DA VINCI COLLEGE SUSTAINABILITY FACTORY&

LEERPARKMarleen Michielsen & Marloes de Vries

Belfast June 2015

Making apprenticeships work at SMEs

from a Dutch perspective

What role do colleges, industry, sector organizations play in promoting apprenticeships?

Belfast June 2015

Dutch apprenticeship

• 4 days a week at the company• 1 day a week at school• students are paid

Or• dual practise; special

regulation;50% apprenticeship-50% education

Belfast June 2015

Making it work;• Partnership• Shared mission &

needs• Trust & Loyalty

The way we work Sharing knowledge -

development Working on concepts (3d

printing) Production mechanical

engineering Production electrical

engineering Assemblage Testing

Dutch apprentice in BerlinExcellence programme

Participating companies in propulsion and energy transition