Vocational college in North Rhine-Westphalia

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The vocational college in North Rhine-Westphalia is the name given to the type of school that emerged from the vocational schools and colleges at the end of the 1990s ; it is essentially geared towards upper secondary level , but also enables the secondary school qualification and also includes technical schools .

The central importance of the vocational college lies in the combination of general and vocational education. It therefore enables simultaneous qualification in vocational and general education, which is implemented differently in the various courses of study.

All information on the courses of study that can be offered in a vocational college in North Rhine-Westphalia have a formal basis. In addition to the current school law for North Rhine-Westphalia, the vocational college training and examination regulations (APO-BK) apply here in particular. Appendices A to E of the APO-BK are structuring the training courses of the vocational college:

  • Appendix A: Specialized classes of the dual system of vocational training ("vocational school") and training preparation
  • Appendix B: One-year vocational school ("BFS 1 + 2") and two-year vocational school
  • Appendix C: Two-year vocational school ("Höhere Berufsfachschule"), three-year vocational school, vocational school for those with university entrance qualifications and technical college (grades 11/12 and 12 B)
  • Appendix D: Vocational high school and technical college (grade 13)
  • Appendix E: Technical school

Subject classes of the dual system of vocational training ("vocational school")

The vocational school is for students who have completed their ten-year full-time compulsory education and who have concluded a vocational training contract with a company or a public institution. The classes are arranged according to occupation. The lessons include subject-related theoretical basics as well as general subjects.

  • Entry requirements: vocational training contract
  • Form: part-time (approx. Eight to twelve hours / week on one to two days or in block form, a few weeks per school year)
  • Duration: two to three and a half years, depending on the occupation, shortening possible, and only as long as the vocational training relationship exists
  • Qualification: company: journeyman or skilled worker examination or business assistant examination, school: diploma of the vocational school, with the appropriate performance the next higher, middle educational qualification (secondary school qualification after class 10, as well as middle school qualification (technical college qualification)) can be obtained or, as long as in addition to the vocational school Further lessons have been taken and an additional examination has been passed, the advanced technical college entrance qualification.

Every young person in North Rhine-Westphalia who

  • Vocational training begins at the age of under 21 (until graduation), or
  • works or is unemployed after 10 years of compulsory schooling without a training contract (up to the age of 18).

A university entrance qualification (technical college entrance qualification, subject-related or general university entrance qualification) can be acquired in the form of vocational school in the dual training course at the vocational college if the additional course content can be conveyed on the basis of local agreements with the representatives of the training companies (e.g. first year of training as an internship with a preliminary contract ). In principle, it can be acquired at the vocational college in the courses of study for technical college, higher vocational school, technical school and upper secondary school.

Training preparation

This type of school is for students who have completed their full-time compulsory education of 10 years at a general school and are not attending any other full-time school. Since all young people are required to attend vocational school until the end of the school year in which they turn 18, they attend one of these vocational preparatory classes during this time. Even if young people work full-time without vocational training, they are obliged to attend this school. The classes are based on occupational fields.

  • Entry requirements: none
  • Form: full-time or part-time
  • Duration: one year
  • Qualification: Hauptschule qualification with corresponding performance

Vocational schools

One-year vocational school

There are two one-year vocational schools ("Berufsfachschule 1 + 2"), in which, in addition to professional knowledge, skills and abilities, first the secondary school leaving certificate after grade 10 (vocational school 1) and then the middle school leaving certificate, which is linked to the qualification for attending the upper level can (Berufsfachschule 2) can be acquired.

Two-year vocational schools

The two-year vocational schools include full-time school courses that provide a vocational qualification in accordance with state law and a secondary school qualification after class 10 or the middle school qualification, which can be linked to entitlement to attend the upper level of the gymnasium.

The following professional qualifications can be obtained under state law:

Two-year vocational school ("higher vocational school")

The two-year vocational schools , such as B. the so-called higher commercial school , conveys the advanced technical college entrance qualification (school part) and professional knowledge, skills and abilities.

Three-year vocational school

In addition to the technical college entrance qualification, a professional qualification according to state law is acquired (so-called double qualification). The following professional qualifications can be obtained:

Department of Nutrition / Housekeeping

Design department

Department of Health / Social Affairs

Department of Computer Science

Faculty of technology / natural sciences

Department of Economics and Administration

Two-year vocational school for those entitled to university entrance

Pupils who have a higher education entrance qualification or the school part of the technical college entrance qualification can acquire a professional qualification according to state law. The possible professional qualifications are identical to those of the three-year vocational school.

Technical college

The technical college (FOS) is divided into different levels.

Fachoberschule Kl. 11/12

For college entrance lead the classes 11 and 12. The FOS Class 12 is also offered both as a full-time class as a part-time class for working professionals. The prerequisite for attending class 12 is the technical college entrance qualification and successful completion of class 11.

Technical college class 12 B

FOS Kl. 12 B includes those who, in addition to the requirements for FOS Kl. 12, can prove that they have completed relevant vocational training or that they have worked in the relevant field for at least four years.

Technical college grade 13

The aim of grade 13 is the general higher education entrance qualification ( Abitur ) or the subject-specific higher education entrance qualification . The requirements for entry into FOS class 13 are the technical college entrance qualification and at least two years of successfully completed vocational training. A relevant professional activity of at least five years can replace the completed professional training.

Vocational high school

The courses of the vocational colleges (BK) that lead to the Abitur and vocational qualifications are referred to as vocational high schools in North Rhine-Westphalia. These are available in different specialist areas (e.g. business and administration or technology). Accordingly, vocational colleges that offer Abitur courses can add terms such as "Wirtschaftsgymnasium" or "Berufliches Gymnasium für Technik" to their school name. The vocational grammar schools differ from the grammar school upper level in their stronger professional orientation and the possibility of acquiring additional professional qualifications (vocational training according to state law).

In addition, the students are imparted professional knowledge in a certain subject area (nutrition, design, health and social affairs, IT, technology or business and administration). As already mentioned above, vocational qualifications under state law can also be obtained in the dual qualifying courses (Abitur and vocational training).

The pupils must have the qualification to attend the gymnasiale Oberstufe.

The following professional qualifications can be obtained: Design department

Department of Health / Social Affairs

  • State-certified educator (four years including a year of practical training)

Department of Computer Science

Faculty of technology / natural sciences

Department of Economics and Administration

Technical schools

Technical schools are institutions for professional development. Whoever is at least admitted to the technical school

  1. the completion of the training in a training occupation relevant to the objectives of the respective subject area and
  2. the vocational school qualification and
  3. a job in the training occupation of at least one year, which can also be completed during the technical college education

Deviating from this, anyone who can provide evidence of relevant long-term employment can be admitted to the technical college.

As a rule, the course lasts four to eight semesters (school half-years), depending on the internal organization of the BK and the desired state degree, in the evening or part-time form. Graduates often choose this form if they want to maintain their professional activity during the period of their technical training. For applicants who have at least the technical college entrance qualification, the duration of the course can be shortened from eight to six semesters. In the full-time form, the duration of the training is 2 school years (four semesters).

The qualification "state-certified business economist", "state-certified technician" or "state-certified operations manager" usually takes six to eight semesters part-time or four semesters full-time. Many technical schools cooperate with technical colleges in order to enable graduates to pursue a shortened Bachelor's degree immediately afterwards.

The course concludes with the final exam for a state-certified educator / technician / computer scientist / business economist . The examination consists of a written and an oral part, and the advanced technical college entrance qualification can also be obtained. This is a post-secondary education in Germany or a tertiary education in international comparison.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ordinance on training and examinations in the training courses of the vocational college (training and examination regulations for the vocational college - APO-BK). (PDF; 1.15 MB) (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 26, 2018 ; accessed on October 31, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.schulministerium.nrw.de