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General Recommendation for the Award of Credit
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Presentation of Vocational Training
by the Training Provider
LEB in Niedersachsen e.V., Bildungsstätte Bad Zwischenahn / Oldenburg
Vocational training or qualification
for foreign trade (import / export) has
been provided by the LEB since the year
2002. The first training course aimed at
highly skilled, work-seeking migrants
and targeted at their preparation for a
career in export and / or import and in
cultural counseling. In 2004, this training
measure was awarded the training inno-
vation prize by the Federal Institute for
Vocational Education and Training BIBB:
a great recognition for our training con-
cept on the one hand, but on the other
hand also a request and encouragement
to continue the path of a qualified voca-
tional training offer for activities in for-
eign trade.
The European and especially the Ger-
man economy is highly interconnected
with the world market: there is hardly
any sector in which no goods or services
are exported or imported. Whether in
industry, trade, services or even the craft
- working across borders has become no
longer the exception but the rule.
This also means new challenges for the
employees in the company. The empha-
sis on knowledge, skills, and competen-
cies that are necessary for professional
work in international contexts have not
only changed but also increased signifi-
cantly. This concerns almost all areas of a
company: starting from the reception /
the switchboard,where foreign language
skills and intercultural communication
expertise are expected, over the clerical
purchasing, sales or delivery department
up to the management, where internati-
onal marketing concepts or contractual
issues are handled.
The technical area as well is no exemp-
tion from the internationalisation of the
economy: from engineers and technici-
ans not only English language skills are
expected today, they must also have
commercial and intercultural basics if
they should or want to work abroad.
A vocational training concept, that is to
meet these needs and that offers ap-
plied preparation for different profes-
sional activities within internationally
oriented jobs, has to be highly flexible
in structure, content, and operation. The
different knowledge and experiences of
the training participants are to be consi-
dered as well as their professional goals
which can be very individual indeed.