In GermanyU.K.
The following regulated courses:
–Regulated courses preparatory to the pursuit of the professions of technical assistant (“technisch(r) Assistent(in)”), commercial assistant (“kaufmännisch(r) Assistent(in)”), social professions (“soziale Berufe”) and the profession of State-certified respiration and elocution instructor (“staatlich geprüfte(r) Atem-, Sprech- und Stimmlehrer(in)”), of a total duration of at least 13 years, which require successful completion of the secondary course of education (“mittlerer Bildungsabschluß”) and which comprise:
(i)at least three years of vocational training at a specialised school (“Fachschule”) culminating in an examination and, where applicable, supplemented by a one-year or two-year specialisation course also culminating in an examination,
(ii)or at least two and a half years at a specialised school (“Fachschule”) culminating in an examination and supplemented by work experience of a duration of not less than six months or a traineeship of not less than six months in an approved establishment,
(iii)or at least two years at a specialised school (“Fachschule”) culminating in an examination and supplemented by work experience of a duration of not less than one year or a traineeship of not less than one year in an approved establishment.
–Regulated courses for the professions of State-certified (“staatlich geprüfte(r)”) technician (“Techniker(in)”), business economist (“Betriebswirt(in)”), designer (“Gestalter(in)”) and family assistant (“Familiepfleger(in)”), of a total duration not less than 16 years, a prerequisite of which is successful completion of compulsory schooling or equivalent education and training (of a duration of not less than nine years) and successful completion of a course at a trade school (“Berufsschule”) of a duration of not less than three years and comprising, upon completion of at least two years of work experience, full-time education and training of a duration of not less than two years or part-time education and training of equivalent duration.
–Regulated courses and regulated in-service training, of a total duration of not less than 15 years, a prerequisite of which is, generally speaking, successful completion of compulsory schooling (of a duration not less than nine years) and of vocational training (normally three years) and which generally comprise at least two years of work experience (three years in most cases) and an examination in the context of in-service training preparation for which generally comprises a training course which is either concurrent with the work experience (at least 1,000 hours) or is attended on a full-time basis (at least one year).