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DEKRA Personnel was a clear beneficiary of the fast
and sustained global recovery in 2010. The Temporary
Work business unit performed particularly impressively
and needed additional resources to cope with aboveaverage
demand for qualified workers. In contrast,
public sector cuts had a negative impact on the DEKRA
Akademie group, particularly with regard to publicly
funded training opportunities for the long-term unemployed.
Despite this, DEKRA Akademie managed
to expand its corporate business and maintain its position
as one of Germany’s leading private training
organisations.
DEKRA Akademie’s traditional core competencies
lie in the areas of transport, warehouse and dangerous
goods logistics. This strategy proved particularly
effective in 2010 with the successful implementation
of programmes for basic qualification and training
in accordance with German legislation on professional
driver qualifications (BKrFQG). Deployment of
Europe’s most advanced mobile truck driving simulator
enabled the academy to extend its pioneering role
in professional driver training. The thriving corporate
business was given a further boost with transport companies
being able to apply to the Federal Office for
Goods Transport for subsidies for measures under the
BKrFQG legislation. DEKRA Akademie supported
interested companies with sophisticated subsidy management
advice.
Through its acquisition of a company specialising in
digital educational media, DEKRA was also able to
make progress in developing its own materials. One
example is a blended learning concept aimed at qualifying
IT experts in the 50-plus age group, an initiative
that was successfully launched under the slogan “Learning
in the virtual workplace” and is supported by
Germany’s Federal Employment Agency. Further steps
have also been taken to internationalise professional
training and education offerings in conjunction with
DEKRA’ s foreign subsidiaries.
“Having a highly qualifi ed, fl exible workforce is essential to business
success. With our services, customers can plan their technical
and business activities with confi dence – and can increasingly also
rely on our support at international level.”
Jörg Mannsperger, Management Board member of DEKRA SE
and head of the DEKRA Personnel business unit
Ensuring that the seminar range reflects the latest technological
developments is crucial to maintaining strong
demand for DEKRA Akademie as a training body. For
example, DEKRA Akademie has added a special course
on high voltage systems to its portfolio in response to
the challenges faced by car dealerships and workshops
in connection with the rise in e-mobility.