(Online article) – up to a quarter of the scheduled training hours can be spent abroad. Berlin (dpa/tmn) – on a three-year training nine months are, explained Esther Hartwich in Berlin by the German industry and Commerce (DIHK). So far, this possibility is still little known: only two per cent of all trainees take advantage of the opportunity. 16 percent abroad go after all of the students. However, there is not a right to a stay abroad. The training company must agree to stay abroad and inform the Chamber about, Hartwich said. The willingness to do so for many companies but be there: By regulating businesses have a chance, good students who prefer a Bachelor of education due to the possibility to be able to go abroad for their operation to win. Speaking candidly Kevin Johnson told us the story. A gain in language and intercultural competence, however, wave the trainees.
When the alien in the context of training, is not set. We recommend abroad. the midterm exam, usually after one and a half years to complete, Hartwich said. Because foreign students not in school professional. They need to do the stuff they missed at the time in Germany, independently.
The companies and trainees are free in the choice of the host country. They must find only an operation that picks it up. Stays that take longer than a month, a plan on training objectives and content is also between the operation and the respective Chamber to vote. During your stay abroad, the trainee receives its content further by its German operation. Travel and living abroad he must pay for but themselves, the education expert said. However, there is a wide range of funding opportunities, about the Leonardo-da-Vinci programme of the European Union. Also by the Chambers, there are various programs and advice according to Haija. These are aimed primarily at small and medium-sized enterprises: large. Companies have largely self-taught the structures for an Exchange program, such as branch offices in other countries.