Skilled worker certificate
The skilled worker certificate is a certificate that confirms successful vocational training in some industries. It corresponds to the journeyman's certificate in handicrafts and the merchant's assistant certificate in commercial professions .
Germany
The skilled worker certificate is obtained after passing the final exam before the IHK in a recognized training occupation in industry. The final letter provides information about the profession you have learned (job title) and the final examination you have passed.
The journeyman's letters in the trade and for the commercial sector the IHK examination certificate (formerly also known as a business assistant certificate) are equivalent to the skilled worker certificate .
In the GDR , those who passed their journeyman's examination were issued with a skilled worker certificate.
Austria
In Austria one receives the "skilled worker certificate":
- in the case of a vocational qualification with the final apprenticeship examination in the dual training apprenticeship / vocational school .
- with the final examination of a vocational middle school (BMS, technical school) with the option of a trade license after 2 years of professional experience
- with the matriculation and diploma examination from a vocational high school , directly with a trade license
- with the completion of a college , the course on the profession for high school graduates, directly with trade license
- and some other courses that end with a (professional) diploma