mess’s work on nqs & partnership for post-secondary...
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MESS’s work on NQS &Partnership for post-secondary
intermediate levels of qualifications
Fatih TOKATLIDirector of External Affairs, Training & Projects
CONTENTS
1. Who are we?
2. Profile of employees at our member companies
3. NQS in Turkish Metal Industry and MESS’swork
4. MESS view on the road ahead for intermediatequalifications
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MESS;
Representing
establishments in
Metal IndustriesHeadquartered in
İstanbul, Branch
Offices in Bursa,
Ankara and İzmir
1959;
First employers’
association of Turkey
Principled, leading,
learning,
teaching, improving,
developing
union activities
perspective
Sustainable, balanced
and healthy
improvement of
Industrial relations by
increasing
competitiveness and
productivity
To protect and
improve its members’
common economic
and social rights and
interests, contribute
to labour peace
MEMBER PROFILE
Large Scale(100<)77,1 %
Medium Scale(50-99)11,2 %
Small Scale (1-
49)11,6 %
DISTRIBUTION OF MESS MEMBERS IN TERMS OF NUMBER OF WORKERS
TOTAL
209 Members
160.000 Workers
EMPLOYMENT in MESS MEMBERS
• MESS members employ 160.000
employees which consitute around 10 %
of entire employment in the metal
branch.
Source: Ministry of Labour and Social Security
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WORKERS’ PROFILE OF MESS MEMBERS
● Average Seniority: 7.3 years
● Women Employment Rate: 9.8%
● Rate of Vocational High School Graduates
Among Blue Collar Workers: 55.4%
● Absenteeism: 3.08%
WAGES IN MESS MEMBERS
• In 2010, an average
worker in a MESS
member company
received 48 % more in
gross monthly wages
than an average
worker in Turkey.
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EDUCATION LEVEL OF BLUE-COLLARWORKERS IN TURKISH METAL INDUSTRY AS
OF DECEMBER 2013 (%)
EDUCATION LEVELS OF BLUE-COLLAR WORKERS IN THE LAST TEN YEARS (%)
Source: MESS Labour Cost and Statistics 2013
EXPECTATIONS OF THE
METAL SECTOR
• Better Quality Assured in VET
• Insufficient skills, knowledge and competences of newly grads from VET schools and colleges
• Qualified and ready to work labor force
• Revision of curricula according to NOS
• Access to labor force according to needs
• Eliminate excessive in-house training
• Workers with awarded qualification certificates
• Prevent loss of investment in training
Three subsystems that are all under development
• The National Vocational Qualifications System (NVQS)quality-assured system of sectoral qualifications based on occupational standards regulated by Vocational Qualifications Authority
• The Ministry of National Education is planning to pilot national qualifications and where relevant linking them to national occupational standards. (Establishing Formal Education Qualification Frameworks)
• The Turkish HE QF aims to align with the Qualifications Framework of the European Higher Education Area. There is also a link with national occupational standards for VET colleges (MYO) qualifications.
NQF CONSTRUCTING COMMISSION
NQS IN TURKISH METAL INDUSTRY
MESS authorized by the VQA to prepare national occupational standards and national qualifications in automotive and metal sectors.
Since the last quarter of 2008, MESS has drafted:
● 75 national occupational standards
● 46 national qualifications
National Occupational Standards and National Qualifications by MESS
Automotive Sector
-Machine Maintenance Worker (Level 5, 4, 3)
-Motor Test Technician (Level 5, 4)
-Truck Test Driver (Level 5)
-Automotive Sheet Metal Worker (Level 4, 3)
-Automotive Electromechanical Worker (Level 5)
-Automotive Body and Paint Repairer (Level 5)
-Automotive F. Alignment and Balancing Worker(Level 3)
-Automotive Body Repairer (Level 5, 4)
-Automotive Paint Repairer (Level 4)
- Automotive Inspector and Tester (Level 4)
-Automotive Mechanic (Level 4)
-Automotive Electrician (Level 4)
-Calibration Worker (Level 5, 4)
-Automotive Prototype Worker (Level 5, 4)
-Automotive Sheet Metal and Body Welder (Level 4, 3)
-Industrial Carrying Agent (Level 3)
-Automotive Bodyshop Worker (Level 4, 3)
-Automotive Painter (Level 4, 3)
-Automotive Assembler (Level 4, 3)
NOS Development Process- MESS -
• Research
• Academic support
• Field Studies
• Interviews with experts, engineers, workers, etc.
• Submission to other relevant parties and publicopinion
• Revisions
• Submission to VQA Sector Committee
USE OF NATIONAL QUALIFICATIONSThe national qualifications prepared by MESS are used by Testing and Certification Center Inc. (SIBEM) which :
– assists the formal and informal learning outcomes according to the requirements of the business world,
– supports lifelong learning,
– strengthens the relation between education and employment, and
– facilitates the adaptation of European Qualifications Framework
SIBEM is accredited following 26 national qualifications● MACHINE MAINTENANCE WORKER (L 3,4,5) ● MOTOR TEST TECHNICIAN (L 5,4)● AUTOMOTIVE DYER (L 5,4) ● AUTOMOTIVE DYER HELPER (L 4)● AUTOMOTIVE BODYSHOP WORKER (L 3,4) ● AUTOMOTIVE PROTOTYPE WORKER (L 5,4)● AUTOMOTIVE ASSEMBLER (L 3,4) ● AUTOMOTIVE MECHANICIAN (L 4)● AUTOMOTIVE SHEET METAL (L 3,4) ● AUTOMOTIVE ELECTROMECHANICAL ASSEMBLER (L 5)● AUTOMOTIVE ELECTIRICAN (L 4) ● AUTOMOTIVE SHEET METAL AND BODY WELDERS (L 3,4)● TRUCK TEST DRIVER (Level 5)● WELDING OPERATOR (L 4) ● RESISTANCE WELD SETTERS (L 4)● ALUMINIUM WELDERS (L 3) ● STEEL WELDERS (L 3)
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84 239
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33 948
72 993
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890
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43 792
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Technical High
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Industrial Vocational
High Schools
Technical High
Schools
Industrial Vocational
High Schools
Technical High
Schools
Industrial Vocational
High Schools
2011/2012 2012/2013 2013/2014
Number of Last Year Students Placed in a HE Program, 2011-2013
APPLICANT
BACHELOR
L-5
Source:
MoNE
THE ROAD AHEAD: REFORMS
• Problem: Fragmentation of VET provision• Solution: Institutional consolidation• Strategy:
1. Bring together apprenticeship programs, secondary VET programs and Level 5 programsunder same institutions
2. Also ensure program complementarity amongVET and HE programs
3. Ensure reforms that will enable suchinstitutions to operate with a lump sum budgetcontribution from central government
THE ROAD AHEAD: REFORMS
• Problem: Limited vertical mobility and overlyrestrictive informal program provision
• Solution: Curricula Integration & Coordination & Continuity
• Strategy: 1. Install & ensure effective implementation of a
National Curricula Coordination function, preferably at VQA
2. Ensure program continuity and integrityamong apprenticeship, secondary VET and Level 5 programs and their HE counterparts
THE ROAD AHEAD: REFORMS
• Problem: Disconnect with labour market• Solution: Institutional consolidation/Separation from
university structure/reform of school governance• Strategy:
1. In connection with institutional consolidation, introduceframework legislation/rules to ensure Level 5 programmes have governance mechanismaccommodating industry throughout the life cycle of the program
2. Bring together apprenticeship programs, secondary VET programs and Level 5 programs under same institutions
3. Ensure reforms that will enable such institutions to operate autnomously with a lump sum budgetcontribution from central government
4. Increase weight of work based learning in Level 5, from«internship» towards «quasi» dual training
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