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o MechatroniX Summer Camps
The Styrian Auto Cluster installed the Automotive Academy Styria in order to provide further
education for adults and the youth. Besides qualification initiatives for skilled workers
they also focus on the youth due to predicted skills shortages. Therefore they developed
the so called “MechatroniX Summer Camps“: These summer camps offer five-day lasting
workshops for interested young people, where they get to know technically oriented professions.
o Lehre mit Matura
This program of the state of Styria, the BFI and the WIFI is one of the best-practice examples
in Styria. The details about this program are mentioned in chapter 4 (p. 18).
Methods and projects of the career counselling
In general quite a sparse career counselling exists in the region; however, various examples available are
listed below. The main partner for career counselling in the region is the AMS, which runs several so-called
Berufsinformationszentren (BIZ) all over Austria. There is also a BIZ in South-West Styria in Deutschlandsberg
which frequently organizes events related to career counselling. These centers also welcome classes
and offers tests to find out more about one’s qualifications and possible professions.
- Isolated career counselling
The most often used method of career counselling is the organization of isolated events. Excursions
to universities, enterprises or post-secondary schools are quite common.
Examples:
o BORG Deutschlandsberg: Organization of excursions to the universities in Leoben and Graz
for 8 th grade pupils, a visit to the Best (career exhibition) for 7 th grade pupils.
o HAK/HAS Leibnitz: Organization of a “Berufsfindungsakademie” together with local enterprises.
o HAK Voitsberg: Organization of a “day of the economy” together with local enterprises
o BRG Leibnitz: Once a year pupils organize an “Informationsnachmittag”. They invite universities
and post-secondary schools to give pupils the opportunity to inform themselves
about their further career.
Another initiative the BRG is participating in is the MENTORING-PROGRAM. This program
brings together female pupils and female researchers or students from the economy or the
Technical University (TU) in Graz. The aim of this program is to motivate more girls to start
a technical or natural scientific career.
- Periodic career counselling
Most schools organize excursions, invite universities and enterprises to present themselves on a
regular base (usually once a year). Usually graduate classes are the target group.