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Official certification “SAP Certified Development Associate-ABAP with SAP NetWeaver 7.31”
Policy Instrument
Official certification “SAP Certified Development Associate-ABAP with SAP NetWeaver 7.31”
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Description
Timespan
June 2013 - February 2014
Stage
Similar courses about SAP for unemployed workers currently exist, although not with identical contents.
Focus area
Foundations
Policy area
It provides professional training in the technology sector. It represents an active labour market measure.
Policy goal
The goal is to respond to the industry demand for computer programmers with skills in the SAP programming language. The instrument offered training courses in SAP technology for 200 unemployed people, through 8 courses for 25 people each. The duration of each course was 220 hours. The courses were organized in 5 cities: Madrid, Barcelona, Zaragoza, Sevilla and Bilbao. Courses provided an international certification, which improved the employability of participants.
Mismatch
The course is specifically focused on one concrete skill demanded by the labour market.
Aim of policy instrument
Legal basis
Administrative level
Main responsible body
Central PES (SEPE), through the Ministry of Employment and Social Security.
Stakeholders
SAP Spain: the company involved in the design of the course and in the selection of students.
Realtech: the company involved in the design of the course and in the selection of students.
Academias MasterD: Private training centres, who implemented the course.
Central PES: Funding and selection of students.
Funding
It is financed by the State Public Employment Service. The cost of the training (€8 euro per hour for 220 hour for 200 participants) reached €352,000.
Intended beneficiaries
The expected benefit is to train the unemployed as computer programmers, improving their employability and providing talent to companies. Unemployed must be already programmers with experience in at least one programming language.
Processes
Use of labour market intelligence
Two companies of the software sector (SAP and Realtech) have designed this course. SAP is the developer of the software product and Realtech is a software consulting firm, who has a deep knowledge of the concrete use of SAP solutions by companies. Thus, both hold an adequate knowledge of contents, labour market demands and are able to correctly design the course contents in line with these demands. The course is implemented by a private training centre (Academias MasterD) which has a network across several cities in Spain.
Financial schemes
Central PES subsidises this course, paying €8 per hour of course per student.
Frequency of updates
The course was organized over two years. Afterwards, other courses on SAP are offered for unemployed workers, updating the course contents. One example are the courses for unemployed within the Youth Guarantee scheme.
Success factors
The fact that the course is related with skills that are highly demanded in the labour market.
The course contents are designed by companies who have a deep expertise in the field and in the concrete skills needed by the labour market.
Monitoring
The indicators to measure the progress are the number of students that complete the course.
Innovativeness
The instrument consists of a training course in skills for the use of innovative software.
Sustainability
Evidence of effectiveness
The course organizers guarantee that at least 60% of certified students will find a job. Interviews confirmed that more than 60% of students found a job afterwards. Benefits have been as expected. Students achieved a SAP certification at no cost, which usually costs around €4,000 - €5,000. Consequently, they improved their employability.
Engagement of stakeholders
The continuous engagement of stakeholders require the continuation of the funding by the Central PES (SEPE).
Transferability
The course contents and its methodology could be transferred to other countries.
Students obtain an international certification with the course, which makes their skills transferrable as well.
Sustainability
The instrument was renovated in 2014-15, but not afterwards.
Contract with the Central PES to organize a training course for unemployed.