memento from April 12, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ WITTENSTEIN group. In: Wittenstein AG. March 31, 2015, accessed May 5, 2016 .
- ↑ Press release of March 13, 2008 . Source: Berliner Wasserbetriebe