This dissertation reflects on both the analysis of quality indicators for the identification of competencies and on the classification tools used to place German further vocational training courses into existing qualification frameworks, using the example of the field of engineering and study path “Supply Engineering”. The objective of this dissertation is to develop a competence model for “planning competence” that allows evaluation and classification of a range of competencies. This planning competence is determined by the categories “complexity”, “cross-linkage”, and “quality” of the process followed in the creation of certain planning documents. Of special focus in this dissertation is the planning competence and its (sub-)competencies exhibited by the college graduates in the study path “Supply Engineering” at the State College for Construction, Business and Logistics (State College) in Gotha / Thuringia. This planning competence ought to be evaluated, classified and placed into a qualification frame such as the European Qualification Frame (EQF). In order to do this, quality indicators are developed and applied to tender documents for a drinking water supply system in a kindergarten, which were presented by the college graduates as their final project. Using these indicators it is possible to identify the quality of these documents and consequently identify the planning competence of the future planning engineer. The quality of the plans is evaluated as a category and they are also looked at to see if they have a certain complexity. This category of complexity is defined as interconnected layers within a system, for example, regarding hot and cold water systems or the circulation water system. Cross-linkage is the third category, which determines both the planning of the project and the resulting planning competence. This cross-linkage is defined as the connection of the drinking water system to third parties, for instance to other planning projects, planning partners, or other technical systems such as heating or electrical systems. In addition, surveys among college graduates from the State College Gotha, their employers, and college alumni, shall indicate and bring to light certain competencies necessary for the planning of above mentioned systems and work as a planning engineer. Combining both the identified competencies of the exploration process using the above mentioned quality indicators and the results of the surveys, the author makes suggestions on how to classify and place the study path “Supply Engineering” at the State College Gotha / Thuringia and other German further vocational training courses into the EQF.

This dissertation reflects on both the analysis of quality indicators for the identification of competencies and on the classification tools used to place German further vocational training courses into existing qualification frameworks, using the example of the field of engineering and study path “Supply Engineering”. The objective of this dissertation is to develop a competence model for “planning competence” that allows evaluation and classification of a range of competencies. This planning competence is determined by the categories “complexity”, “cross-linkage”, and “quality” of the process followed in the creation of certain planning documents. Of special focus in this dissertation is the planning competence and its (sub-)competencies exhibited by the college graduates in the study path “Supply Engineering” at the State College for Construction, Business and Logistics (State College) in Gotha / Thuringia. This planning competence ought to be evaluated, classified and placed into a qualification frame such as the European Qualification Frame (EQF). In order to do this, quality indicators are developed and applied to tender documents for a drinking water supply system in a kindergarten, which were presented by the college graduates as their final project. Using these indicators it is possible to identify the quality of these documents and consequently identify the planning competence of the future planning engineer. The quality of the plans is evaluated as a category and they are also looked at to see if they have a certain complexity. This category of complexity is defined as interconnected layers within a system, for example, regarding hot and cold water systems or the circulation water system. Cross-linkage is the third category, which determines both the planning of the project and the resulting planning competence. This cross-linkage is defined as the connection of the drinking water system to third parties, for instance to other planning projects, planning partners, or other technical systems such as heating or electrical systems. In addition, surveys among college graduates from the State College Gotha, their employers, and college alumni, shall indicate and bring to light certain competencies necessary for the planning of above mentioned systems and work as a planning engineer. Combining both the identified competencies of the exploration process using the above mentioned quality indicators and the results of the surveys, the author makes suggestions on how to classify and place the study path “Supply Engineering” at the State College Gotha / Thuringia and other German further vocational training courses into the EQF.