Company Initiatives to Align Apprenticeships to Advanced Manufacturing

Résumé du livre

Building on the analysis of national apprenticeship systems in the 2018 Eurofound report Adaptation of national apprenticeship systems to advanced manufacturing, this report summarises the results of 14 case studies of good practice in the manufacturing sector in five EU Member States (Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland and Italy) and two countries outside Europe (Australia and the United States). Situated in different national and sector-specific environments, all case studies are characterised by the aim to adjust apprenticeship programmes and/or practices in response to challenges emerging from advanced manufacturing technologies and processes. The case studies examine a series of different issues, notably context, drivers for implementing change, impact and crucial factors for success. The report looks into contextual factors, drivers and reasons to implement changes concerning initial and higher apprenticeship/VET programmes in manufacturing, as well as specific objectives and intended results, target groups, scopes of practice and relationships with regional and national VET and/or industrial policy programmes and initiatives. The report also highlights lessons learned, outcomes and impacts on the companies involved, regional production systems and apprenticeship training. Finally, the report draws conclusions concerning crucial success factors and the adjustment of apprenticeship training in light of advanced manufacturing.