You learn

• about health-promoting work
• about physical and mental health
• about the anatomy of the body
  
• about communication and interaction
  
• about the development of children and young people
• about diet, nutrition and hygiene

You should be

• caring and considerate when dealing with other people
• good at communication
• good at interacting with others
  

You can become

• a health worker, an ambulance service technician or a hospital orderly
• an occupational therapist or a childcare and youth worker
• a pharmacy technician, a medical secretary or a dental assistant
• a skin care worker, a chiropodist or an orthopaedic technician
  See all vocations and competences

Work places

• hospitals or the home nursing service
• kindergartens or day care facilities for school children
• pharmacies, dentist’s or doctor’s surgeries
• foot clinics or skin care salons

More education

Vocational education and training lead to vocational competence (with or without a trade or journeyman’s certificate). After completing vocational education and training you can start working or take further education:

• You can take further education at a tertiary vocational college. A tertiary vocational education is a short vocational further education meant for those who have taken vocational education and training.
• You can take a Vg3 supplementary programme for general university admissions certification
  – after Vg2 or
  – after achieving vocational competence.
  You will then have the option to take higher education at a university college or university. Remember that some study programmes, such as for instance engineering, science and medical studies, require you to have certain science subjects.
• You can also apply for admission to higher education after a preliminary course or by the Y-path, the vocational pathway to higher education. The Y-path is intended for those with relevant vocational experience. Preliminary courses and the Y-path are most commonly used for science and engineering studies.