2. Maritime or other academy, faculty of electrical engineering, or technical school or college of electrotechnical engineering, all courses having to be completed by the "maturitní zkouška" exam, and not less than 12 months of approved practice in the field of electrical engineering.

‘school’ means all types of institutions providing general (pre-school, primary or secondary), vocational and technical education and, exceptionally, in the case of measures to promote language learning, non-school institutions providing apprenticeship training.

master in vocational education ("majster odbornej výchovy"), which represents education of a total duration of at least 12 years, comprising 8 years of basic education, 4 years of vocational education (complete vocational secondary education and/or apprenticeship in the relevant (similar) vocational training or apprenticeship course), professional experience of a total duration of at least 3 years in the field of the person's completed education or apprenticeship and supplementary pedagogical study at the faculty of pedagogy or at the technical universities, or complete secondary education and apprenticeship in the relevant (similar) voc ...[+++]ational training or apprenticeship course, professional experience of a total duration of at least 3 years in the field of the person's completed education or apprenticeship, and additional study of pedagogy at the faculty of pedagogy, or by 1 September 2005 specialised education in the field of special pedagogy provided for in the methodology centres for masters in vocational education at the special schools without supplementary pedagogical study.

which represents 8 years of elementary education and 5 years of secondary technical education in the field of motor vehicles and 3 years' practice in a vehicle service station or in a garage, covering 51 hours of basic training in controlling motor vehicles roadworthiness and passing the qualification examination. - diagnostician executing motor vehicle roadworthiness tests at a district vehicle control station ("diagnosta przeprowadzający badania techniczne pojazdu w okręgowej stacji kontroli pojazdów"),

a person not less than 21 years of age; represents education of a total duration of at least 12 years, comprising at least 8 years of elementary education and at least 4 years of vocational secondary education completed by the "maturitní zkouška" exam, followed by at least 2 years of technical practice; the person concerned must have a driving licence and a clean criminal record and must have completed the special training for State technicians of at least 120 hours' duration as well as successfully passing the exam. - mechanic for control of car emissions ("mechanik měření emisí "),

Keeping in mind the differences between the national systems, the situation in several countries (A, B-Nl, FIN, IRL, ISL, I, S) looks roughly similar: about 80% of people leaving for a European pathway are doing so within a scheme at secondary or upper secondary level, within training institutions or technical schools.