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Workshop I: Best Practices for Your Apprentice Exchange

  • Event

May 7, 2025 | 9:30 AM CT

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Event Details:

  • Event Start: May 7, 2025 · 9:30 AM CT
  • Event End: May 7, 2025 · 11:00 AM CT
  • Location: Virtual
  • Language: English
  • Participation Fee: Free

Learn first-hand how a successful international apprenticeship exchange works! Tony Trapp and Mathias Merker will present their proven German-American partnership between the Upper Valley Career Center (UVCC) in Ohio and BBS/ME in Hanover - a success story that has been running since 2017 and has already inspired hundreds of apprentices.

Key Takeaways:

  1. Concrete success strategies for apprentice exchange planning and implementation
  2. Solutions for typical challenges 
  3. Proven methods for involving students and companies

Event Speakers

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    Tony Trapp

    Upper Valley Career Center Coordinator of Pre-Apprenticeship for Trades and Industry. I am also the project coordinator of UVCC’s German-American Apprenticeship Exchange. Being a proud member of ACTE (Association of Career Technical Education) to advocate for career technical education is something that I am very proud to share our success of the business partnerships and student success.

  • Mathias Merker

    Chair of International Affairs at Vocational College for Mechanical and Electrical Engineering in Hannover, Germany.

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