In the sector "Master craftsmen" the professions of surgical truss maker, corset maker, optician, orthopaedic shoemaker, orthopaedic technician, dental technician, gardener and furthermore 14 master craftsman courses were added.

which represent education and training of a total duration of at least 14 years, including at least five years' training within a structured training framework, divided into an apprenticeship of at least three years' duration, comprising training received partly in the workplace and partly provided by a vocational training establishment, and a period of professional practice and training of at least two years' duration culminating in a mastership examination conferring the rights to exercise the profession, to train apprentices and to use the title "Meister",

training for:- dispensing optician ('opticien'),- dental technician ('mécanicien dentaire'),- hearing-aid maker ('audioprothésiste'),- orthopaedic technician/surgical truss maker ('mécanicien orthopédiste/bandagiste'),- orthopaedic bootmaker ('orthopédiste-cordonnier'),These courses are of a total duration of 14 years, including at least five years' training followed within a structured training framework, partly received in the workplace and partly provided by the vocational training establishment, and culminating in an examination which must be passed in order to be able to practise any activity considered as skilled, either independen ...[+++]tly or as an employee with a comparable level of responsibility.