!!!Lehrlingsausbildung

Apprentice Training, also called dual training, in Austria carried out 
in firms in combination with compulsory attendance of a vocational 
school. The most important legal basis of vocational training is the 
(Berufsausbildungsgesetz) Vocational Training Act (1969 as amended in 
1993). In-company training is based on a series of regulations by the 
Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs. The list of all occupations 
requiring apprenticeship enumerates all recognised arts, crafts and 
trades subject to apprenticeship, the period of apprenticeship (from 2 
to 4 years, usually 3 years) and the "kinship rules" between the 
different occupations subject to apprenticeship. Apprenticeship 
regulations provide a job profile with abilities and knowledge for 
every occupation subject to apprenticeship which are the basis for the 
training of apprentices in companies. Authorities of first instance 
for affairs concerning apprentices are the apprentices´ offices, 
which are part of the Economic Chambers in the 9 federal provinces. 
Their tasks include the supervision of in-company training.

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The vocational school is a part-time school which apprentices attend 
during their apprenticeship. It is meant to provide basic theoretical 
knowledge in specific occupation-related courses, promoting and 
complementing training in companies and extending general education. 
The attendance of vocational secondary schools replaces either the 
whole or a part of the apprenticeship of the respective occupation 
subject to apprenticeship.

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In 1994 47 % of young people from the age of 15 to 19 were 
apprentices; apprentices of 229 different occupations requiring 
apprenticeship were taught in 211 vocational schools, 90 % of 
apprentices were trained in the 10 most popular occupations. The share 
of apprentices with a mother tongue other than German increased 
considerably from 1989 until 1992 (from 14 % to 29.2 %).

!Literature
R. Leo, Die duale Lehrlingsausbildung in Oesterreich, 
master´s thesis, Vienna, 1994.


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