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Section 1 General Provisions
Art. 33 Examinations and other qualification procedures
Professional competence shall be certified on the basis of a general examination, a series of partial examinations or other SERI-recognised qualification procedures.
Art. 34 Prerequisites for qualification procedures
1 The Federal Council shall establish the rules applying to qualification procedures. It shall be responsible for ensuring the quality and comparability of qualification procedures. The assessment criteria used for qualification procedures must be objective and transparent and ensure equal opportunities. 2 Access to qualification procedures shall not be contingent upon attendance of specific courses of study. SERI shall establish the conditions whereby candidates may be admitted to qualification procedures.
Art. 35 Promotion of other qualification procedures
The Confederation may provide funding to organisations that develop or offer other qualification procedures.
Art. 36 Protection of titles
Only holders of an upper secondary-level vocational qualification or a tertiary-level professional qualification shall be permitted to use the titles established in the corresponding regulations.
Section 2 Vocational Education and Training
Art. 37 Federal VET Certificate
1 The Federal VET Certificate shall be awarded to learners who obtain passing scores on their final examination or whose competences have been validated through an equivalent qualification procedure. 2 The Federal VET Certificate shall be issued by the local cantonal authority.
Art. 38 Federal VET Diploma
1 The Federal VET Diploma shall be awarded to learners who obtain passing scores on their final examination or whose competences have been validated through an equivalent qualification procedure. 2 The Federal VET Diploma shall be issued by the local cantonal authority.
Art. 39 Federal Vocational Baccalaureate
1 The FVB shall be awarded to holders of the Federal VET Diploma who obtain passing scores on the FVB Examination or whose competences have been validated through an equivalent qualification procedure. 2 … 3 The Cantons shall be responsible for organising FVB Examinations and issuing FVBs. The Confederation may also organise FVB Examinations.
Para. 2 — Repealed by Annex No II 2 of the Higher Education Act of 30 Sept. 2011, with effect from 1 Jan. 2015 (AS 2014 4103; BBl 2009 4561).
Art. 40 Qualification procedures
1 The Cantons shall be responsible for organising qualification procedures. 2 On request, SERI may delegate a professional organisation to organise a qualification procedure for specific regions of Switzerland or for the entire country.
Art. 41 Examination fees
1 No fees may be charged to learners or host companies for examinations leading to issuance of the Federal VET Certificate, the Federal VET Diploma or the FVB. 2 Fees may be charged to learners who withdraw from or fail to appear at an examination for no justifiable reason as well as to learners who repeat an examination.
Section 3 Professional education
Art. 42 Federal professional examinations and advanced federal professional examinations
1 Federal professional examinations and advanced federal professional examinations are governed by the rules established for these examinations (Article 28 paragraph 2). 2 The Confederation shall be responsible for overall supervision of these examinations.
Art. 43 Tertiary-level professional qualifications; entry into the register
1 Candidates who obtain passing scores on a federal professional examination or an advanced federal professional examination shall be awarded the corresponding tertiary-level professional qualification. 2 Both types of professional qualifications shall be issued by SERI. 3 SERI shall maintain a public register with the names of the holders of tertiary-level professional qualifications.
Art. 44 Professional education institutions
1 Candidates enrolled in a professional education institution who obtain passing scores on the final examination or equivalent qualification procedure shall be awarded the corresponding tertiary-level professional qualification. 2 The examination procedure and equivalent qualification procedures are subject to the minimum requirements (Article 29 paragraph 3).