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"Vocational Training School Specialty Certificate (SEK)" fits in Initial Vocational Training (IVET). Vocational Training Schools (SEK) provide initial vocational training to graduates of Lower Secondary School (compulsory), holders of Lower Secondary School Certificate (Apolytirio Gymnasiou). Training in Vocational Training Schools (SEK) comprises of two years of training (grade A’ and B’), plus “Apprenticeship Class”, which applies a “Training Program at the Workplace - Apprenticeship at the Workplace” of twenty-eight (28) hours per week, allocated in five (5) days for a school year. Upon successful completion of the second grade (grade B’) of SEK students are awarded a Level 2 – Vocational Training Specialty Certificate which provides them eligibility to enrol to the Apprenticeship Class. Upon successful completion of Apprenticeship Class students are awarded a Level 3 – Vocational Training Specialty Certificate. Apprenticeship class graduates may attend a –non mandatory – preparatory certification course, totalling seventy (70) hours, for a more thorough preparation for their participation in the certification process. A prerequisite for the graduation of students who enrol in the Apprenticeship Class is the successful completion of the certification exam conducted by E.O.P.P.E.P. Upon successful completion of the certification exam, a Level 3 – Vocational Training Specialty Certificate is awarded by E.O.P.P.E.P.