Advanced vocational qualifications for commercial managers on the operative level

Every year around 30,000 individuals in Germany complete an examination for nationally standardised, advanced vocational qualifications in commercial occupations at Master Craftsman/Bachelor level. The significance of these occupational qualifications and their assignment to Level 6 of the German national qualifications framework (DQR) have encouraged the development of strategies for standardising the relevant advanced training regulations over the past few years. The article sets out functions of these occupations, presents BIBB’s action and process-oriented conception for qualifications spanning various occupations (berufsübergreifende Qualifikationen, BeQua), and gives an insight into discussions about structures which accompany the implementation of these in future training regulations.