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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-communities-recognition-of-professional-qualifications-second-general-system-regulations-1996/schedule-5/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/2374",
  "legislation_title": "The European Communities (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) (Second General System) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-communities-recognition-of-professional-qualifications-second-general-system-regulations-1996",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Master craftsman sector (`Mester/Meister/Maitre') which represents education and training courses concerning skills not covered by the Directive listed in Annex A",
  "text": "Training for the following:\nIn Denmark:\noptician (`optometrist'),\nthis 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';\northopaedic technician (`ortopaedimekaniker')\nthis 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';\northopaedic boot and shoemaker (`ortopaediskomager')\nthis 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'.\nIn Germany:\noptician (`Augenoptiker'),\ndental technician (`Zahntechniker'),\nsurgical truss maker (`Bandagist'),\nhearing-aid maker (`Hörgeräte-Akustiker'),\northopaedic technician (`Orthopädiemechaniker'),\northopaedic bootmaker (`Orthopädieschuhmacher'),\nIn Luxembourg:\ndispensing optician (`opticien'),\ndental technician (`mécanicien dentaire'),\nhearing-aid maker (`audioprothésiste'),\northopaedic technician/surgical truss maker (`mécanicien orthopésiste/bandagiste'),\northopaedic bootmaker (`orthopédiste-cordonnier').\nThese 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.\nIn Austria:\nsurgical truss maker (“Bandagist”),\ncorset maker (“Miederwarenerzeuger”),\noptician (“Optiker”),\northopaedic shoemaker (“Orthopädieschuhmacher”),\northopaedic technician (“Orthopädietechniker”),\ndental technician (“Zahntechniker”),\ngardener (“Gärtner”),\nwhich 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”,\ntraining for master craftsmen in the field of agriculture and forestry, namely:\nmaster in agriculture (“Meister in der Landwirtschaft”),\nmaster in rural home economics (“Meister in der ländlichen Hauswirtschaft”),\nmaster in horticulture (“Meister im Gartenbau”),\nmaster in market gardening (“Meister im Feldgemüsebau”),\nmaster in pomology and fruit-processing (“Meister im Obstbau und in der Obstverwer tung”),\nmaster in viniculture and wine-production (“Meister im Weinbau und in der Keller wirtschaft”),\nmaster in dairy farming (“Meister in der Molkerei und Käsereiwirtschaft”),\nmaster in horse husbandry (“Meister in der Pferdewirtschaft”),\nmaster in fishery (“meister in der Fischereiwirtschaft”),\nmaster in poultry farming (“Meister in der Geflügelwirtschaft”),\nmaster in apiculture (“Meister in der Bienenwirtschaft”),\nmaster in forestry (“Meister in der Forstwirtschaft”),\nmaster in forestry plantation and forest management (“Meister in der Forstgartenund Forstpflegewirtschaft”),\nmaster in agriculture warehousing (“Meister in der landwirtschaftlichen Lagerhaltung”),\nwhich 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”.\nIn Norway:\nlandscape gardener (“anleggsgartner”),\ndental technician (“tanntekniker”).\nThese 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”.",
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  "status": null,
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    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1999/67",
      "affecting_title": "The European Communities (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) (Second General System) (Amendment) Regulations 1999"
    },
    {
      "type": "am",
      "affecting": "uksi/2001/200",
      "affecting_title": "The European Communities (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) (Second General System) (Amendment) Regulations 2001"
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    {
      "type": "subst",
      "affecting": "uksi/2001/200",
      "affecting_title": "The European Communities (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) (Second General System) (Amendment) Regulations 2001"
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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