Adrian Hysi
Adrian Hysi came to Germany in 2018 and was already working as an electronics technician for building technology in his home country. He wanted to practise his profession here too and initially started as an "assistant electrician". While looking for ways to have his professional experience recognised, he found out about the validation process.
He initially registered with the HWK Halle, but realised that the profession of 'industrial electrician' was better suited to his skills. He therefore decided in favour of a validation procedure at the Halle-Dessau Chamber of Industry and Commerce. After the discussions with the chamber employee and the vocational experts, Adrian Hysi went into the external assessment for the occupation of 'industrial electrician' specialising in industrial engineering with increased self-confidence. Stadtwerke Halle GmbH supported the external assessment with suitable premises at the SWH. "Stadtwerke Halle's training centre is ideally equipped to assess the participants' professional skills. We are therefore very grateful that we can use it for our external assessments," comments the project manager at the Halle-Dessau Chamber of Industry and Commerce.
Mr Hysi did not immediately achieve his desired result. He therefore took the opportunity to learn the skills he lacked and to demonstrate them in a second external assessment. The opportunity to go through the process a second time is given to each participant once if the person acquires the missing skills between the two processes. Following the second procedure, Mr Hysi received a certificate confirming that he has the same skills as people with formal vocational training.
"The process has opened up many career paths for me. My employer has given me more responsibility, I am now involved in planning and I get a better salary for these reasons," the proud participant tells us.
Motivated by the process, Mr Hysi would like to continue his training in the field of solar technology. The state initiative "Fachkraft im Fokus" of Saxony-Anhalt has provided advice on funding opportunities for such further training. A funding programme was found that reimburses the participant for a substantial part of the training costs. Adrian Hysi has already taken part in the free counselling session and is now working with Claudia Bär, regional advisor for skilled workers at the state initiative "Fachkraft im Fokus", to initiate all further steps!
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The validation process is subsidised by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research. Further information is available at www.validierungsverfahren.de/validierungsverfahren.
