Study title

Determination of qualification and course of professional career. The investigation is divided into the following sections: 1. Education and training 2. Further education and retraining 3. Career course 4. Current employment 5. Mobility Topics: 1. Education and training: school education; school achievements; degree level and year of degree; subject area with year of conclusion of vocational training; start and conclusion of company vocational training; training occupation; judgement on relevance in practice for employment today of knowledge acquired in school education and in apprenticeship; company size, economic area and branch of economy of company doing training; remaining with or leaving company doing training and reasons for departure. 2. Further education and retraining: participation in courses for occupational further education and retraining within or outside the company within the last five years; type of courses; usability of the knowledge acquired there for current occupational activity; course length. 3. Career course: a) on first employment: employment in training occupation; type of first employment; economic area, branch of economy, company size and status in profession. b) for the points in time 1970 as well as 1974 (later more accurately for the survey year 1979) information on occupation at that time was obtained: type of occupation; area of business affiliation of company; company size and length of company employment. c) in case of unemployment since 1974 the following was asked: frequency and length of unemployment. 4. Current employment: again the following was surveyed: branch of economy and economic area as well as company size and exercised occupation; work areas, detailed determination of the requirements at work and of job-specific knowledge; characteristics of occupation; materials used for work; detailed information on physical position and efforts at work; place of acquiring qualification for...