On the basis of the “Landing Strategy for Practical Vocational Orientation in Thuringia” and the ESF School Promotion Directive, vocational field surveys and professional field trials are offered as practical experience for pupils. The target groups are students of grades 7 – 9 of the Free All-Day School Milda. The vocational field surveys and professional field trials with the planned 110 pupils in the IB and JBZ in the school year 2018/2019 are intended to contribute – in line with the developments in the needs in the Free State of Thuringia and the regional conditions to training, in particular in the areas of technology, health and social care and gastronomy, and in doing so – to enable pupils to make a reasoned decision for the choice of student internships. The International Federation (IB) offers professional field surveys and professional field trials in the professional fields – glass, paints, varnishes, plastics, – medicine, psychology, nursing and therapy, – tourism, leisure, foreign languages, dialogue marketing, – wood, paper, – computers, computer science, IT and the Jenaer Bildungszentrum (JBZ) cooperating with it in the professional fields – technology, technology fields, – metal, mechanical engineering, – electrical engineering. They take place at the educational institution. In order to be able to offer vocational fields in width for all forms of school (community schools/regulatory schools, special schools) in the Saale-Holzland-Kreis, the HWK for East Thuringia, BWK for East Thuringia, BTZ, BTZ for East Thuringia, BTZ, – ÜAG gGmbH Jena, – JENAER BILDUNGSZENTRUM gGmbH SCHOTT CARL ZEISS JENOPTIK and – the International Federation, IB Mitte gGHmbH for Education and Social Services (Mitte gGHmbH), branch of Thuringia merged into a network. They work closely with the schools, parents and career guidance of the Jena Employment Agency. The project duration is 20.8.2018 – 31.7.2019.