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In the final apprenticeship examination, you will show whether you have acquired the skills and knowledge necessary for your apprenticeship and whether you can carry out the profession you have learned professionally yourself .   

The final apprenticeship examination is divided into a practical and a theoretical examination. Whether the examination takes place orally or in writing, which subjects are examined as well as the scope and duration of the examination are specified in the examination regulations for the individual apprenticeship profession. 

When you take the final apprenticeship exam for the first time, you will be provided with the materials you need for the practical exam free of charge. 

The necessary tools and people (models) must also be made available to you free of charge upon justified request. 

You will take the final apprenticeship examinations before an examination committee consisting of a chairperson and two assessors.

Admission to the final examination for apprentices takes place at the apprenticeship office at the apprentice's place of training. This office decides on the application and sets the examination date.

After completing your vocational school, you can take the final apprenticeship exam, the costs for which will be borne by your employer. It is possible to take the final apprenticeship examination early. For this, some criteria should be met. Find out more about this from your vida youth.

If you have reached the goal of the last class of the vocational school, the theoretical exam is not taken. If you don't pass the final exam, you can retake it.

The apprenticeship has begun and the final apprenticeship exam feels a long way off. But it comes sooner than you think. Therefore, it is important to take as much as possible with you at the vocational school as well as in the company, the easier it will be for you at the final apprenticeship exam!

TIP: There is the possibility to take a preparatory course for the final apprenticeship exam for a minimal cost contribution. Find out more at your vocational school or at your vida youth.

After you have successfully completed your final apprenticeship examination, you can also take an additional examination in a related apprenticeship. It is considered a final apprenticeship examination in the related apprenticeship profession

The additional examination includes the subjects of the practical examination.

After you have successfully completed your final apprenticeship examination, you can also take an additional examination in a related apprenticeship.

The regulation is as follows: The date may not be earlier than the date at which the apprentice would have been allowed to take the final apprenticeship examination at the earliest if he had started an apprenticeship in the relevant apprenticeship occupation on 1 July of the year in which he or she completed compulsory schooling.

After your final apprenticeship examination , the apprenticeship office must issue you with an examination certificate. This contains the assessment of your exam result. 

At your request, the apprenticeship office must issue an apprenticeship certificate in the form of a certificate. The apprenticeship certificate states the termination of the apprenticeship and the successful completion of the final apprenticeship examination in the apprenticeship in question. If you have passed the exam with distinction, this must also be stated in the certificate.

After termination or early termination of the apprenticeship, the instructor must issue you with an apprenticeship certificate at his or her own expense. 

This certificate must contain information about the apprenticeship occupation and calendar information about the duration of the apprenticeship . Information on the skills and knowledge acquired may also be included. Information that could make it difficult for you to get ahead is not allowed.

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