Work Experience Agreement
In a work experience agreement, objectives are agreed between the company and the interns before or at the beginning of the work experience (at the latest after the familiarisation period). The objectives are formulated with the acquisition of professional competences in mind. The professional competences are based on Swiss vocational apprenticeships. The sample work experience agreement lists the minimum competences to be achieved in the field of "Business". The responsibility for the concrete formulation of the learning objectives for the work experience lies ultimately with the company, in consultation with the intern.
Employment Contract
In addition to the work experience agreement, the company concludes a fixed-term employment contract with the intern. This contract regulates the usual conditions according to the labour law of the respective country. The contracting parties are generally free to determine the wage for the intern.
Documentation of the acquisition of competences
Learning journals as a continuous description and reflection of the work done and the professional competences acquired in the process. For the documentation, the interns may use the suggested Learning Journal. This documentation serves as a comprehensible reflection and presentation of one's own learning progress. They are prepared together with the supervisor of the work experience. They are discussed with supervisor of the work experience and the learning progress is assessed. At least one learning report per relevant competence should be prepared over the duration of the work experience.
Intermediate evaluations - assessment of the current situation - final certificate
The supervisors of the work experience will conduct regular assessments with the interns. The assessments will take place in accordance with the milestone planning set out in the work experience agreement, but at least once in the middle of the work experience. On the occasion of these assessments, the supervisor of the work experience also evaluates the interns' performance to date and record it in a Training Report. The interns also assess the professional competences they have achieved in each case and finally also themselves. The evaluations are discussed in meetings between the supervisor of the work experience and the intern. The template of a Training Report can be used for the assessments.
The companies' certificates of competence confirm to the successful interns that they have achieved the learning objectives of the work experience and thus have sufficient theoretical and practical knowledge of the profession to take up the BSc in International Sustainable Tourism at the HSLU. The competence certificates of the companies are valid for an unlimited period of time.
