The new Vocational Training (FP) law, which came into force in 2022 and is being implemented gradually until the end of 2024, contemplates the general establishment of the dual modality in all training cycles, which implies that the training of student body is shared between the educational center and the companies.
Specifically, the new standard explains that two types of Dual FP will be implemented, general and intensive. In the first, the students will carry out between 25% and 35% of training hours in a company and the company will assume up to 20% of the training content and its evaluation. While, in the second, at least 35% of their training will be done in the company and the company assumes at least 30% of the contents and their evaluation.
Although vocational training students currently have an approach to the world of work through the Workplace Training (FCT) module, the dual modality provides greater work experience to students, among other benefits, and contributes to making their professional decisions more founded. “The student becomes the protagonist of his own learning, and the stay in the company helps him to choose with better criteria in which area he wants to specialize later,” says the Alliance for FP in its report Get to know Dual FP. A look from the orientation.
Likewise, Dual FP “significantly favors the job placement of graduates who take it compared to those who study the non-dual modality”, state the conclusions of the study Dual FP and job insertion, from the CaixaBank Dualiza Vocational Training Observatory. .
Despite its benefits, the percentage of those enrolled in the dual modality is incipient. In the 2021-2022 academic year, only 4.4% of the total number of FP students took it, according to the aforementioned report. In part, this is because counselors, like the rest of the educational community, have limited knowledge about this training option, indicates the Alliance for Dual FP.
