What good is cooperation with an enterprise for a school and for pupils?

• It’s a way of getting to know job profiles and practical requirements of enterprises.
• It’s an opportunity of learning about the apprentice selection strategies of enterprises.
• It helps make contact with enterprises.

For pupils:

• Practise and check what you have learnt in class, do practical work and collect information
  
• Look at special opportunities for special groups, e.g. girls in technical vocations
• Take part in the job application training offered by enterprises

For teachers:

• Take part in continuing education events offered by enterprises
• Practise and check what you teach in class
• Look at special opportunities for special groups, e.g. girls in technical vocations
  

What can the waff offer to schools?

• Information on the legal conditions for work placements and taster days
• Contacts with information services
• The launch of cooperation projects by organising half-day or full-day workshops bringing together interested teachers and enterprises in a region
• Acting as a contact point for unresolved issues in the course of implementing a cooperation project
• Experience and best practice examples