Examining additional qualifications in training

Additional qualifications provide an opportunity to enrich training in an occupationally and company specific way and also enable new technologies to be integrated into a programme as extra options. They have formal regulations, are the object of a supplementary examination by the competent bodies and are certified separately. This article describes initial experiences of the examination of new additional qualifications in the industrial metalworking and electrical occupations and in the occupation of mechatronics fitter. These are attracting particular attention and are a source of high expectations in the course of ongoing training for digitalisation.