DIAG USA encourages German companies in the US and in our to participate in our apprenticeship programs. We provide an infrastructure between colleges, employer partners and other educational institutions based on the German Dual Education System to ensure that employees meet the businesses' demands of today.
German companies have identified job skills as a key challenge to their
success
here
in the US. The German Embassy thus started its "Skills Initiative" to identify and share
information
about best practices for sustainable workforce development, in cooperation with German
companies
investing
in the US.
They are well placed to undertake this effort because they are familiar with
Germany’s
first first-class vocational education and training system. It is called the dual system of
vocational
training and is a major reason for Germany’s economic success. It provides sound qualifications
through
its unique combination of theory and practice, learning and working, thereby offering a highly
attractive
and and recognized training and career path after high school – as an alternative and at the
same
time
complementary option to college and university education.