Federal Act
on Vocational and Professional Education and Training
(Vocational and Professional Education and Training Act, VPETA)

This Act shall foster and de­vel­op:

a.

a Vo­ca­tion­al and pro­fes­sion­al edu­ca­tion and train­ing (VPET) sys­tem that en­ables in­di­vidu­als to de­vel­op on an oc­cu­pa­tion­al, pro­fes­sion­al and per­son­al level, to be­come in­teg­rated in­to so­ci­ety, and par­tic­u­larly in­to work­ing life, that provides them with the skills they need, the will­ing­ness to work in a flex­ible man­ner and the abil­ity to suc­ceed in work­ing life;

b.

a VPET sys­tem that en­ables com­pan­ies to be­come more com­pet­it­ive;

c.³

a bal­an­cing of edu­ca­tion and train­ing op­por­tun­it­ies in so­cial and re­gion­al terms, true gender equal­ity, the elim­in­a­tion of dis­crim­in­a­tion against people with dis­ab­il­it­ies as well as equal op­por­tun­it­ies and in­teg­ra­tion for for­eign na­tion­als;

d.

the abil­ity of learners to trans­fer from one course of study and/or edu­ca­tion­al ap­proach to an­oth­er with­in the VET and pro­fes­sion­al edu­ca­tion sec­tors as well as between the VET and pro­fes­sion­al edu­ca­tion sec­tors and oth­er sec­tors of the edu­ca­tion sys­tem (per­meab­il­ity);

e.

great­er trans­par­ency of the VPET sys­tem.