Apprenticeship System
The Apprenticeship System training process alternates between theoretical and practical training periods in the classroom and on-the-job training periods in the companies/organisations.
One of the advantages of the Apprenticeship System is the possibility given to our young learners to obtain, at the same time, a double certification: level 3 Professional Qualification and equivalency to a secondary education degree.
We offer vocational opportunities in the following areas:
- Accounting Technician
- Commercial Technician
- Travel Agencies Technician
- Sales Technician
- Marketing Technician
- Administrative Technician
- Secretariat Technician
In the Apprenticeship system, on-the-job training usually takes place on a weekly based alternance between theoretical and practical training in the classroom and on-the-job training, and the period of on-the-job training can vary from one to five days a week in the company/organisation.
Education and Training Program
The Education and Training Program goal is to develop academic, personal, social and professional skills and competences of first-job candidates. In order to contribute to the integration of these candidates into the labour market and to allow them to proceed their studies, CECOA promotes two courses:
- Computer Systems Installation and Maintenance
- Techniques of Events Organization
These courses also lead to a Level 3 Professional Qualification associated to a school progression which leads to a secondary education degree equivalence.
In this kind of program, a 2 months period of on-the-job training takes place after the end of the theoretical training.
Technological Specialization
In order to promote the increasing of young people level of qualification, CECOA offers one Technologic Specialization course: “International Trade”.
This course lead to a Level 4 Professional Qualification associated to a school progression towards Higher Education.
In this kind of training course, a 4 months period of on-the-job training takes place after the end of the theoretical training.
This qualification was already designed to take into account the “learning outcomes”, recognition, and mobility approaches emphasized by the VET European Cooperation Frameworks (EQF, ECVET). In this sense, this qualification is fully compatible with “common references” related to the international trade assistant profession set up as part of the COMINTER Leonardo da Vinci project.
Such common references describe units of learning outcomes that form a common\"interpretive framework\" used to establish coherency between qualifications in each country. They encourage qualification transparency and the recognition of mobility in companies and training centres.
CECOA through this qualification is also part of a network promoting European mobility for learners completing vocational training in the International Trade setor.
For more information regarding these common references and the European network we are part of, please check the following link http://www.netinvet.eu/
More Info:
Lisbon:
qualifica@cecoa.pt
Oporto:
porto@cecoa.pt
Coimbra:
coimbra@cecoa.pt