Class of 3rd "prep-trades"

Class of 3^e ‘pre-business’ includes the following lessons:

• Disciplinary courses (25 hours per week). These include, for example, French, mathematics, history and geography.
• Professional discovery teaching of trades and vocational training (5 hours per week)
• Occupational observation sequence (maximum 1 week during the school year)
• Internships and periods of immersion in a professional environment (1 to 4 weeks during the school year).

Class of 3^e “pre-vocational trades” can be created in a college, a vocational high school or a multipurpose high school.

You can consult on the internet the directory of schools that offer the device of the 3^e ‘pre-trades’ means:

Know which establishments offer the 3rd "prep-jobs"

At the end of class of 4^e,, you and your child must apply for admission in 3^e “pre-trades” to the head of the establishment of origin. You must make this request at the time of formulating your final wishes for the passage in 3^e.

After a favorable opinion from the class council, an academic committee examines the request for a transition to 3^e ‘pre-trades’.

That board grants or denies the request. It communicates its decision to the school where you wish to join the 3^e ‘pre-trades’. The decision is also sent to you.

At the end of class of 3^e “pre-trades”, your child participates in the same orientation procedure and assignment than other students of 3^e.

However, access to vocational training is promoted. His assignment request is a priority.

However, there is nothing to prevent him from pursuing general or technological studies.