Editing Apprenticeship (section)

==Types of apprenticeships==
[[File:Types of Apprenticeships.jpg|alt=|right|450x450px|Typology of Apprenticeships<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://apprenticeshipq.eu/|title=ApprenticeshipQ – Managing Apprenticeships Quality}}</ref>]]
Apprenticeships can be divided into two main categories: Independent and Cooperative.<ref>Davy, N., Frakenberg, A. (2019). [https://www.apprenticeshipq.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/AppQ-Typology-of-App-in-HVET_final-version_v2.pdf Typology of Apprenticeships in Higher Vocational Education] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190508161149/https://www.apprenticeshipq.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/AppQ-Typology-of-App-in-HVET_final-version_v2.pdf |date=2019-05-08 }}. Retrieved 8 May 2019</ref>

'''Independent apprenticeships''' are those organized and managed by employers, without any involvement from educational institutions. They happen dissociated from any educational curricula, which means that, usually, the apprentices are not involved in any educational programme at the same time but, even if they are, there is no relation between the undergoing studies and the apprenticeship.

'''Cooperative apprenticeships''' are those organized and managed in cooperation between educational institutions and employers. They vary in terms of governance, some being more employer lead and others more educational institution lead, but they are always associated with a curriculum and are designed as a mean for students to put theory in practice and master knowledge in a way that empowers them with professional autonomy. Their main characteristics could be summarized into the following:
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|+
!
!Institution and Employer shared Governance
!Institution led Governance (long cycle)
!Institution led Governance (short cycle)
!Employer led Governance
|-
|Education program
|[[International Standard Classification of Education|ISCED]] 6
|[[International Standard Classification of Education|ISCED]] 6
|[[International Standard Classification of Education|ISCED]] 6
|[[International Standard Classification of Education|ISCED]] 5–6
|-
|Type of program
|Institution- & work-integrated
|Higher Vocational Education, Professional Higher Education, Higher Education
|Higher Vocational Education, Professional Higher Education, Higher Education
|Higher Vocational Education, Professional Higher Education
|-
|Average length
|3–4 years
|2–3 years
|2–3 years
|1 year
|-
|Balance theory/practice
|Alternating theory & practice (50%–50%)
|Short placements from few weeks to 6 months
|Placements from 30 to 40% of the curriculum
|Employed for a minimum of 30 hours per week, 20% of learning hours must be off-the-job
|-
|Location of learning
|Institution- & work-integrated
|Institution- & work-integrated
|Institution- & work-integrated
|Work-based
|-
|Contract
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|}