Vocational Training Teachings

You can access if you meet all the following requirements:

• Be fifteen years old, or turn fifteen during the current year. And not exceed seventeen years of age in the year in which the course begins.
• Having completed the first cycle of ESO, and exceptionally, having completed 2nd of ESO.
• Having been proposed by the teaching team to the father, mother or legal guardians for incorporation into a cycle of Basic Vocational Training.

The Basic Vocational Training cycle lasts 2000 hours, distributed over two academic years.

The professional modules are distributed in three types:

• common blocks
  • "Communication and Social Sciences", with the subjects "Castilian Language", "Foreign Language" and "Social Sciences".
  • "Applied Sciences", with the subjects "Applied Mathematics to the Personal and Learning Context of a Professional Field" and "Applied Sciences to the Personal and Learning Context of a Professional Field".
• Practical Focus Modules, associated with competence units of the National Catalog of Professional Qualifications.
• Module of Formation in work centers, with 380 hours:
  • "Occupational Risk Prevention" training unit, with 60 hours, taught at the educational center.
  • Two training periods in the company, of 160 hours each.

The hourly distribution of the professional modules, their duration and the weekly hourly allocation are specified in section 2 of the Annex corresponding to each cycle.

By passing a basic training cycle you will obtain the basic professional title corresponding to the teachings you have completed. These have both academic and professional value, and are valid throughout the national territory.

You can also Obtain the tittle if you are over 22 years old and have accredited all the competence units included in a basic professional degree. Accreditation can be done through level 1 professional certificates obtained through Employment or by passing professional modules that are taken in the Educational System.

If you finish your studies and have not been able to obtain the basic professional title, each module passed has academic effects and allows the accreditation of the units of competence that have associated.

Once you obtain the basic professional title you can:

• To work, in the level 1 qualifications that correspond to the degree obtained. In addition, the basic professional title will have the same labor effects as the title of Graduated in Compulsory Secondary Education for access to public and private jobs.
• Access to intermediate training cycles.

You can access the Intermediate Level training cycles if you meet any of the following requirements:

• Be in possession of the title of Graduate in Secondary Education.
• Be in possession of the Basic Professional title.
• Be in possession of the title of Auxiliary Technician.
• Be in possession of the title of Technician.
• Having passed the second year of the Polyvalent Unified Baccalaureate.
• Having passed the second year of the first experimental cycle of reform of secondary education.
• Having passed, from the teachings of Applied Arts and Artistic Crafts, the third course of the 1963 plan or the second of experimental commons.
• Having passed other studies declared equivalent for academic purposes with any of the above.
• Pass the corresponding entrance test, for those who do not meet any of the above requirements.

The intermediate level training cycles have a duration of 2000 hours, distributed over two academic years.

The professional modules are distributed in three types:

• Practical Focus Modules, associated with level 2 competence units of the National Catalog of Professional Qualifications.
• Other modules, which, with few exceptions, exist in all intermediate level training cycles.
  • Training and career counseling. In this module you will see learning opportunities, employment opportunities, work organization, relationships in the company, basic labor legislation.
  • Business and Entrepreneurship. In this module you will learn mechanisms for the creation and basic management of companies, self-employment, the development of corporate social responsibility.
  • Specific modules of the Community of Madrid, such as technical English for intermediate level or professional foreign language, among others.
• Module of Formation in work centers, with 370 hours.
  In this module that is carried out in the company, you will complete the knowledge and skills acquired in the educational center, as well as learn more about how a company works, obtaining greater maturity, and due to the experience that this module provides, it facilitates labor insertion.

The qualification you obtain at the end of the Intermediate Level training cycle is that of "Technician", a certification that can be homologated in the European labor market.

The Technician title will be equivalent for labor or professional purposes (not for academic purposes) to the Bachelor's degree, for access to public or private jobs.

You can also get the title by beating tests to obtain the title of Technician, which are held once a year.

Once you obtain the title of Technician of the corresponding profession you can:

• To work, in the level 2 qualifications that correspond to the degree obtained.
• access any formative Cicle of medium grade.
• access any Higher education training cycle.

To access the higher level training cycles you need to meet the following requirements:

• Be in possession of the title of Technician, established by Organic Law 2/2006, of May 3, on Education.
• Be in possession of the Bachelor's degree established by Organic Law 2/2006, of May 3, on Education.
• Being in possession of the Bachelor's degree established in Organic Law 1/1990, of October 3, on the General Regulation of the Educational System or the Bachelor's degree after completing the old Multipurpose Unified Baccalaureate (BUP).
• Having passed the second year of any type of Experimental Baccalaureate.
• Have passed the university or pre-university orientation course.
• Be in possession of the title of Specialist Technician, Superior Technician or equivalent for academic purposes.
• Being in possession of a university degree or equivalent.
• Have passed the university entrance test for those over 25 years of age.
• Pass the corresponding entrance test, for those who do not meet any of the above requirements.

Higher level training cycles have a duration of 2000 hours, distributed over two academic years.

The professional modules are distributed in three types:

• Practical Focus Modules, associated with level 3 competence units of the National Catalog of Professional Qualifications
• Other modules, which, with few exceptions, exist in all higher-level training cycles.
  • Training and career counseling. In this module they see learning opportunities, employment opportunities, work organization, company relations, basic labor legislation, as well as the rights and duties that derive from labor relations, to facilitate access to employment or reintegration into employment in gender equality and non-discrimination of people with disabilities.
  • Business and Entrepreneurship. In this module, mechanisms for the creation and basic management of companies, self-employment, the development of corporate social responsibility are known. as well as innovation and creativity in the processes and techniques of their work activity.
  • Specific module of the Community of Madrid such as technical English for a higher degree or a professional foreign language, among others.
• Module of Formation in work centers, with 370 hours.
  In this module, which is carried out in the company, you will complete the knowledge and skills acquired in the educational center, as well as learn more about how a company works, obtaining greater maturity, and due to the experience that this module provides, it facilitates job placement.
• Module of Project, in which the knowledge acquired during the cycle, in relation to the operation of the company, is integrated.

The degree you obtain at the end of the Intermediate Grade training cycle is "Advanced technician", certification homologated in the European labor market.

You can also get the title by beating tests to obtain the title of Higher Technician, which are held once a year.

Once you obtain the title of Superior Technician of the corresponding profession you can:

• To work, in the level 3 qualifications that correspond to the degree obtained.
• access any formative Cicle of medium grade.
• access any Higher education training cycle.
• Access to undergraduate university studies, which are determined for each Title.