Kfz‐Sm Project (KFZ I)

Since August 2004, motor vehicle workshops have been providing training in a two-year occupation introduced on a trial basis until 2009: motor vehicle service mechanic (Kfz-Sm). The ITB is evaluating the new training occupation in North Rhine-Westphalia and Schleswig-Holstein in several phases.

The aim of the first project phase is to examine whether training as a motor vehicle service mechanic fulfils the objectives pursued with its introduction. The main questions are whether and how lower secondary school leavers (Hauptschüler) enter the new occupation, how they develop during their training, and how companies and vocational colleges view the motor vehicle service mechanic.