State-certified Engineer, State-certified Business manager - Level 6 Bachelor on EQF

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Top-level talks between the federal, state and social partners on 01.31.2012
Top representatives of federal, state and social partners have now agreed on a compromise. Then the general education qualifications to the first frame can not be assigned. At the same time, it was decided that two years of vocational trainings are classified at level 3 and three-and-half years of initial training at level 4. Previously existed between federal, state and social partners agreed to locate at level 6, the bachelor and master.

The qualifications of the State-certified Engineer, Business managers and Designers are classified at level six, so bachelor level, the DQR and thus also of the EQF.
DQR - German Qualifications Framework
EQF- European Qualifications Framework

Persons completed a study at a technical colleges with at least 2,400 hours ( equal to 120 semester credits in USA) and subsequent compulsory state exam and have thus qualified to assume responsibilities in functional areas of middle management and allowed to practice professions and run craft business without having Masters degree..

By passing the exam these professionals are entitled to use the title

State-certified Technician / State certified Engineer
State Certified Business Management / Business Administration Certified
State-certified designer / Certified Designer

These professions are internationally recognized and officially were entered/registered in to EU directive of recognized professions in EU.

Persons outside Germany in EU or Internationally who hold appropriate college education - accredited bachelors degree in the fields mentioned above and training, with minimum of 2 years verifiable work experience can register as
State-certified Engineer,
State-certified Business manager (for BABA, BSBA or MBA)
State-certified Designer (BA in Design such as interior etc)

 

According to the press release the level 6 of DQF is for Bachelor, Master (MBA) and Specialist - like Technologist etc.


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Achieve level 6 of the Bachelor, Master, the business administrator and specialist degrees such as Technicians. Stage 7 of the Master of Strategic and Professional (IT) are assigned Level 8 and promotion. "In my personal opinion, the decision Supervisors and technicians assigned to the same level as the biggest Bachelor have educational effect. For it is clear: In Germany, everyone Opportunity for advancement through the academic route, and about the way the professional education, "said Schavan

It is estimated that between 1970 and 2006 up to 30,000 state-certified engineers
were trained per year at roughly 800 colleges in Germany. Accordingly
the total size of this occupational group can be estimated at 750,000 to
1,000,000.

However, the statistical figures of the last years show that in the
meantime the number of graduates per year has dropped to less than 20,000.

This is of interest for persons like my self. Who maybe doing work in the 27 countries of the European Union or in other countries who recognize official qualifications of EU and Germany.

The profile nevertheless continues to play an important role among the vocational qualifications and higher education degrees in the engineering sector.

The qualification of Staatlich geprüfte/r Techniker/ing can be achieved in a variety of disciplines, which are often further divided into sub-disciplines. The Federal Employment Agency distinguishes 77 disciplines in which state-certified
engineers are trained, 15 of which are characterised by a division into sub-disciplines.

Lerner - State-certified Engineer, State-certified Manager