AITTS In Brief

Project History

In a multi-staged project that ran from 1999 to 2002, the Industrial Metalworkers’ Union [IG Metall], the Unified Service Industries Union [ver.di], the Central Association of Electric Engineering and Electric Industries [ZVEI], and the German Association for Information Technology, Telecommunications and New Media [BITKOM] agreed on »Guideposts for the Reorganization of Advanced Vocational Training in the IT Sector«.

In 1999, the »Guideposts« were integrated in the »Alliance for Jobs, Training, and Competitiveness« initiated by the German Federal Government. In implementing the Alliance’ resolutions, the Federal Institute for Vocational Training [BIBB] was commissioned by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research [BMBF] with developing the IT Professional Training concept, in conjunction with experts from industry and IT qualification.

Along with partners from the industry and sciences, the Fraunhofer Institute for Software and Systems Engineering [ISST] developed the conceptual and didactical framework for the Advanced IT Training systems as well as the process-oriented curricula that stand at the heart of the system.

Transparent occupational titles and legal regulations were developed, and, in 2002, put in force.