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Certificates: Digital Leadership" certificate
"Industry 4.0 Transformation Expert with TÜV Rheinland-certified qualification" certificate -
Examination: Practical project work with final presentation
Industry 4.0 Transformation Expert with TÜV Rheinland-certified qualification -
Teaching Times: Full-timeMonday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:35 p.m. (in weeks with public holidays from 8:30 a.m. to 5:10 p.m.)
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Language of Instruction: German
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Duration: 8 Weeks
Digital Leadership
Challenges of the digital transformation (approx. 2 days)
Digital leadership - big picture
Differentiation between leadership - digital leadership - digital business leadership
VUCA environment / BANI environment
Consequences of digitalization for the market and competition
Customer expectations in the digital age
Challenges in leadership (approx. 4 days)
Leadership - basics
Motivating employees and getting to know employee participation models
Expectations of employees in the digital age
The role of the manager in digital change
Emotional intelligence as a key competence
Determining your own level of digital maturity
Agile leadership in digitalized environments
New Work / Agile Leadership (approx. 2 days)
Work 4.0 - the foundations of a new world of work
The new requirements for self-organization and self-management
Team collaboration in digital times
Forming, leading and developing teams
Virtual leadership
Networking and knowledge management with digital systems
Digital change in the company (approx. 2 days)
Selection and introduction of suitable digital processes, methods and tools
Change and transformation, ambidextrous organization (ambidexterity)
Dealing with employee skepticism during change processes
Determining the digital maturity level of an organization
Artificial intelligence (AI) in the work process / application of key technologies (approx. 2 days)
Presentation of specific AI technologies in the professional environment
Possible applications and practical exercises (prompts)
Effects of generative AI on work
Getting to know and understand blockchain, smart contracts, Internet of Things (IOT), AR/VR
Big data: collecting, analyzing and evaluating data
Business models, goals, strategies, key performance indicators and KPIs (approx. 3 days)
Analyze, plan and design value creation processes and business models
Define key performance indicators for process control
Successfully defining and measuring key performance indicators (KPIs)
Introducing Objectives & Key Results (OKRs) as a new, more agile target system
Project work (approx. 5 days)
To consolidate the content learned
Presentation of the project results
Industry 4.0 Transformation Expert with TÜV Rheinland-certified qualification
Industry 4.0 basics (approx. 2 days)
4th industrial revolution - development stages in brief
Definitions and technical terms
Factors for the digital transformation
Agile systems and processes
Key concepts of Industry 4.0 (approx. 3 days)
Overview of Big Data
Social media basics and functions
Understanding transmitter-receiver systems: RFID, NFC
Explanation of machine applications: Bots, crawlers, blockchain, AI and machine learning
Areas of application and limits of additive manufacturing and 3D printing
Assistance systems: small helpers with a big impact
Cloud computing: infrastructure and service in data storage
Augmented and virtual reality: augmented realities and their potential applications
M2M communication: automatic data exchange between technical systems
Artificial intelligence (AI) in the work process
Presentation of specific AI technologies
and possible applications in the professional environment
Internet of Things and Services (approx. 3 days)
Technical challenges and big data
IoT/IoS/IoE/AIoT
The economic power of IoT/IoS
Smart services: Development of data-based, digital services
Digital transformation (approx. 4 days)
Horizontal and vertical integration: networking of departments, divisions and companies
Phase plan and implementation
Change and innovation management
Effects of new business models
Digital leadership: from lean to smart in production
Performance controlling with key figures, key figure systems and business intelligence
Effects on logistics
Industry 4.0-ready maintenance
Effects on organization and employees (approx. 2 days)
The new role of employees in the digital factory of the future
The human factor in Industry 4.0
Employees' willingness to change
Legal framework (approx. 3 days)
IT and data protection law: avoiding legal pitfalls
Product liability law: Who is liable for what damage in a networked world
IP law and data sovereignty: the importance of industrial property rights
Employment law: Legal regulations for the special protection of employees
Implementation status of Industry 4.0 in Germany
Project work, certification preparation and certification exam "Industry 4.0 Transformation Expert with TÜV Rheinland certified qualification" (approx. 3 days)
Changes are possible. The course content is updated regularly.
You will also be able to contribute effectively as a specialist and manager in a modern, digitally networked working environment. You can contribute to the development of key strategies to implement processes in a meaningful way.
You will also be familiar with the technical terms and processes associated with the digital revolution and have knowledge of how to introduce and support digital transformation in a company.
This course is aimed at specialists and managers from all areas of the company who are involved in digitally networked, global work structures and want to successfully support processes and employees there.
The course serves as proof that you have acquired in-depth know-how for the digital world. Specialist knowledge in the digital field is in demand and applicable across all industries, both in large and medium-sized companies as well as in agencies.
Industry 4.0 specialists are not only employed by large industrial companies. Small and medium-sized companies that want to participate in the digital transformation are also looking for qualified personnel with knowledge of Industry 4.0. After the course, you can provide meaningful proof of your new skills with a TÜV Rheinland-certified qualification.
Didactic concept
Your lecturers are highly qualified both professionally and didactically and will teach you from the first to the last day (no self-study system).
You will learn in effective small groups. The courses usually consist of 6 to 25 participants. The general lessons are supplemented by numerous practical exercises in all course modules. The practice phase is an important part of the course, as it is during this time that you process what you have just learned and gain confidence and routine in its application. The final section of the course involves a project, a case study or a final exam.
Virtual classroom alfaview®
Lessons take place using modern alfaview® video technology - either from the comfort of your own home or at our premises at Bildungszentrum. The entire course can see each other face-to-face via alfaview®, communicate with each other in lip-sync voice quality and work on joint projects. Of course, you can also see and talk to your connected trainers live at any time and you will be taught by your lecturers in real time for the entire duration of the course. The lessons are not e-learning, but real live face-to-face lessons via video technology.
The courses at alfatraining are funded by Agentur für Arbeit and are certified in accordance with the AZAV approval regulation. When submitting a Bildungsgutscheinor Aktivierungs- und Vermittlungsgutschein, the entire course costs are usually covered by your funding body.
Funding is also possible via Europäischen Sozialfonds (ESF), Deutsche Rentenversicherung (DRV) or regional funding programs. As a regular soldier, you have the option of attending further training courses via Berufsförderungsdienst (BFD). Companies can also have their employees qualified via funding from Agentur für Arbeit (Qualifizierungschancengesetz).