Vocational training facility
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| legal form | Profit company |
| founding | 1953 |
| Seat | Erkrath ( North Rhine-Westphalia ) |
| management | Klaus Knappstein, management |
| Number of employees | 1,900 (2017) |
| sales | € 125 million (2016) |
| Branch | education |
| Website | www.bfw.de |
The group bfw - companies for education is an educational institution in Germany with headquarters in Erkrath in North Rhine-Westphalia .
The company, which was founded in 1953, is a recognized non-profit provider of professional development. Around 1800 full-time employees are employed in around 200 educational institutions and training centers throughout Germany.
The turnover in the 2016 financial year was 120 million euros.
founding
The German Trade Union Confederation (DGB) set up local vocational training centers at the beginning of the 1950s. On July 18, 1953, the federal committee of the DGB, the highest body between the DGB congresses, decided unanimously to combine the existing professional training facilities into a company with limited liability. On December 4, 1953, the articles of association were signed and the professional training facility of the German Federation of Trade Unions was founded. Since then, the bfw group of companies has been helping to meet the union requirement “Everyone must be given the opportunity to continue their education according to their suitability and inclinations for a profession” (DGB basic program).
The new company brought together the existing facilities in Augsburg , Dortmund , Düsseldorf , Iserlohn , Mannheim , Munich , Münster , Nuremberg , Stuttgart and Wuppertal . In its first year of existence, the bfw already offered 924 courses. Commercial subjects such as typing, shorthand and general subjects such as German and foreign languages were the focus. The technical area was also covered. In the years that followed, numerous new vocational training centers were set up at various locations in Germany. In order to adapt the range of courses to regional and local conditions, the individual bfw institutions decide relatively independently about their programs.
With the reunification of Germany and the special conditions in the area of the former GDR, the vocational training center founded a subsidiary based in Berlin on September 12, 1990 : Berufsfortbildungswerk GmbH (bfw).
With the takeover of the Berlin inab GmbH - society for work and education, and the change of name to inab - training and employment company on October 21, 1991 in Berlin, the diversification of the offer within the group was achieved: Here young people and young adults can find offers in the field Transition from school to work, professional orientation, initial training and employment.
The subsidiary weitblick - personalpartner GmbH was founded on January 1st, 2004 in order to meet the specific requirements in the field of personnel development.
Today the group qualifies around 45,000 participants annually in around 200 educational institutions and training centers throughout Germany.
Corporate structure
bfw - company for education
The parent company Berufsfortbildungswerk Gemeinnützige Bildungseinrichtung des DGB GmbH (bfw), based in Düsseldorf , operates together with its subsidiaries as bfw - company for education. The group is certified according to DIN EN ISO 9001: 2015 and the Accreditation and Licensing Ordinance on Employment Promotion (AZAV). The bfw - company for education is a founding member of the Bundesverband der Berufsbildung e. V. (BBB) and is represented there with a seat on the board.
inab - youth, education and work
The bfw subsidiary inab - training and employment company of the bfw mbH, inab for short - youth, education and work, has been especially active for young people for more than 20 years. The offer extends over the areas of transition from school to work, initial training, vocational and training support and placement in work. Extensive qualifications open up new perspectives for young people and young adults on the job market. The inab employees strengthen the school, professional and practical skills of schoolchildren, young adults under 25, young people with a migration background and school leavers.
foresight - HR partner
The bfw subsidiary weitblick - personalpartner GmbH develops socially acceptable and economical transfer projects for companies in which staff cuts have become unavoidable and implements them professionally. The company is a founding member of the Federal Association of Carriers in Employee Transfer e. V. (BVTB). In addition to the core business of personnel transfer, weitblick - personalpartner GmbH offers services in the areas of personnel development and consulting, for example for a professional reorientation.
maxQ. in the bfw
The maxQ brand. at the bfw offers basic, advanced and advanced training for the health industry, especially in the field of education, social and care professions. The industry specialist is based on the latest standards and developments in research and professional didactics.
Business areas
The services of the bfw companies cover the entire educational chain. The offer ranges from a variety of advanced and advanced training courses, recruiting and qualification, individual career path and career planning to personnel development. This is mainly done on the basis of funding from the Federal Employment Agencies (BA), the job centers and the optional municipalities. In addition, courses are held on behalf of other funding bodies such as the judiciary or the armed forces. The bfw group of companies also offers qualifications for companies and private customers.
See also
Web links
- bfw - company for education
- inab - company for education
- foresight - HR partner
- maxQ. in the bfw
- Federal Association of Vocational Training Institutions (Bildungsverband) e. V.
- Federal Association of Carriers in Employee Transfer e. V.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Annual Report 2013/2014. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on April 2, 2015 ; accessed on March 27, 2015 .
- ↑ Imprint of the bfw. Retrieved March 27, 2015 .
- ↑ Corporate structure of the bfw. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on April 2, 2015 ; accessed on March 27, 2015 .
- ↑ History of the bfw. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 23, 2015 ; accessed on March 27, 2015 .
- ↑ inab corporate structure. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 20, 2015 ; accessed on March 27, 2015 .
- ↑ Weitblick - personnel partner company structure. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on April 2, 2015 ; accessed on March 27, 2015 .
- ↑ maxQ. Corporate structure. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 20, 2015 ; accessed on March 27, 2015 .