Thus, in June the seventh year of Dual Vocational Training will begin in Basque schools and with more strength than ever since 96% of the students who take it obtain employment, 85% in the same company in which they carried out their work. practices. What is this success due to? The reasons are several, but all of them can be explained by the close collaboration between training centers, Confebask representing the productive fabric and the Basque Government, with the Deputy Ministry of Jorge Arévalo leading the project. And it is that perfectly greased ecosystem is the differential fact and the key factor in which Basque Dual VT has become a state and European benchmark as an example of good educational practice. And that is what it is, educational. From the individual design of the plans between the company and the center, through the periodic monitoring of the acquisition of the learning results by the teachers and reaching the shared assessment of the apprentice between instructors and teachers.
Precisely, it is in this new task for companies, to train in depth and evaluate, which is also supporting Confebask and its provincial delegations, through innovative trainings to dual VT trainers among their associated companies. Even in the hands of the Vice-Ministry of Vocational Training, Confebask has published a “Guide for Dual Vocational Trainers in alternance regime”, which shows the close collaboration between all the agents involved.
And if we analyze well what VT Dual in Euskadi is, success is guaranteed. After a year of training in the centers, in addition to new methodologies such as Ethazi (cycles of high performance in VT where exams are replaced by challenges and projects), students acquire the skills, competencies and basic knowledge to join their profession. With Dual VT, through its multiple formulas and its flexibility is another strong point, students combine training in the center with their work in the company in a% that can reach 75% of the normal working day of an employee / to the company. In addition, from the first moment the student receives a remuneration proportional to their stay in the company and contributes to the Social Security in its two formats, contract for training or scholarship. The contracting subsidized by Lanbide is the most used formula and has been shown as an adequate way for most situations.
Throughout a year the company has enough time to see if the student is able to join the profession and to establish a mixed plan between work and training that allows the student to acquire professional skills for performance Professional in the company. It is the best personnel selection system since the company, after a period of work far superior to a conventional practice, can see the adaptation and evolution capacity of each student.
In companies that are growing or with medium-term personnel needs, it is showing itself as a very interesting formula to cover their human resources needs and with a high degree of satisfaction on the part of the parties involved.
Another positive aspect of Dual VT is the close relationship between training centers, teachers, and the company. When designing the plans for each student, the faculty must be aware of the requirements, techniques, methods and training required by the company. This enriches and brings closer the training offered by the vocational training centers regarding the needs of the professionals demanded by the market, while improving the training received by the students who receive the companies. Circle closed.
On the other hand, the role of the Deputy Ministry leading the project, disseminating and making visible Basque Dual Vocational Training between entrepreneurship and the media, is very useful for its knowledge by job providers who, to a greater extent, go to centers where they are directed quickly to their responsible since the agility of the system is key.
In short, an example of institutional common sense put at the service of society and where a young professional excellently trained in our classrooms receives the final varnish right by the company that will end up using it and where, without a doubt, they know very well what type of professionals need.
Given the shortage of young professionals in certain sectors, Dual VT is called to be a protagonist since companies will be forced to look for technicians in the market who do not find them in the market. This offers a new scenario for companies. Given the shortage of professionals, the proliferation in the classrooms of new methodologies and young people with the ability to lead projects, make decisions, communicate in multiple languages and with more creativity and connectivity than ever, it will be necessary to redesign the jobs of the future to offer challenges and professional motivations at the level of these expectations. It would be a drama to offer this generation repetitive posts with little added value. This and other obstacles such as the incorporation of women in the industrial professions are challenges to overcome. Undoubtedly, this new model offers a wide range of opportunities that talented young people will know how to take advantage of since the Dual VT in Euskadi comes as every June with a contract under its belt.
