(3) The provisions of Parts I and II of Schedule 1 shall be substituted for Parts I and II, respectively, of Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations.

    (4) The provisions of Schedule 2 shall be substituted for that part of section 1 (paramedical and childcare training courses) of Part I of Schedule 5 to the principal Regulations which specifies such courses in Austria.

    (5) The provisions of Schedule 3 shall be substituted for Part II of Schedule 5 to the principal Regulations.


Tessa Blackstone
Minister of State, Department for Education and Employment

24th January 2001

" in Austria


 -  special basic training for nurses specialising in the care of children and young people,
 -  special basic training for psychiatric nurses,
 -  contact lens optician ("Kontaktlinsenoptiker"),
 -  pedicurist ("Fusspfleger"),
 -  acoustic-aid technician ("Hörgeräteakustiker"),
 -  druggist ("Drogist"),

which represent education and training courses of a total duration of at least fourteen years, including at least five years' training followed within a structured training framework, divided into an apprenticeship of at least three years' duration, comprising training partly received in the workplace and partly provided by a vocational training establishment, and a period of professional practice and training, culminating in a professional examination conferring the rights to exercise the profession and to train apprentices,



 -  masseur ("Masseur"),

which represents education and training courses of a total duration of fourteen years, including five years' training within a structured training framework, comprising an apprenticeship of two years duration, a period of professional practice and training of two years' duration and a training course of one year culminating in a professional examination conferring the rights to exercise the profession and to train apprentices,



 -  kindergarten worker ("Kindergärtner/in"),
 -  child care worker ("Erzieher"),

which represent education and training courses of a total duration of thirteen years, including five years of professional training in a specialised school, culminating in an examination."

" PART II
COURSES REFERABLE TO THE PRACTICE OF A PROFESSION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
United Kingdom courses accredited as National Vocational Qualifications or Scottish Vocational Qualifications
Training for:


 -  mine electrical engineer,
 -  mine mechanical engineer,
 -  dental therapist,
 -  dental hygienist,
 -  dispensing optician,
 -  mine deputy,
 -  insolvency practitioner,
 -  licensed conveyancer,
 -  first mate - freight/passenger ships - unrestricted,
 -  second mate - freight/passenger ships - unrestricted,
 -  third mate - freight/passenger ships - unrestricted,
 -  deck officer - freight/passenger ships - unrestricted,
 -  engineer officer - freight/passenger ships - unlimited trading area,
 -  certified technically competent person in waste management,

leading to qualifications accredited as National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs) or in Scotland accredited as Scottish Vocational Qualifications, at levels 3 and 4 of the United Kingdom National Framework of Vocational Qualifications.

These levels are defined as follows:



 -  Level 3: competence in a broad range of varied work activities performed in a wide variety of contexts and most of which are complex and non-routine. There is considerable responsibility and autonomy and control or guidance of others is often required,
 -  Level 4: competence in a broad range of complex, technical or professional work activities performed in a wide variety of contexts and with a substantial degree of personal responsibility and autonomy. Responsibility for the work of others and the allocation of resources is often present.    "

 -  in Part I, the addition of Assistant Instructor (Motor Bicycles), Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland Approved Driving Instructor, Certified Instructor (Motor Bicycles) and State Registered Paramedic and the change in the designated authority for Licensed Cab Driver (London) from the Assistant Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis to Transport for London;

 -  in Part II, the addition of Licentiate of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications, Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and Technical Member of The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

Regulation 2(2) amends Part I of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations; this Schedule lists directives establishing arrangements for mutual recognition of qualifications in specific professions and those professions are outside the scope of the principal Regulations.