Ordinance
on Vocational and Professional Education and Training
(Vocational and Professional Education and Training Ordinance, VPETO)

In im­ple­ment­a­tion of the Fed­er­al Vo­ca­tion­al and Pro­fes­sion­al Edu­ca­tion and Train­ing Act, or as a com­ple­ment thereto, the fol­low­ing terms shall be used:

a.

dual-track VET pro­gramme: a VET pro­gramme where most learn­ing takes place at a host com­pany or with­in a host com­pany net­work;

b.

school-based VET pro­gramme: a VET pro­gramme where most learn­ing takes place at a school, namely a trade school or a com­mer­cial school;

c.

host com­pany net­work: a group of two or more com­pan­ies that have pooled their re­sources for the pur­pose of provid­ing com­pre­hens­ive and spe­cial­ised work­place train­ing;

d.

train­ee­ship: a form of work­place train­ing which, while con­sidered part of a school-based VET pro­gramme, takes place out­side the school.