4.E What are our recommendations?

In this section we sum up our recommendations on how you can ensure that the acquired skills are used at the workplace.

The recommendations build on the following questions:

  • How to assess the companies’ satisfaction with VET completers’ performance?
  • How to assess the VET-providers expectations regarding VET results?
  • How to assess students’ satisfaction with their own performance in practice?
  • How to process and present the data?

We recommend that you, together with other stakeholders:

  • Build up a quality assurance approach to secure that the acquired skills are used at the work place
  • Select and structure the consultation and collaboration among stakeholders (aimed at improving that the acquired skills are used at the work place)
  • Define the sector/professional domain (with the participation of all stakeholders)
  • Develop a common language to discuss job contents, profile and VET qualifications
  • Get an overview of the data needed and available (to ensure that the acquired skills are used at the work place)
  • Use the company survey and assessments of tasks and ability together with the company questionnaires
  • Use the student surveys and self-assessments together with the student questionnaires
  • Use the VET provider surveys, assessments and the classification of VET programmes together with the VET supplier questionnaire
  • Support collaboration on the practical match (to ensure that the acquired skills are used at the work place)
  • Develop and use instruments to measure the match of supply and demand (including measuring the satisfaction of employers and graduates on quality)
  • Develop and use instruments to predict trends and developments (in labour demand and VET supply)
  • Develop a structure and tools for how to share the data, analysis and conclusions (to ensure that the acquired skills are used at the work place) with all stakeholders
  • Develop procedures to use the evaluations for adjustment (on quality of the students)
  • Develop procedures for selecting the stakeholders to be involved in the review of quality (to ensure that the acquired skills are used at the work place)
  • Develop procedures for how the use the conclusions from the review stage to the next planning stage (to ensure that the acquired skills are used at the work place).

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