The European Communities (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) (Second General System) Regulations 2002

In Austria:

• special basic training for nurses specialising in the care of children and young people,

• special basic training for psychiatric nurses,

• contact lens optician (“Kontaktlinsenoptiker”),

• pedicurist (“Fusspfleger”),

• acoustic-aid technician (“Hörgeräteakustiker”),

• druggist (“Drogist”),

which represent education and training courses of a total duration of at least fourteen years, including at least five 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 professional practice and training, culminating in a professional examination conferring the rights to exercise the profession and to train apprentices,

• masseur (“Masseur”),

which represents education and training courses of a total duration of fourteen years, including five years' training within a structured training framework, comprising an apprenticeship of two years duration, a period of professional practice and training of two years' duration and a training course of one year culminating in a professional examination conferring the rights to exercise the profession and to train apprentices,

• kindergarten worker (“Kindergärtner/in”),

• child care worker (“Erzieher”),

which represent education and training courses of a total duration of thirteen years, including five years of professional training in a specialised school, culminating in an examination.