The horeca, institutional catering, contract catering and tourism/recreation qualification structure implies a number of major advantages. First of all: transparency. As said above, in the past the education consisted of two separate systems: daytime education and apprenticeship system. That distinction applied to all four branches of industry. Not very transparent, neither for the students, nor for the businesses, nor for the schools. The qualification structure makes clear in one glance which vocations there are in the four branches of industry and of which levels these vocations exist.
A second major advantage of the qualification structure is the coherence. The various qualifications match each other well. This makes it easy for an apprentice to advance from one level (e.g. assistant] to a higher level (e.g. basic professional. If he attends a training course on the basic professional level, then he may get exemption in many cases from one or several partial qualifications (certificates). For he has already obtained those partial qualifications on the assistant level.
It is also a matter of coherence that some final qualifications address more than one branch of industry. This applies e.g. for the Cook qualification (level 2). Someone who is in possession of this qualification can find a job in the horeca, but also in the institutional catering, the contract catering and in the recreational establishments.
Another characteristic of the qualification structure is that it is learning trajectory-independent. This means that a qualification can be obtained in several ways. A student may opt for daytime education, but also for an education through the method of the apprenticeship system. Two different roads leading to the same qualification.
It is even possible to switch from one learning trajectory to another. A student may opt e.g. for a qualification as a basic professional (level 2) via the daytime education and then continue his education for a level 3 qualification (professional) through the apprenticeship system. A final qualification, which is concluded with a diploma, consists of several partial qualifications. Each partial qualification is concluded with a certificate. Even if the certificates are obtained with intervals of several years, a student keeps the right to receive a diploma as soon as all certificates have been obtained.
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