Abgeschlossene Berufsausbildung = completed vocational training
e.g.: you want to become a bank clerk -> first you have to complete 2-3 years training and then you have to pass the final exam. Then you get a certificate as qualified bank clerk and that's your "abgeschlossene Berufsausbildung". Same goes for actually all vocations/trades/professions. Without the final certificate/graduation you don't have a "abgeschlossene Berufsausbildung" and without that it's quite difficult if not impossible to get a job here.
That's the problem here in Germany. You have to do vocational training for each and everything and without proper certificates you're lost. As for your midwifery study - this is what Wikipedia says:
"Voraussetzung für die Ausbildung ist ein Hauptschulabschluss mit mindestens zweijähriger Berufsausbildung oder die mittlere Reife. Dies sind allerdings nur die gesetzlichen Mindestvoraussetzungen, in der Praxis haben sehr viele Hebammenschüler und Hebammenschülerinnen Abitur."
So, you must have at least the "Mittlere Reife" (O-level). Most applicants have got the Abitur (A-level), though. If you've got a simple secondary modern school qualification, then you must complete a 2-years-training (as a nurse e.g.) before you can actually start to study midwifery. Well, but don't quote me.
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e.g.: you want to become a bank clerk -> first you have to complete 2-3 years training and then you have to pass the final exam. Then you get a certificate as qualified bank clerk and that's your "abgeschlossene Berufsausbildung". Same goes for actually all vocations/trades/professions. Without the final certificate/graduation you don't have a "abgeschlossene Berufsausbildung" and without that it's quite difficult if not impossible to get a job here.
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I mean I totally get that now, but...it confuses me slightly because I want to study midwifery, what training can I get in that, before I study it?
Because in the UK, you do vocational courses in other stuff, but not things like that?
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"Voraussetzung für die Ausbildung ist ein Hauptschulabschluss mit mindestens zweijähriger Berufsausbildung oder die mittlere Reife. Dies sind allerdings nur die gesetzlichen Mindestvoraussetzungen, in der Praxis haben sehr viele Hebammenschüler und Hebammenschülerinnen Abitur."
So, you must have at least the "Mittlere Reife" (O-level). Most applicants have got the Abitur (A-level), though. If you've got a simple secondary modern school qualification, then you must complete a 2-years-training (as a nurse e.g.) before you can actually start to study midwifery. Well, but don't quote me.
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Ok - well....I have a college degree. A full vocational certificate, plus to AS-levels.
Do I come close?
Or do I still have to do nursery? I mean though - how can you be 17 years old, and have 2 years nursering experience under your belt?
(Do you have msn)?
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