1. Dr. Tal Lotan Manufacturers’ Association if Israel Training and Technology Education Department November 2008

2. Workers at Production Level Vocational Training Technicians/Practical Engineers/ Operational Engineers Engineers/Scientists- “Breaking Frontiers ” Manpower in the mirror of industry

3.  Sophisticated - based on technology and telecommunications (from metal working to operating CNC systems - requiring training at technician’s level at the least)  Shortened “life span” of technical generation  Strengthened international competition – need for unique and innovative development  Strengthened globalization trend: development, production and marketing spread worldwide  Sub-specialization and professionalism  Strengthened multi-disciplinary character of products CHARACTERISTICS OF INDUSTRY IN THE COMING DECADE

4. Providing specific professional technical designs (such as electronics, computerized production systems) alongside generic qualifications (crossing study streams):  Providing core plans that are not technically/system dependent: engineering design processes, project management, computer-aided drafting and design, technical reading and writing  Languages – English as “work language”  Strengthening interdisciplinary studies ( such as Mechatronics) – in accordance with future needs of the economy/industry  Acquiring expertise and skill in team work/cooperation (executing final projects in studies for technician/practical engineer/engineer that combine a number of learning streams)  Cultivating skills in initiative, creativity and original thinking (“outside the box”), decision making under uncertain conditions SIGNIFICANCE FOR TECHNICAL EDUCATION SYSTEMS AND MAINTAINING PROFESSIONAL COMPETANCE

5.  Providing expertise and tools for independent study –L.L.L.- Life-Long Learning (systems/technologies, new processes)  Defining systems of granting qualification and diplomas in cooperation with employers/industry: defining subjects/study streams and teaching programs in accordance with industry’s needs at all levels of qualification (professional/technical/practical engineering/engineering)  Granting incentives for professional progress: accrediting/raising practical engineering studies to academic level  Providing flexibility for workers to maintain knowledge while working – Just in Time Training – using training technologies SIGNIFICANCE FOR TECHNICAL EDUCATION SYSTEMS AND MAINTAINING PROFESSIONAL COMPETANCE (CTD)

6.  Establishing training centers fully equipped with technologies and workshops for training and practice – accessible day and night  Establishing continuing education programs for updating knowhow for technicians, practical engineers and engineers  Carrying out government-funded media campaigns to promote work in industry and technical education SIGNIFICANCE FOR TECHNICAL EDUCATION SYSTEMS AND MAINTAINING PROFESSIONAL COMPETANCE (CTD.)

7.  Job-specific training: general training (at training center) and targeted internship in industry  Strengthening training in industry: classes at factories, On the Jon Training  Massive investment in equipment and workshops (training centers for youth at schools/adults)  Evaluating and budgeting for training centers in line with trainees’ and employers’ satisfaction and according to job placements  Providing government incentives for professional training and improving jobs – providing subsistence pay during training period, with emphasis on populations outside the working sector  Developing training programs in line with industry’s needs PROFESSIONAL TRAINING – SHORT-TERM HIGHLIGHTS

8. Establishing a national technical training council in cooperation with the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Industry, Trade & Labor, Ministry of Welfare, academia, industry, trade unions, employers’ organizations  Examining existing models worldwide in areas of technical training, education and vocational training and relevance to Israel  Defining technical subjects relevant to the employment field – by defining needs (subjects which are lacking and existing subjects that are irrelevant)  Defining arrangements for granting authorization and diplomas and standards for training centers  Defining study plans and teaching methods relevant to the present-day employment arena – emphasis on abilities and skills needed in the employment world (such as: teamwork, creativity, initiative and innovation, understanding of engineering design processes) ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL TECHNICAL- VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL

9. GAPS BETWEEN TRAINING, TECHNICAL EDUCATION & INDUSTRY NEEDS  Cut in technological - education (50% in the 80’s to 30% in 2005)  Move towards comprehensive education - Matric is the goal  Current average age of workers in industry is high (over 55 years old)  Reduction in numbers of foreign workers Shortage of thousands of industrial workers in technical professions

10. MAIN ACTIVITIES Long term – high schools (over 5 years) Medium term - Vocational training in IDF/Technical Colleges (2-3 years) Short term – Vocational training for adults (5 – 8 months) Active steps to meet industry’s need to train technical-professional manpower & overcome the shortage of workers

11. “TOV” – Technician’s Diploma and Matriculation  Joint activities of Ministry of Education, IDF, Academia, National R&D Council, Educational Networks and MAI  Matriculation Certificate and Technician’s Diploma at end of 12 th Grade  Goal: 2500 graduates per year (3000 students in 2009)  Student Population: Medium/High – Matriculation Certificate+ Technical Diploma Medium/Low: Partial Matriculation + Technical Diploma  Professions needed in industry (electronics, electricity, machinery, computerized production systems - CNC)  100 Teacher-Soldiers, integrated into army in relevant vocations, completing matriculation, further practical engineering studies

12. ACHIEVEMENTS TO DATE …. Selected Quotes from Analysis of the Program in the ORT Network “The coordinators’ skepticism vanished and they believe in the students’ ability to succeed” “Significant increase in probability that students will successfully complete the program with full matriculation and technician’s diploma” “The program has resulted in a significant increase in the numbers of students in the technical stream” Gutman Netanya Afridar Ashkelon Darski Acre Achva Gilboa Kiryat Bialik SCHOOLS PERCENTAGE 100%170%48%150%45% Growth rate of number of students in stream 89%100% 150% to 200% 75% Growth rate of those eligible for matriculation

13. Industry “Adoption”  Lectures and tours of industry for students  Lectures and tours of industry for teachers  Technical assistance by industry for final projects (11 th and 12 th grades)  Employing students in industry (in rotation)  Scholarships for outstanding students  Manufacturers’ participation in setting up school labs/workshops (consulting and financial assistance)  Exhibition of final projects and products Adoptive industries: Intel, Iscar, Raphael, El-op, Ardan, Supco, Tadirgan, Osem, Lagin…

14. TECHNICAL TRAINING DURING ARMY SERVICE AND EMPLOYMENT IN INDUSTRY Soldiers are accompanied by coordinators, funded by the Joint Vocational Training Army/Civilian Employment in Industry DISCHARGE Absorption in Industry Basic Training Marketing Program & Identifying Candidates Army Service In Profession Advanced Courses prior to discharge

15. VOCATIONAL TRAINING FOR ADULTS / DISCHARGED SOLDIERS  Transfer to MAI of responsibility and budget for training workers in industry ( with emphasis on Metal Field ) – Cooperation with the Ministry of Industry, Trade & Labor  Charting needs of industry for vocational training  Supervision of specifications for training courses, based on needs of industry  Locating suitable suppliers (identifying needs, training courses, management)  Identifying and classifying candidates, in cooperation with companies  Coordination and supervision of training courses  Employing workers in companies  Period of theoretical training and apprenticeship in the industry  Subsistence payments throughout training period (conditional loan)

16. VOCATIONAL TRAINING – VARIOUS SECTORS AND POPULATIONS  Bedouin discharged from the army – training in weaving (Kitan Dimona and Arad Towels) & Metal field  Ethiopian Community – integrative actions in cooperation with public, private and government bodies, to promote their assimilation in industry  Ultra-orthodox Jewish Sector – training in Metal Branch in cooperation with Joint and business sector  New Immigrants – training in computerized metal work (CNC), welding and plastics at Vocational Training Centers (in Nazareth, Karmiel, Ber-Sheva), in cooperation with and funded by the Jewish Agency, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor & Ministry of Immigrant Absorption

17. COOPERATION BETWEEN TECHNICAL COLLEGES FOR TECHNICIANS-PRACTICAL ENGINEERS  Defining teaching programs/new subjects in line with needs of industry  Campaign to encourage technical/practical engineering studies (in cooperation with leading companies: Intel, Teva, Iscar)  The campaign has led to a significant rise in registration at technical colleges

18. COOPERATION BETWEEN INDUSTRY- ACADEMIA Cooperation with Academic Colleges (Afeka, Ariel) and Engineering Faculty (Tel Aviv University)  Study days, continuing education and targeted courses in line with needs of industry  Targeted specialization courses for 4th year students in line with industry’s needs (alternative energy, CNC engineers)  Intensifying final projects of students in industry  Working in industry as part of curriculum  Professional advice to industry/joint projects

19. Training and programs for teachers  Continuing education in the framework of teachers’ sabbatical year  Relevant industry/companies according to their professional (electronics, electricity. Machinery…)

20. TAASIYEDA – MAI Non-profit Educational Organization Exposing young generation to industry as a tool for progress in studies and personal and national growth Activities in cooperation with Science and Technology Authority at Education Ministry, among 30,000 students: Activities in cooperation with Science and Technology Authority at Education Ministry, among 30,000 students:  Tours of industry, lectures by industrialists  Research, final projects, competitions and ceremonies  Training 600 teachers in further study courses and seminars  Developing study kits and teacher enrichment programs  " Manager adopts Manager”

21. TAASIYEDA – MAI Non-profit Educational Organization Training Center activities among 20,000 students:  This year over 500 classes have been exposed to one-day activities at the Training Center  Over 100 entrepreneurship courses are held at schools, sponsored by companies and funds  Students are active developing products and inventions Acquiring updated, scientific and technical knowledge about industry in all its shades. Acquiring values and organizational norms customary in industry.

22. TAASIYEDA – MAI Non-profit Educational Organization Main Events in 2008  Opening TAASIYEDA at the Haifa Science-Tech Museum  Israel ’ s 60 th Anniversary Events – “ An Industrialist is Born ”