There are around 300 German enterprises in Taicang, many of them lack shop floor management employees. Although there is training for these positions, there is no systematic program to keep trainees on the same page. To help with this issue, Kern-Liebers established their “Taicang German Industrie Meister Training Center (DTIT)”. This project aims to establish a systematic training to cultivate floor talents accord- ing to their own competencies and what the company actual needs. With the cooperation of AHK-Shanghai, DAWT, and Taicang Vocational Education School, the DTIT program helps German enterprises in Tai- cang to cultivate their production site management talents, improve en- terprises’ management ability on the production sites by introducing a German dual system training. At the same time, it also provides an op- portunity for first-line production personnel to improve their abilities. The first cohort of the DTIT finished in 2019 and after holding presentations and passing their exams, they received their certificate at the end of 2020. The newest cohort will officially start in September of 2021.

Source: More Than A Market Booklet 2021