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Spain

In the Basque Country there are not experiences of shared apprenticeship
schemes, or just some testimonial ones.

At explained above, when the relation between the company and the student is
through a contract, it is not legally possible, with the current regulation, that 2
companies share an apprentice. The only exception known is the case of a student

in the dual system who has a contract with a company in the Basque Country and
goes abroad for a period of time to a branch abroad, as in this case the contract is

still valid because it is with the same organization.

Any other possibility is not allowed at the moment.

In the case the relation between the student and the company is through a grant,

a shared apprenticeship could be possible but there are other barriers (that also
apply in the first case).

- Lack of trust among companies, who would be sharing an employee and

could be suspicious of sharing information.
- Higher administrative burden for the school, which would need to prepare
documentation for as many companies as are involved in the shared

scheme.
- Difficulties in the combination of training hours in the company and

training hours in the VET school. This applies especially in the case of a dual
VET programme abroad. The dual system in the Basque Country is built in a

way that the student spends 4 hours in school and around 4 hours in a
company everyday. In the case the student goes abroad, the 4 hours to be

spent in the school are difficult to cover because of: language, different
contents among VET systems, recognition of learning outcomes is not
direct (as it is in the case of a traineeship in a company abroad),

administrative burden and lack of previous experiences which could offer
guidance.not only to schools and companies but also to the same education

department.

DELTA (2017-1-UK01-KA202-036810) IO3