Traduction de «Cours préparatoires à la formation professionnelle » (Français → Anglais) :

On any given day, over 2,000 offenders are working in CORCAN operations across the country, and over the course of a year, over 4,000 offenders benefit from the program—obtaining over 2.5 million hours of on-the-job experience and skills training.

VIRCS is a non-profit centre that provides ESL, job training, and other settlement services to newcomers.

The two levels correspond to regulated courses of study of a total duration of at least 15 years which require the successful completion of eight years of elementary education followed by four years of intermediate preparatory vocational education (VMBO), and which require at least three years' level 3 or 4 training at a college for intermediate vocational training (MBO), culminating in an examination (The average duration of vocational training may be reduced from three t ...[+++]o two years where the student has a qualification required to enter university (14 years of prior training) or to enter higher vocational education (13 years of prior training)).

‘vocational training’ means any form of initial vocational education or training, including technical and vocational teaching and apprenticeships, which contributes to the achievement of a vocational qualification recognised by the competent authorities in the Member State in which it is obtained, as well as any continuing vocational education or training undertaken by a person during his or her working life.

6. The Council emphasizes the importance of vocational education and training policies along the lines indicated above and agrees that Member States' policies should include the following aims, in line with national systems and traditions: (a) promoting investment in vocational education and training which will specifically lead to relevant, recognized or validated qualifications; (b) developing close links between school-based and enterprise-based vocational training, as coherent vocational education and training programmes in schools and enterprises are well calculated to ensure relevant training and qualifications; (c) providing better opportunities for disadvantaged young people and adults, where appropriate, to take advantage of reco ...[+++]gnized up-to- date practical vocational training, which will improve their chances of joining the labour market; (d) developing co-operation between the national and local authorities, employers and unions, enterprises and others, in accordance with national practice, on the overall updating of qualifications and specifically on initiatives designed to increase further training offers; (e) including broad-based general subjects in the vocationally-oriented training system, for the purpose of fulfilling the broader qualification requirements of the future and strengthening the mobility of the workforce; (f) improving the quality of vocational education and training, especially by improving training of trainers; (g) strengthening vocational education systems through improved guidance services, with a view to enhancing the awareness and motivation of individuals; (h) strengthening innovation and applied research, with a view to supporting modernization, adaptability and quality in vocational education and training; (i) strengthening the European dimension in initial and continuing training, in order to facilitate the mobility of young people and adults within the single market.

There are four Developmental Periods in the professional training of an officer from Officer Cadet to General Officer, beginning with basic training (14 weeks plus 10 weeks of second-language training), followed by 11 weeks of army-specific training and 37 weeks of occupational training for infantry officers or 22 weeks of training for armoured corps and artillery officers.