The European Communities (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) (Second General System) Regulations 1996

2.    Master craftsman sector (`Mester/Meister/Maitre') which represents education and training courses concerning skills not covered by the Directive listed in Annex A

Training for the following:

• In Denmark:

  • optician (`optometrist'),

  this course is of a total duration of 14 years, including five years' vocational training divided into two-and-a-half years' theoretical training provided by the vocational training establishment and two-and-a-half years' practical training received in the workplace, and culminating in a recognised examination, relating to the craft and conferring the right to use the title 'Mester';

  • orthopaedic technician (`ortopaedimekaniker')

  this course is of a total duration of 12.5 years, including three-and-a-half years' vocational training divided into six months' theoretical training provided by the vocational training establishment and three years' practical training received in the workplace, and culminating in a recognised examination relating to the craft and conferring the right to use the title 'Mester';

  • orthopaedic boot and shoemaker (`ortopaediskomager')

  this course is of a total duration of 13.5 years, including four-and-a-half years' vocational training divided into two years' theoretical training provided by the vocational training establishment and two-and-a-half years' practical training received in the workplace, and culminating in a recognised examination relating to the craft and conferring the right to use the title 'Mester'.

• In Germany:

  • optician (`Augenoptiker'),

  • dental technician (`Zahntechniker'),

  • surgical truss maker (`Bandagist'),

  • hearing-aid maker (`Hörgeräte-Akustiker'),

  • orthopaedic technician (`Orthopädiemechaniker'),

  • orthopaedic bootmaker (`Orthopädieschuhmacher'),

• In Luxembourg:

  • dispensing optician (`opticien'),

  • dental technician (`mécanicien dentaire'),

  • hearing-aid maker (`audioprothésiste'),

  • orthopaedic technician/surgical truss maker (`mécanicien orthopésiste/bandagiste'),

  • orthopaedic bootmaker (`orthopédiste-cordonnier').

  These courses are of a total duration of 14 years, including at least five years' training followed within a structured training framework, partly received in the workplace and partly provided by the vocational training establishment, and culminating in an examination which must be passed in order to be able to practise any activity considered as skilled, either independently or as an employee with a comparable level of responsibility.

• In Austria:

  • surgical truss maker (“Bandagist”),

  • corset maker (“Miederwarenerzeuger”),

  • optician (“Optiker”),

  • orthopaedic shoemaker (“Orthopädieschuhmacher”),

  • orthopaedic technician (“Orthopädietechniker”),

  • dental technician (“Zahntechniker”),

  • gardener (“Gärtner”),

  which represent education and training of a total duration of at least fourteen years, including at least five years' training within a structured training framework, divided into an apprenticeship of at least three years' duration, comprising training received partly in the workplace and partly provided by a vocational training establishment, and a period of professional practice and training of at least two years' duration culminating in a mastership examination conferring the rights to exercise the profession, to train apprentices and to use the title “Meister”,

  training for master craftsmen in the field of agriculture and forestry, namely:

  • master in agriculture (“Meister in der Landwirtschaft”),

  • master in rural home economics (“Meister in der ländlichen Hauswirtschaft”),

  • master in horticulture (“Meister im Gartenbau”),

  • master in market gardening (“Meister im Feldgemüsebau”),

  • master in pomology and fruit-processing (“Meister im Obstbau und in der Obstverwer tung”),

  • master in viniculture and wine-production (“Meister im Weinbau und in der Keller wirtschaft”),

  • master in dairy farming (“Meister in der Molkerei und Käsereiwirtschaft”),

  • master in horse husbandry (“Meister in der Pferdewirtschaft”),

  • master in fishery (“meister in der Fischereiwirtschaft”),

  • master in poultry farming (“Meister in der Geflügelwirtschaft”),

  • master in apiculture (“Meister in der Bienenwirtschaft”),

  • master in forestry (“Meister in der Forstwirtschaft”),

  • master in forestry plantation and forest management (“Meister in der Forstgartenund Forstpflegewirtschaft”),

  • master in agriculture warehousing (“Meister in der landwirtschaftlichen Lagerhaltung”),

  which represent education and training of a total duration of at least fifteen years including at least six years' training followed within a structured training framework divided into an apprenticeship of at least three years' duration, comprising training partly received in the workplace and partly provided by a vocational training establishment, and a period of three years of professional practice culminating in a mastership examination relating to the profession and conferring the rights to train apprentices and to use the title “Meister”.

• In Norway:

  • landscape gardener (“anleggsgartner”),

  • dental technician (“tanntekniker”).

  These courses are of a total duration of at least 14 years, including at least five years training within a structured training framework divided into an apprenticeship of at least three years' duration, comprising training partly received in the workplace and partly provided by a vocational training establishment, and a period of professional practice and training of two years' duration, culminating in a mastership examination relating to the craft and conferring the rights to train apprentices and to use the title “Mester”.