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.
training / education
'die Ausbildung' and 'das Lehrjahr' are closely connected, but they do not mean the same thing. 'die Ausbildung' is the entire period in which you learn a profession. 'das Lehrjahr' is only one individual year within this vocational training, for example the first or second apprenticeship year. The words can be confused because both occur in an apprenticeship or vocational training program. If you are talking about the whole path of vocational learning, 'Ausbildung' fits. If you are talking about a specific stage in that path, 'Lehrjahr' fits.
Im zweiten Lehrjahr darf Sofia schon öfter allein mit Kunden sprechen.
In the second apprenticeship year, Sofia is already allowed to speak with customers on her own more often.
Du machst eine Ausbildung, wenn du einen Beruf praktisch und in der Berufsschule lernst.
You do vocational training when you learn a profession through practical work and at vocational school.