Luxembourg's Ministry of National Education, Children and Youth has published details of how the vocational training offering continues to diversify.
Initial vocational training in Luxembourg consists of 122 training courses in the most diverse trades and professions, designed and organised by the Ministry and the Professional Chambers and is delivered in secondary schools.
In order to give young people opportunities for the future and to meet the needs expressed by the business world, the training offer is constantly being adapted and expanded. The diversification of educational provision is a key lever for action in national education policy; it takes into consideration the variety of students' profiles to offer them a path to success.
The 2021-2022 school year will see the launch, refresh, extension or linguistic diversification of several training courses, as follows:
e-commerce
This technician training meets the growing needs for qualified and specialised personnel in the rapidly expanding e-commerce sector. Offered by the Lycée technique de Lallange and the Lycée technique de Bonnevoie, it is accessible to students who have passed the first two years of technician (4T and 3T) in the administrative and commercial division. It lasts two years. Classes are held in French.
The opportunities are many and varied:
• electronic order picker;
• electronic commerce account manager;
• e-commerce supplier;
• specialised sales employee;
• responsible for electronic commerce, etc .;
More details can be found in the brochure presenting the e-commerce training in French and German.
Farm hand
To offer even more practical qualifications, farmer training can now be done at CCP level from the start of the 2021 school year. Offered by the Agricultural Technical High School, it is accessible after the successful completion of a secondary 5 class, including a 5th preparation. It lasts three years. Classes are held in German.
The farm worker may work on dairy farms, beef cattle farms, horse boarding stables, etc., as well as in agricultural supply companies, with agricultural interest groups, municipalities or the State.
More details can be found in the brochure presenting the training of agricultural workers in French and German.
Agri-civil engineering mechatronics
Motorised machines and work tools are becoming more and more complex and efficient. A new specialised training course on this type of machine has therefore been created: the technician in agricultural mechatronics and civil engineering. Offered by the Agricultural Technical High School, the training is available after successful completion of the DAP in agricultural mechatronics and civil engineering or another DAP in the same field. It lasts two years. Classes are held in German.
The profile of mechatronics engineer in civil engineering is highly sought after. Many employment opportunities exist in the maintenance of vehicles, machines and systems used in agriculture, forestry and on construction sites.
More details can be found in the brochure presenting the mechatronics engineer training in French and German.
French-speaking mechatronics engineer
From September 2021, mechatronics training at DAP and technician levels is also offered in French, in addition to German.
The DAP mechatronics training spans three years after the 5G class.
The mechatronics technician (DT) training takes place over two years. It is accessible after:
• a DAP mechatronics, energy electronics or industrial mechanic;
• a third smart technologies or general mechanics technician;
• a 3rd general engineering section.
The Lycée des Arts et Métiers offers training in German, the Lycée Guillaume Kroll in German and French.
Employment opportunities are great in the sectors of energy equipment, industry, public transport (rail, tram), aeronautics, automotive, etc.
More details can be found in the brochure presenting mechatronics training in French and German.
Smart Buildings & Energies
This technician training takes over from the training in energy and technical building equipment. Offered by the Atert-Lycée Redange, the training is accessible after a successful 5G, with a good level in mathematics. It lasts four years. Classes are held in German.
The job market is in great demand for this training and there are many employment opportunities in the construction sector, the regulation and automation industry, the field of renewable energies, etc.
More details can be found in the brochure presenting the training in Smart buildings & Energies in French and German.
Smart technologies
In September 2019 began the training of technician in Smart technologies, lasting four years. After the first two generalist years, students are required to choose for the start of the 2021 school year the specialty that interests them between:
• Full-time electrotechnology at the Lycée des Arts et Métiers in Luxembourg;
• Full-time renewable energies at the Ettelbruck Technical High School;
• Robotics and automation at the same time at Lycée Guillaume Kroll in Esch-sur-Alzette;
• Smart Energy at the same time as the Lënster Lycée International School in Junglinster;
• Full-time E-Controls at the Lycée Privé Emile Metz in Luxembourg-Dommeldange.
More details can be found in the brochure presenting the training courses in Smart technologies in French and German.
See fp.men.lu, st.men.lu and www.mengschoul.lu for further details.
