Ordinance on the Introductory Act to the Federal Act on Vocational Line and Professional Education and Training (VEG BBG) - Scope of Application (VEGBBG)

1. This regulation designates the authorities and offices responsible for the implementation of the Introductory Act to the Federal Act on Vocational Training and defines their tasks.

1. The implementation of the Vocational Training Act is entrusted to the following authorities and agencies

a) the Cantonal Government Commission;

b) * the Department of Education (hereinafter referred to as the Department);

c) * the Office for Vocational Training (hereinafter referred to as the Office);

d) the Cantonal Career Guidance Service.

1. The supervisory functions assigned to the Standing Commission under this ordinance are to be carried out by them as the supervisory authority.

2. It elects the members of supervisory, auditing, and appeals authorities, to the extent that representation in such authorities is afforded to the canton.

1. The department is responsible for all measures and decisions under federal legislation that fall within the jurisdiction of the canton, which are not assigned to another authority or instance.

2. It regulates the recognition of post-school support measures in accordance with Art. 4 EG BBG.

1. The office exercises direct supervision over all apprenticeship arrangements and advises all parties involved on matters of vocational education.

2. It is responsible for

a) Approval of apprenticeship contracts;

b) Assignment of learners to vocational schools;

c) Determination of the start of the apprenticeship period;

d) Extension or shortening of the apprenticeship period;

e) Exemptions from vocational education and qualification procedures;

f) Extension of the probationary period;

g) Mediation in disputes between apprenticeship contract parties;

h) Decisions regarding the termination of apprenticeship contracts;

i) Temporary exemption of a practical trainer from instructor training;

j) Exemption from inter-company courses (training company or learners);

k) Assignment to qualification procedures;

l) Facilitations for learners who, due to physical or mental disabilities, are unable to master all training content;

m) Issuance of the certificate of competency or attestation and the grade report.

3. The department may provide for a different allocation of responsibilities.

1. The duties of the cantonal career guidance services are governed by the provisions of the Federal Act on Vocational and Professional Education and Training of December 13, 2002 (Vocational and Professional Education and Training Act, VPETA).

1. The Professional Commission decides on deviations from the principle of the place of instruction.

1. The training of apprentices requires a permit from the office.

2. The permit is granted if the personal and operational requirements for proper and appropriate training are met.

3. The permit may be conditional and subject to stipulations.

4. The training permit will be revoked if the personal and operational requirements for proper and appropriate training are no longer fulfilled.

1. The office may employ experts for conducting site visits and for clarifying technical questions.

1. The authority may mandate interim qualifications, particularly when a vocational trainer in practice is training a learner for the first time.

2. The costs for interim qualifications are borne by

a) the canton, insofar as they are mandated by the cantonal authority;

b) the training company, if the vocational trainer in practice requires them;

c) the legal representative, if they require them;

d) the professional organization for all learners in an occupation, if the organization applies for or conducts the interim qualification.

1. The department may commission organizations in the professional world or other organizations to conduct events for the education of vocational trainers, provided they have not already been commissioned by the Federal Office for Vocational Education and Training (BBT).

2. Participants in events for the education of vocational trainers generally pay a course fee.

1. The office ensures, in collaboration with the vocational trainer of the practice, for an equivalent basic education if the organization of intercompany courses is not guaranteed by the organization of the working world.

1. The apprenticeship contract shall be executed on a form approved by the office. The office shall provide the appropriate forms.

2. The following shall apply in particular

a) the apprenticeship contracts must be submitted before the commencement of the apprenticeship;

b) the apprenticeship relationship usually begins at the end of the school year for lower secondary schools.

3. The contracting parties must report all occurrences that result in changes to the apprenticeship contract to the office.

4. The following are subject to approval

a) extension of the probationary period;

b) change of the responsible instructor;

c) extension or shortening of the apprenticeship period.

5. The decisive document is the copy of the apprenticeship contract that is held by the office.

1. Vacation is generally to be scheduled during the vocational school holidays; at least two weeks of vacation must be consecutive (Art. 329c para. 1 CO).

2. Leave from vocational school classes for individual lessons or school days is to be arranged directly with the competent vocational school.

1. The apprentice or the legal representative bears the costs for teaching materials, school supplies, excursions, and travel to and from school unless otherwise stipulated in the training contract.

2. Optional subjects and support courses are generally to be attended at the designated vocational school.

3. Attendance of vocational instruction is subject to the holiday and public holiday regulations of the assigned vocational school.

4. The school regulations of the vocational school to which the apprentice is assigned apply.

1. Students who meet the requirements in both the company and vocational school are entitled to attend the vocational baccalaureate school.

**1. The Qualification Procedures Govern:**

a) * in sales professions according to the instructions of the district commissions of St. Gallen;

b) * in commercial, industrial and home economics professions according to the instructions of the canton or institution to which the learners are assigned for the final examination;

c) * in professions in the fields of health, social services, and arts according to the instructions of the canton or institution to which the learners are assigned for the final examination;

d) in forestry and agricultural professions according to the instructions of the canton or institution to which the learners are assigned for the final examination.

**2.** The regular qualification procedure at the end of the apprenticeship takes place in early summer. For winter examinations, the instructions of the examination bodies to which the learners are assigned for the examination apply.

**3.** If a learner is unable to take the regular qualification procedure, the office, in collaboration with the examination bodies, decides on the timing of the examination after the reason for the hindrance has been removed.

**4.** Persons without vocational training who wish to gain admission to a qualification procedure are assigned to the regular final examination of vocational education and training.

**5.** The office decides on measures against candidates who use unauthorized aids during an examination or are guilty of other misconduct. It may

a) issue a reprimand;

b) order a grade reduction for the relevant examination; or

c) declare the examination as not passed.

1. The continuing education program of the Center for Professional Development (ZbW) St. Gallen is recognized; furthermore, as a rule, those continuing education events are recognized which are either recognized or subsidized by the Federal Office for Professional Education and Technology (BBT).

1. The amount of the contribution, unless governed by an agreement, generally corresponds to 30% (average federal rate) of the costs recognized by the federal government or the regular cantonal contribution of the canton of location.

2. Paragraph 1 of this article is valid until the definitive implementation of the Vocational Training Act. Thereafter, the respective school fee agreement shall apply.

1. The Cantonal Council recognizes vocational baccalaureate schools for professionals (full-time and part-time educational programs).

2. The costs for the vocational baccalaureate school for professionals (full-time or part-time educational program) pursuant to paragraph 1 of this article are only covered for students with a legal residence for scholarship purposes in the Canton of Appenzell I.Rh. The Cantonal Council may stipulate the transfer of costs to the students.

1. The Cantonal Executive Board can grant contributions for constructions according to Article 7, Paragraph 1, Letter a of the Implementation Act on the Federal Law on Vocational and Professional Education and Training up to CHF 250,000.

1. Disciplinary Measures are

a) written reprimand;

b) administrative fine from CHF 50 to CHF 500;

c) temporary or permanent revocation of the educational license.

2. The office decides on disciplinary measures.

1. Until the introduction of the attestation education or the abolition of the apprenticeship in the respective professions, the provisions of the following paragraphs shall apply.

2. If a basic education with attestation for a profession comes into force, the same provisions as for the vocational basic education or the provisions of the education ordinance for the attestation education shall apply.

3. The apprenticeship shall be governed mutatis mutandis by the regulations concerning vocational training.

4. The authority, in cooperation with the training company, shall determine the job title of the apprenticeship profession and approve the training program. This program shall be adapted to the abilities of the apprentice during the apprenticeship. It serves as a basis for the inspection.

5. Experts shall be consulted for the inspection or to verify whether the training objective has been achieved.

1. This Ordinance shall enter into force upon adoption by the Grand Council concurrently with the Implementing Act to the Federal Act on Vocational Education and Training.