Editing Apprenticeship (section)

===Austria===
Apprenticeship training in Austria is organized in a school system with long-term training parts. It is thus possible to get the [[Matura]] needed to enter university. WIFI<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vlbg.wifi.at/|title=WIFI Vorarlberg|website=www.vlbg.wifi.at}}</ref> company-based training of apprentices is complemented by compulsory attendance of a part-time vocational school for apprentices (Berufsschule).<ref name="bmukk.gv.at">{{cite web|url=http://www.bmukk.gv.at/enfr/school/secon/app.xml |title=Bundesministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Forschung: Aktuelles |access-date=2010-07-11 |url-status = live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091217003132/http://www.bmukk.gv.at/enfr/school/secon/app.xml |archive-date=2009-12-17 }}</ref> It lasts two to four years – the duration varies among the 250 legally recognized apprenticeship trades.{{citation needed|date=October 2024}}

About 40 percent of all Austrian teenagers enter apprenticeship training upon completion of compulsory education (at age 15). This number has been stable since the 1950s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wko.at/statistik/jahrbuch/Lehrling5.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-07-11 |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722084245/http://wko.at/statistik/jahrbuch/Lehrling5.pdf |archive-date=2011-07-22 }}</ref>

The five most popular trades are: Retail Salesperson (5,000 people complete this apprenticeship per year), Clerk (3,500 / year), Car Mechanic (2,000 / year), Hairdresser (1,700 / year), Cook (1,600 / year).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.statistik.at/web_de/statistiken/soziales/gender-statistik/bildung/043955.html|title=Bildung|author=STATISTIK AUSTRIA}}</ref> There are many smaller trades with small numbers of apprentices, e.g. "EDV-Systemtechniker" (Sysadmin), which is completed by fewer than 100 people a year.<ref>[http://www.berufslexikon.at/pdf/beruf_pdf.php?id=114&berufstyp=1] {{dead link|date=November 2016|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>

The Apprenticeship Leave Certificate provides the apprentice with access to two different vocational careers. On the one hand, it is a prerequisite for the admission to the Master Craftsman Exam and for qualification tests, and on the other hand it gives access to higher education via the TVE-Exam or the Higher Education Entrance Exam which are prerequisites for taking up studies at colleges, universities, "Fachhochschulen", post-secondary courses and post-secondary colleges.<ref name="bmukk.gv.at"/>

The person responsible for overseeing the training inside the company is called "Lehrherr" or "Ausbilder". An Ausbilder must prove that he has the professional qualifications needed to educate another person, has no criminal record and is an otherwise-respectable person. The law states that "the person wanting to educate a young apprentice must prove that he has an ethical way of living and the civic qualities of a good citizen".<ref>Antrag auf Anerkennung als Lehrherr und Lehrbetrieb in der Landwritschaft; Land- und forstwirtschaftliche Fachausabildungsstelle Vorarlberg</ref>