Actual Practices for Addressing Requirements of Digitalization in Vocational Education and Training

Abstract Existing research on digitalization and Industry 4.0 consistently shows a significant and lasting impact on social coexistence, economic development and work design. It is therefore becoming a central issue to analyze the technological, economic, social and work-related consequences in more detail in order to gain a deeper insight into the requirements to be expected. In this context, TVET (Technical Vocational Education and Training) becomes highly relevant to train skilled workers and make them fit for the changing industry. Answers should indicate which occupations and competences are relevant to the mentioned workers. The knowledge identified via empirical work will be used to draw conclusions about the effects of the changes of work on vocational training and leads to proposals for a future-proof and practice-oriented design of occupations in industry. The core of the qualitative and quantitative empirical survey was based on four research questions. For the study itself, occupational scientific instruments were used for surveys on the shop floor and qualitative interviews were conducted with the selected companies.