siemens vocational education strategy

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Siemens supports education reform and extends vocational education across the globe

Brookings Institution / Global Cities Initiative, SPE Nuremberg, November 19, 2014

November 2014 Unrestricted © Siemens AG 2014. All rights reserved. Siemens Professional Education

Our vision –to provide answers to the great challenges of our time

Affordable and personalized healthcare

Sustainable technologies for

metropolitan areas

Resource-saving power generation

Efficiency leap in industrial production

The world's largest offshore wind farm

London Array wind farm in the Thames estuaryModern technologies for the world's

largest country

Intelligent Infrastructure Driverless trains


A strong local partner for customers In more than 200 countries

Employees Major production facilitiesRevenue (billions of €)

Employee figures as of December 31, 2013; Revenue and production sites, FY2013All numbers refer to continuing operations

Due to rounding, numbers may not add up to precisely 100

Americas

Asia, AustraliaEurope, C.I.S., Africa, Middle East (excl. Germany)

Germany

78,000 20.9 77

117,00070

28% 37%

29.168101,000

17% 20%

64,000 15.1 74

25%

24%

10.8

28% 27%

14% 24%

38% 24%

20% 26%


Innovation that improves quality of life –the larger purpose of our company

Employees in R&D • 13,300 employees

in R&D in Germany• Another 16,500

R&D employees in approximately 30 other countries worldwide

R&D spending as % of revenue

Patent applications(position)

Germany (2013) No. 4Europe (2013) No. 2USA (2012) No. 11• Siemens currently

holds approximately60,000 patents granted worldwide

• 21,400 patents and intellectual property rights are related to our Environmental Portfolio

Partnerships• Approximately 1,000

partnerships with universities and research institutions per year

Inventors of the year 2013

2013

€4.3 billion

5.7%

2012

5.5%

2011

5.3%


Dual VET means: Combine theory taught in classrooms with applied learning in the workplace

Job-specificspecialist knowledge

General knowledge(German, social studies, business management etc.)

Personal, social and method skills

Teaching in blocks or one day per week

Theory periodsat vocational school

Theory and practice periods alternate and

"complement each other"

Career-oriented practical specialist and method knowledge

''Real work'' (day-to-day operations, projects) at the company

Supported byinstructor or apprenticeship-training coordinator

Practical periodsat the company

Objective:holistic competencies and decision-making skills


In Germany, the Dual Education Model is run as a public-private partnership

Source: DIHK


There is a high degree of permeability within the German education system

Primary6-9 Yrs

Upper Secondary Level15-18 Yrs Tertiary Level

HauptschuleLower leaving

certificate (Quali)

Realschule Upper intermediate leaving certificate

(Mitl. Reife)

Gymnasium General university qualification track

(Mitl. Reife)

Lower Secondary Level10-15 Yrs

Elem

entary school College of Applied ScienceFachhochschule / FH

Dual Degree Programs

Dual VET + University (Bachelor, Master)

University(Bachelor, Master,

Ph.D)

Dual Vocational Education and Training

( Dual VET- Work based)

Extra Year

Gymnasium - Upper LevelGeneral university qualification

(Abitur / Alg. Hochschulreife)

Vocational School

(Fachoberschule / FOS )

Vocational Abitur

Vocational Academy

Berufsakademie

FOS 13 BOS 13

BOSVoc. Abitur

Work-experience


Technical professions

5.375incl. 589 female

Business professions

1.195incl. 707 female

Siemens Technical Academies

387incl. 54 female

External apprentices 2.813

Students inspecial programs 100

Total trainees (30.09.2013): 6.957

2.140 New trainees in 2013

Students atSiemensTechnicalAcademy()

(25%)

1.49368%

44720%

(460)(21%)

incl. dualstudy programs

Business apprentices and students

incl. dualstudy programsTechnical

apprentices and students

1.50770%

44021%

(596)(27%)

Siemens is one of the largest training organizations in Germany


Region Southern Bavaria:The Training Center in Nuremberg

Apprentices(Total: 418)

Internal360

External58

New Apprentices 2014 (107)

Internal91

External16

Professions/Vocations trained 9

Dual-degree Programs 3

SPE Trainersand Staff 21


Siemens is dedicated to VET – everywhere!

Siemens USA: Vocational training initiatives

• Current:• Iowa• Michigan• North Carolina• Oregon• Texas• Federal: AMP 2.0

• Planned:• California (AMP Pilot)• Georgia


While companies find it difficult to fill vacancies, …

youth unemployment has reached unacceptable levels


Youth unemployment is …

a threat to our societies &a threat to our competitiveness


a strong industrial base& labor-market flexibility

Recovery will take time – it needs …


focus on education reform& focus on employability

While ''waiting'' – and to avoid a job-less recovery – we must …


theory taught in class with applied learning at work

Work-based education models combine …


delivering hard and soft skills needed by industry

Work-based education models are best in …


transitioning the young from education to work life

Work-based education models are best in …


applied to any line of education (incl. academic)

The principle of duality of classroom and company learning can be …


companies secure future talent,apprentices earn while they learn,municipalities attract investment

With duality in education …


Contact

Jürgen SiebelHead of International BusinessSiemens Professional Education

Otto-Hahn-Ring 681397 Munich, Germany

Tel.: +49 (89) 636-634570Mobile: +49 (173) 705 68 62

E-Mail:[email protected]

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