Norrköping is one of the locations where the new education form National Vocational Education is being tested as a pilot project. The program features short, fast educations at high school level, with a lot of practical training at workplaces and is aimed at adults. The first group of scaffolding builders will soon be finished.
Students Daniel Bergfast and Pontus Hjerpe are among those nearing completion after taking the new education form National Vocational Education. According to Östgöta Correspondenten, Pontus Hjerpe described the experience positively and said he looks forward to starting work, having already secured employment. Daniel Bergfast and Pontus Hjerpe have already been promised jobs after the education.
It has been exciting and now I look forward to starting work and I have already gotten an employment.
National Vocational Education is completely steered by what the labor market needs. The program started with the skills shortage that exists in companies and the public sector. It is unknown which companies have made these job offers or how many students are in the first group.
The specific skills shortage that prompted this program and the duration of the scaffolding builders course have not been disclosed, nor is it clear how many other locations besides Norrköping are testing the program.