Vocational Training

The Greek Public Employment Service (DYPA) operates 50 Apprenticeship Vocational Schools (EPAS), which follow the dual system of education. Attendance lasts 2 school years (4 semesters), during which students attend theoretical and laboratory courses (1 in the morning and 4 in the afternoon) and at the same time carry out a work-based learning program, in assignments related to their specialty (4 or 5 days a week).

NOTE: On the day that students attend school (morning hours), they do not go to the company/institution that carry out a learning program in the workplace, as long as the company's working hours coincide with the students' morning hours at the Apprenticeship School.

In the Apprenticeship EPAS, holders of at least a high school diploma or equivalent qualification and up to 29 years of age have the right to register. Admission to EPAS is achieved by scoring specific criteria of candidates (degree grade, social and economic criteria).

During the two years of study, students attend theoretical and laboratory courses at the Apprenticeship School for 21 hours per week, based on specific curriculum timetables.

Housing allowance is entitled to the apprentices of the A' and B' Grade of EPAS/PEPAS (Experimental Vocational School) Apprenticeship of the Greek Public Employment Service if the following conditions are cumulatively met:

1. They reside permanently outside the city where the EPAS/PEPAS (Experimental Vocational School) Apprenticeship of the Greek Public Employment Service is based and their daily movement is impossible for the attendance of the courses and their participation in the learning program in the workplace

2. There is no EPAS/PEPAS Training Unit with the same specialty nearest to their place of permanent residence

3. Their attendance has not been deemed insufficient, due to exceeding the number of absences provided for by the current provisions, more than once

4. They have not obtained a degree from another vocational apprenticeship school of the Greek Public Employment Service (former OAED)

5. The monthly housing allowance is set at 240€

6. Apprentices of EPAS and PEPAS of the Greek Public Employment Service, who are entitled to housing allowance, are also entitled to a daily food allowance, which corresponds to 9.00€

Final ranking tables for the recruitment of temporary teaching staff for the Apprenticeship Vocational Schools (EPAS) and Experimental EPAS (P.EPAS) Apprenticeship

Today, Thursday, September 7, 2023, the final ranking tables were posted for the recruitment of temporary teaching staff with a contract of fixed-term dependent work, for Vocational Schools (EPA.S) and Experimental Vocational Schools (P.EPA.S) Apprenticeship, of the Public Employment Service (D.YP.A), for the school year 2023-24.

Candidates can see their ranking with the number (ID) of the application submitted

See here for the final tables of ATTICA

See here for the final tables of EASTERN MACEDONIA - THRACE

See here for the final tables of EPIRUS

See here for the final tables of THESSALY

See here for the final tables of CRETE

See here for the final tables of CENTRAL - WESTERN MACEDONIA

See here for the final tables of PELOPONNISOS

Provisional ranking tables for the recruitment of temporary workers
educational staff for 50 Vocational Schools (EPA.S) and 7 Experimental Apprenticeship EPA.S

Today, Thursday, July 27, 2023, the provisional ranking tables for the recruitment of temporary teaching staff with a fixed-term employment contract for the 50 Apprenticeship Vocational Schools (EPAS) and the 7 Experimental EPAS (PEPAS) for the school year 2023-24 were posted

Candidates can see their ranking with the application number (ID) they submitted

Candidate teachers have the right to submit an objection, exclusively online, within three (3) working days, namely from Friday, July 28, 2023, until Tuesday, August 01, 2023, at 23:59.

The submission of the electronic objection is made exclusively through the Single Digital Gateway of the Greek State gov.gr at: 

https://www.gov.gr/ipiresies/ekpaideuse/epaggelmaties-ekpaideuses/ekpaideutes-epaggelmatikon-skholon-epas-matheteias-tou-oaed

In particular, the route is: gov.gr → Education → Education Professionals →  Instructors of the Apprenticeship Vocational Schools of the Greek Public Employment Service.

The Public Employment Service implements the procedure for the submission and evaluation of candidates' applications, as well as the submission of objections through an electronic platform in order to ensure transparency, meritocracy and the faster and unhindered service of the interested parties. 

See here for the Press Release

See here for the provisional Tables of EASTERN MACEDONIA - THRACE

See here the provisional Tables of ATTICA

See here for the provisional Tables of EPIRUS

See here for the provisional Tables of THESSALY

See here for the provisional Tables of CRETE

See here for the final tables of CENTRAL - WESTERN MACEDONIA

See here for the provisional Tables of the PELOPONNESE

Tomorrow, Wednesday 28 June 2023 at 6:00 p.m., the online submission of applications for teacher candidates, for recruitment with a fixed-term dependent labor contract, to the 50 Apprenticeship Vocational Schools (EPAS) and the 7 Experimental EPAS, for the school year 2023-24, begins. The submission deadline is July 10, 2023.

The submission of the application is made exclusively through gov.gr at:
https://www.gov.gr/ipiresies/ekpaideuse/epaggelmaties-ekpaideuses/ekpaideutes-epaggelmatikon-skholon-epas-matheteias-tou-oaed

In particular, the route is: gov.gr → Education → Education Professionals →  Instructors of the Apprenticeship Vocational Schools of the Greek Public Employment Service.

Credit point allocation will proceed according to criteria that place greater emphasis on the academic qualifications and professional experience of the candidates (Greek Government Gazette 3552/B/03-08-2021), with the ultimate goal of further upgrading the education in the EPAS/PEPAS Apprenticeship of the Greek Public Employment Service.

The 50 EPAS of DYPA apply the Apprenticeship system, which is the only dual system in our country, which combines theoretical and laboratory professional training at the school with apprenticeship in companies in real working conditions (on-the-job-training).

In the school year 2023-24, thirty high-demand specialties will operate, eight of which are thematically and cognitively enriched in the context of developing green and digital skills, as well as in the field of the blue economy.

Students of the Greek Public Employment Service Apprenticeship EPAS:

• They carry out a learning program in the workplace with pay and full insurance

• They attend modern and fully equipped laboratories and are provided with the necessary books and aids

• They are trained by experienced and well-trained educational staff 

• They receive a housing allowance amounting to 240 euros per month, as well as food allowance amounting to 9 euros per day, with expanded income criteria

• They are entitled to student leave for up to 30 days with pay

• They are entitled to postponement of military service

In addition to the 50 EPAS, there are 7 Experimental EPAS operating with three specialties in the tourism and hospitality sector, where innovative professional training programs are implemented in the following cities: Athens, Heraklion, Rhodes, Mytilini, Patras, Thessaloniki and Corfu.

For the operation of PEPAS, the Greek Public Employment Office cooperates with the Greek-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Institute of the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (INSETE), which have extensive experience in the field of vocational education and tourism. PEPAS students carry out apprenticeships with pay and insurance in large 4 or 5-star hotel companies.

See here for the PRESS RELEASE

See here for the NOTICE

See here for ANNEX 1 - DEGREES/DIPLOMAS FOR JOINING SECTORS

See here ANNEX 2 - QUALIFIED TEACHER CERTIFICATION

See here for ANNEX 3 - COMPUTER LITERACY

See here for ANNEX 4 - LANGUAGE SKILLS

See here for ANNEX 5 - TABLE OF TAX-FREE AMOUNTS

See here for ACTIVE SECTORS

See here for M.D. CRITERIA FOR TEACHER EVALUATION

See here for M.D. SUBSTITUTE SECTORS

See here M.D. ADDITIONAL SUBSTITUTE SECTORS

See here for the APPLICATIONS SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

The Apprenticeship Vocational Schools (EPAS) of the Greek Public Employment Service operate in accordance with the dual system of education. Attendance lasts 2 school years, during which students attend theoretical and laboratory courses at EPAS (1 morning and 4 afternoon) and, at the same time, carry out a work-based learning program in tasks related to their specialty (for at least 4 days a week).  During the implementation of the learning program in the workplace, the following apply:

1. An Apprenticeship Agreement is signed between the employer, the student and the school, which states the start and end time of the learning program in the workplace, as well as the obligations of both the employer and the apprentice.
2. The trainee student follows, as a rule, the current daily work schedule in the company, provided that the employment of all students is 6 hours per day and up to 30 hours per week.
3. In case of four or five-day weekly work, the working hours are 24 or 30 respectively. Compensation during the working hours of the remaining days is not made and is not subsidized in any case on a day when the learning program is not carried out in the workplace. Also, the day on which the student is required to come to school in the morning is not subsidized.

During the Apprenticeship (implementation of a learning program in the workplace), students of EPAS of the Greek Public Employment Service are paid a salary equal to 80% of the minimum wage of the unskilled worker (34.84€), i.e. 26.13€. The above rate of remuneration is valid for all semesters of study. 

According to the applicable wage, and since the contributions to EFKA (Single Social Security Fund), both of the employer and the student, will be calculated in half (1/2) of the actual salary (i.e. in the amount of 13.94€ euros), the employers' and students' charges for each day of Internship are formed according to the Table below.

From 1995 until today, with Joint Ministerial Decisions, issued every year, every day of Apprenticeship (implementation of a learning program in the workplace) of students of four or five days of actual employment (from January 1st to December 31st) is subsidized. The amount of the subsidy for the year 2022 has been set at 16.54 euros per day and is paid exclusively to students by the EPAS.

The subsidy is not paid for the days of student leave, Ordinary leave, sickness and other subsidies, where these are still valid. In the case of student and Ordinary leave, the full stipulated daily wage is paid by the employers to the students, in accordance with the applicable provisions.

 Specifically:

• Compensation for the days of student leave of students who are part of an Apprenticeship (learning program in the workplace) in public institutions, is made to the total of the stipulated daily wage by employers.
• The compensation for the days of student leave of students who make Apprenticeships (learning programs in the workplace) in the private sector, is paid by the KPA2 of the Greek Public Employment (former OAED) of the area of competence of the enterprise, in accordance with the applicable provisions (Law 1346/83 & Law 3144/2003).
• The payment procedure, the required supporting documents as well and the applicable legislation are described in the section of Student subsidies.
• Compensation for the days of normal leave is paid by the employers in full, in accordance with the applicable wage provisions for students of EPAS (26.13 euros). In cases of absence due to illness, the provisions of Articles 657-658 of the Civil Code shall apply.

The project is co-financed by Greece and the European Union (European Social Fund) through the Operational Programme "Human Resources Development, Education and Lifelong Learning, NSRF 2014-2020".

• Aesthetic Art
• Silversmithing
• Bakery – Confectionery
• Assistants General Infantry
• Assistants General Nursing
• Assistants Pharmacy
• Graphic Arts – Printing
• Graphic Arts – Electronic Design Form
• Fur Processing
• Hairdressing Art
• Ceramics-Processing
• Building Works
• Cooking
• Aircraft Mechanics
• Hotel Business
• Carpenters – Furniture
• Technicians Support Systems Computer
• Technicians Gas Fuel (Natural Gas)
• Technicians Bodywork
• Machine Tool Technicians
• Electrical Technicians
• Automotive Electrical Systems Technicians
• Technicians of Electronic Devices, Installations & Computing Units
• Technicians of Thermal and Hydraulic Installations
• Metal Construction Technicians
• Engineers and Systems Automotive Technicians
• Shipbuilding Technicians
• Installers of Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning works
• Employees of Administrative Duties
• Employees of Financial Duties
• Textile - Clothing
• Plant Engineering Businesses – Landscape Architecture
• Clockmaking

• Aesthetic Art
• Silversmithing
• Bakery – Confectionery
• Assistants General Infantry
• Assistants General Nursing
• Assistants Pharmacy
• Graphic Arts – Printing
• Graphic Arts – Electronic Design Form
• Fur Processing
• Hairdressing Art
• Cooking
• Aircraft Mechanics
• Hotel Business
• Carpenters – Furniture
• Technicians Support Systems Computer
• Technicians Gas Fuel (Natural Gas)
• Technicians Bodywork
• Machine Tool Technicians
• Electrical Technicians
• Automotive Electrical Systems Technicians
• Technicians of Electronic Devices, Installations & Computing Units
• Technicians of Thermal and Hydraulic Installations
• Metal Construction Technicians
• Engineers and Systems Automotive Technicians
• Shipbuilding Technicians
• Installers of Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning works
• Employees of Administrative Duties
• Employees of Financial Duties
• Textile - Clothing
• Plant Engineering Businesses – Landscape Architecture
• Clockmaking

RESPONSIBILITIES OF GEAS

• Informing prospective students about the majors of study at EPAS Apprenticeships and future professional prospects.

• Providing information to students and graduates of EPAS regarding professional rights, employment opportunities, and the conditions for creating individual businesses.

• The coordination of the procedure for the placement of students in traineeships of the private and public sector

• Formation of Professional Orientation groups for prospective students of EPAS Apprenticeships, as well as groups of Job Search and Entrepreneurship Techniques for final students and graduates of EPAS Apprenticeships.

• Development of permanent partnerships with social partners, Local and Regional Self-Government bodies, Chambers of Commerce, Industry and Crafts, labor centers, professional unions, and other public and private bodies.

• Organization of career days with the participation of students, EPAS graduates, businesses and employers (Career Days, Open Days).

• Organization of an annual meeting with Local and Regional Government bodies in the context of mutual information on the course of the local labor market.

• Organization of entrepreneurship lectures in schools during school hours.

• Organization of competitions to highlight students' skills with the participation of social partners, businesses, sectoral bodies, Chambers, Municipalities, etc.

For more information, contact the educational structures of DYPA.

Experimental Vocational Apprenticeship Schools of the Greek Public Employment Service in the Tourism and Hospitality Sector

Starts today, Monday 3 July 2023, the online submission of applications for the admission of male and female students to the seven Experimental Vocational Schools (PEPAS) of Apprenticeships of DYPA, for the school year 2023-24, in three specialties of high demand in the tourism and hospitality sector: Hotel Receptionist, Culinary Arts and Catering.

Those who are 18 years of age or older and have at least a High School Diploma have the right to apply. A good knowledge of a foreign language (English, French or German) is required for the specialty "Hotel Receptionist".

The submission of applications is made exclusively online, through gov.gr, with the TAXISnet codes, at:

 https://www.gov.gr/ipiresies/ekpaideuse/eggraphe-se-skholeio/eggraphe-se-peiramatike-epaggelmatike-skhole-tou-oaed

Συγκεκριμένα η διαδρομή είναι: gov.gr → Education → Enrollment in school → Enrollment in an experimental vocational school of the Greek Public Employment Service (former OAED)

PEPAS will operate in 7 cities (Athens, Thessaloniki, Corfu, Crete, Mytilene, Patras and Rhodes) and apply the dual education system, which combines theoretical and laboratory professional education at the School with the learning program in the workplace, in real working conditions (on-the-job-training). The aim is for the trainee to acquire the necessary theoretical knowledge as well as professional experience in the labor market.

The theoretical part will be implemented in the faculties from November to April, while the Apprenticeship in Business will take place from May to October with 8 hours a day, 5 days a week. The pay of the students during the apprenticeship in the companies amounts to €139.35 per week.

The cooperation of DYPA with the Greek-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry and INSETE, which have extensive experience in the field of vocational education and tourism, guarantees the placement of all apprentices in apprenticeships in distinguished enterprises of the tourism industry (4 and 5-star hotels) but also enhances the prospect of their professional rehabilitation after the completion of studies. 

The specialties in the 7 PEPAS for the school year 2022-23 are the following: 

PEPAS of Kalamaki – PEPAS Heraklion Crete – Rhodes– Patras:

• Culinary Arts Technician

• Catering Technician

• Hotel Receptionist

PEPAS of Thessaloniki – Corfu:

• Hotel Receptionist

PEPAS of Mytilene

• Catering Technician

The students of the PEPAS Apprenticeship of the Greek Public Employment Service

• Apprenticeships in paid and insured enterprises

• They study in modern and fully equipped laboratories and they are provided with the necessary books and aids

• They are trained by experienced and well-trained teaching staff

• They receive an accommodation allowance, which has been doubled to 240 euros per month, as well as a food allowance, which has increased to 9 euros per day, with expanded income criteria

• They are entitled to a study leave of up to 30 days with pay

• They are entitled to a postponement of military service

See here for the Press Release

See here for the Invitation

See here for the Rules of Procedure of the PEPAS

See here for the Guidelines for the Submission of Applications

Educational Staff of Experimental Vocational Schools of Apprenticeship (PEPAS) of the Greek Public Employment Service 

The recruitment of temporary educational staff in the EPAS and PEPAS Apprenticeship of the Public Employment Service is announced by posting a relevant notice on the website of the Greek Public Employment Service (former OAED). The applications of the candidates along with their supporting documents are submitted after the first fortnight of May each year. Candidates are then evaluated and evaluation tables are drawn up by sequential number of credit points. The evaluation is based on Decision no. 57531/2021 of the Minister of Labour and Social Affairs (Government Gazette 3552/B΄/3-8-2021).

The teaching staff undertakes duties in the Apprenticeship EPAS at the beginning of each school year, i.e. after September 20 and in PEPAS Apprenticeships after the 31st of October, where they are employed on a fixed-term employment contract, as an hourly wage or as a substitute teacher (Article 3, par.2 and 3 of Law 2336/95 and Article 16 of Law 2643/98).

.Contact Phone Numbers  210-9989704, 677, 654, 533

Communication hours: from 09:00 to 15:00

See here for information About the EPAS Teachers of the Apprenticeship of the Experimental EPAS

• Culinary Arts Technician

• Hotel Receptionist

• Catering Technician

See the Information Note here