Practical Assessment Procedures — Aptitude Tests at JBZ Jena

Career orientation with real-world tasks and personal evaluation.

Practical Assessment Procedures: Identifying Interests and Abilities

The practical assessment procedures for potential analysis help students in grades 7 and 8 to better understand interdisciplinary competencies and personal interests. In structured, action-oriented exercises, participants work on various tasks that reflect typical requirements from different professional contexts.

The results are documented in the Thuringian Career Choice Pass and, together with other practical orientation offers, form an important basis for career orientation.

Funding is provided by the Federal Ministry for Education, Family, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth.

Funding logos BMBFSFJ and European Social Fund – Funding partners for career orientation at JBZ Jena
JBZ Jena with shareholders Schott, Carl Zeiss and Jenoptik

Our Offer for Students

Together with the practical experiences of hands-on career orientations, these assessment procedures form important building blocks of the education chains and the state strategy for practical career orientation. The assessment procedures are carried out in cooperation with the Internationaler Bund and ÜAG (the designated educational institutions are the venues).

Target group

Grades 7–8

School Types

Regular, comprehensive, and grammar schools

Content

Action-oriented exercises and reflection of personal interests

Goal

Confident decision-making for internships & career paths

More information

The practical assessment procedures are not geared towards individual professions.
They address various cross-occupational activities and work requirements to make competencies visible that are relevant in many professional fields.

The focus is on working methods and requirements, not professional specializations.

  • Duration of assessment procedures: approx. 6 hours

  • Conducted by external, trained observers

  • Timely evaluation together with the students

  • Documentation of results in the Thuringian Career Choice Pass

Why choose practical assessment procedures?

Practical assessment procedures for potential analysis help students to better understand their own strengths, interests, and interdisciplinary competencies. Through structured, action-oriented exercises, realistic impressions of one’s own work behavior emerge – an important basis for further steps in career orientation.

Practical

Action-oriented tasks instead of theory

Transparent

Timely evaluation with clear feedback

Age-appropriate

Tailored to grades 7 and 8

Professionally guided

Conducted by trained external observers

Our Understanding of Practical Assessment Procedures

Practical assessment procedures enable students to realistically evaluate their own strengths, interests, and competencies. Through action-oriented tasks and subsequent reflection, a solid foundation for further steps in career orientation is created.

Practice creates clarity

Potential analysis is effective when it is concrete and comprehensible. In structured exercises, young people experience typical requirements and receive an objective assessment of their work and learning behavior.

The subsequent evaluation reveals strengths and identifies individual development potentials: independent of specific job profiles.

The assessment procedures are aimed at students in grades 7 and 8 and support them early on in getting to know themselves better and planning their next orientation steps more confidently.

"Practical assessment procedures make strengths visible and create orientation."

- Johanna Blumröder, Head of Projects and Practical Career Orientation

Our Shareholders

Strong partners mean strong prospects. With SCHOTT, ZEISS, and JENOPTIK by our side, we combine training with real-world practice, so you can start in a high-tech industry optimally prepared.

SCHOTT AG logo – shareholder and apprenticeship partner of JBZ Jena
JENOPTIK AG logo – shareholder and apprenticeship partner of JBZ Jena
Carl Zeiss Jena logo – shareholder and apprenticeship partner of JBZ Jena
JBZ Jena with shareholders Schott, Carl Zeiss and Jenoptik

Johanna Blumröder

Your Contact Person for Career Guidance and Projects

Are you interested in career guidance and projects, or do you have specific questions about the process, requirements, or prospects? I would be happy to advise you personally and support you with your next step.

Submit your application to the Jenaer Bildungszentrum now!