“Our employees have the know-how and the will to make it to the external examination”

Partial qualifications are gaining in significance as a second-chance training instrument. They are aimed at the labour force aged over 25 without a vocational qualification or whose vocational qualification is no longer applicable. Partial qualifications are funded by the Employment Agency, and companies are now increasingly recognising the potential of this training format. Standard-Metallwerke GmbH in Werl is one of these firms. It has been offering its employees partial qualifications in the areas of machine and plant operation since 2015 and introduced partial qualifications in warehouse logistics in 2017. In this interview, Vanessa Kiko shares her experiences and explains why partial qualifications are a particularly good way of tapping into the potential of skilled workers at the company.