Anyone who completes vocational training with a stretched journeyman's examination requires a separate admission for part 1 of the journeyman's examination.

As an apprentice (apprentice/trainee) in the skilled trades, you can be admitted to the journeyman's examination before the end of your training period after consultation with the trainee and the vocational school, if your performance justifies this.

For the training of pilots you need a permit.

Authorisation shall be refused if facts justify the assumption that public security or public order may be endangered or if the applicant or his trainers are personally unsuitable; if such facts arise later, the permission must be revoked.

The practical training of pilots may only be carried out by persons who have a teaching qualification in accordance with the Ordinance on Aviation Personnel (flight instructors).

The permit may be subject to conditions and limited in time. It can be revoked if it has not been used for more than one year.

Distance learning courses which are not exclusively for leisure and entertainment must be approved by the State before they can be offered.

Before admission, distance learning courses are checked to see whether the specified course objective can be achieved with the distance learning course.

Distance vocational training courses must be consistent with the objectives of vocational education and training under the Vocational Training Act (BBiG) or other vocational education and training legislation in terms of content, duration or objective and how they are implemented. Both the technical side and the didactic access are examined. In addition, advertising and information, agency activities and the drafting of contracts must meet the requirements of the Distance Learning Protection Act (FernUSG).

Approved distance learning courses receive an approval seal with an approval number. The organizers must list this approval number in the information material as a verifiable indication of the state approval granted.

Distance learning courses which are used exclusively for leisure or entertainment do not require approval. However, the distribution of these so-called hobby courses must be reported to the competent authority. In these courses, contract drafting, advertising and information as well as possibly the use of representatives must comply with the requirements of the Act for the Protection of Participants in Distance Learning (FernUSG).

Distance learning courses which are not exclusively for leisure or entertainment purposes require approval. Further information can be found in the service " Distance Learning Courses Admission ".

The master craftsman's examination determines whether the examinee is qualified to practice a craft and to lead it independently and to train apprentices properly. The master craftsman's examination is also proof of the necessary theoretical and technical, business, commercial, legal and vocational educational knowledge.

The master craftsman's examination is administered by a state examination authority (master craftsman's examination board) established at the seat of the competent authority. The passed master craftsman's examination entitles the holder to use a master craftsman's title and is certified with the master craftsman's certificate.

The exam is divided into four independent parts:

• Part I: practical examination,
• Part II: technical theory test,
• Part III: economic, commercial and legal audit,
• Part IV: Vocational and work pedagogical examination.

The order in which the partial examinations are taken can be determined by the candidate. There is no time limit from the first to the taking of the fourth part of the examination. Failed examinations can be repeated three times.

Before registering for the examination, admission to the master craftsman's examination must be applied for. The prerequisite for admission to the master craftsman's examination is usually a successfully passed journeyman's examination in the craft in which the master craftsman's examination is to be taken. The exact approval guidelines are laid down in the Crafts Code (HwO). In many skilled trades, in addition to a work sample, a master craftsman's examination project must also be carried out in the practical examination.  

Admission is granted by the chairman of the master craftsman's examination committee. If the chairman considers that the admission requirements are not met, the entire master craftsman's examination committee shall decide.  

In order to be able to take a master craftsman's examination, an application for admission must be submitted to the competent authority.

A person who has passed another journeyman's examination or another final examination in a recognised training occupation and has worked for several years in the craft subject to authorisation in which he wishes to take the master craftsman's examination shall also be admitted to the master craftsman's examination. A maximum of three years' previous professional activity may be required. The following shall be taken into account for the period of employment:

• the successful completion of a technical school
  • in the case of one-year technical colleges with one year,
  • in the case of multi-year technical colleges with two years,
• activity as a self-employed person, as a foreman or in a similar position in the craft subject to approval in which the master craftsman's examination is to be taken,
• a practical activity equivalent to journeymanship in the craft subject to approval in which the master craftsman's examination is to be taken.

In exceptional cases and with proof of foreign educational qualifications and periods of professional activity abroad, the applicant may be exempted from the above-mentioned requirements in whole or in part.

For admission to the master craftsman's examination in crafts without admission, a journeyman's or final examination degree is sufficient. Part III of the master craftsman's examination can also be taken before a journeyman's degree.

Admission is granted by the chairman of the master craftsman's examination committee. If the Chairman does not consider the admission requirements to be met, the Examination Board shall decide.

The establishment of a Berufsakademie requires state recognition by the ministry. The introduction of new bachelor's training courses and the substantial modification of existing training courses also require state recognition.