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

(Art. 45 and 46 VPETA)

Vo­ca­tion­al ped­agogy train­ing pro­grammes shall be based on the con­text of the loc­a­tions where work­place train­ing and classroom in­struc­tion take place. It shall in­clude the fol­low­ing as­pects:

a.

VPET sys­tem and as­so­ci­ated con­text: VPET sys­tem, leg­al basis, guid­ance coun­selling ser­vices;

b.

learners: job-re­lated so­cial­isa­tion of young people and adults with­in the com­pany, school and so­ci­ety;

c.

teach­ing and learn­ing: plan­ning, car­ry­ing out and as­sess­ing learn­ing activ­it­ies, provid­ing sup­port and as­sist­ance to learners as they make their way through the train­ing and learn­ing pro­cess, as­sess­ing and se­lect­ing learners on the basis of a full range of aptitudes;

d.

ap­ply­ing what they have learnt to work­place train­ing pro­grammes or to classroom in­struc­tion;

e.

un­der­stand­ing the role of the teach­er/train­er, main­tain­ing busi­ness and aca­dem­ic con­tacts, es­tab­lish­ing one’s own con­tinu­ing train­ing pro­gramme;

f.

in­ter­act­ing with learners, work­ing with their leg­al rep­res­ent­at­ives, gov­ern­ment of­fi­cials, host com­pan­ies, VET schools and oth­er learn­ing loc­a­tions;

g.

gen­er­al top­ics such as work-ori­ented men­tal­ity, eth­ics, gender is­sues, health, mul­ti­cul­tur­al­ism, sus­tain­ab­il­ity, oc­cu­pa­tion­al safety.