Aims and Intensions

The primary objective of the project is a qualitative improvement of education in retail sector, in order to come up with the subsequent tasks of the apprentices in professional practice. The attention is focused on personal and social skills, so that a (further) development of specific skills in this area is considered to be necessary.

The apprentices should be disposed for the training of personal and social skills as part of the teaching units, which are adapted to the operational needs of each country. At the same time, it provides trainers and teachers a tool to promote personal and social skills.
In context of the transferred project, the components team competency, criticism, self-evaluation of the own performance potential and time management are relevant. Thereby, the identification of apprentices with their activities alternatively with the company is a central task of the projects. This goal can be achieved through a support of motivation and enthusiasm of the activity as well as a higher individual responsibility. In turn, a positive working atmosphere and image can be created, and thus the company's success can be increased.
At the same time, an abortion of apprenticeships can rather be avoided and the opportunities in the labor market can be improved after the end of the apprenticeship.
Thus, a short-term goal of the project is to establish the adapted learning units within two years in the professional schools. A long-term anchorage of the national training structures (retail sector) is provided.