apprenticeship year
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apprenticeship year
One of the years that make up vocational training or an apprenticeship. A typical training program lasts two to three and a half years and is divided into corresponding apprenticeship years.
Im zweiten Lehrjahr dürfen die Auszubildenden schon mehr Verantwortung übernehmen.
In the second apprenticeship year, the trainees are already allowed to take on more responsibility.
'Lehrjahr' (apprenticeship year) is made up of 'Lehre' (vocational training/apprenticeship) and 'Jahr' (year). So it literally means a year of training.
Sein erstes Lehrjahr als Tischler war sehr lehrreich.
His first apprenticeship year as a carpenter was very instructive.
'Lehrjahr' (apprenticeship year) is almost always used with an ordinal number and the preposition 'in' to indicate progress in the training program. The structure is: 'im ersten/zweiten/dritten Lehrjahr sein' (to be in the first/second/third apprenticeship year).
Im dritten Lehrjahr spezialisieren sich die Auszubildenden auf einen Bereich.
In the third apprenticeship year, the trainees specialize in one area.
The word is closely connected with the German system of dual vocational training. A 'Lehre' (apprenticeship) is practical training in a company, combined with theoretical instruction at a vocational school.
Nach der Schule hat sie sich für eine Ausbildung entschieden und ist jetzt im ersten Lehrjahr.
After school, she decided to do vocational training and is now in her first apprenticeship year.
