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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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

THANK YOU...

egitim@mess.org.tr