The blatant shortage of skilled workers in the economy calls for new ideas. One of them is called “partial qualification”. This allows the vocational training system to be made more efficient in certain areas.
Specifically, this means that parts of the content of a job description are taught, which can then be credited towards later training - in the initial phase, however, only for selected professions. This program is intended primarily for “old applicants” who did not get a training place in one of the previous recruitment phases and whose chances will inevitably worsen further due to subsequent school leavers or as preparation for the “external examination”. This means that people who have worked for several years in a specific professional field and demonstrate the corresponding specialist knowledge, e.g. through partial qualification, are admitted to the IHK or HWK examination and, after passing the examination, have acquired the corresponding professional qualification.
