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My vocational recognition is confirmation of what I'm able to do and opens up opportunities for me. 

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My name is Ahmed Khazaal and I’m a motor vehicle mechatronics technician.

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In Lebanon, I trained and worked as a motor vehicle mechatronics technician.

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Luckily, when I came to Germany in 2015, I was able to start work straight away with my uncle in the garage.

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In Germany, you can work as a motor vehicle mechatronics technician. 

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The occupation is not regulated. But then you can't go anywhere else in terms of your career.

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I definitely want to progress and complete my master craftsman qualification to maybe later run my own garage. 

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Recognition of the occupation is a requirement for admission to the master craftsman examination.

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My wife and I found out the information on the internet and from the Koblenz Chamber of Crafts and Trades.

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Mr Khazaal submitted his papers to us from Lebanon.

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However, these didn't clearly describe his qualifications.

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Following my qualification, I worked for 4 years in Lebanon and 3 years in Germany.

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We therefore suggested a skills analysis.  

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That was great. I was able to show everything I was capable of. I was a bit nervous but that went away very quickly.

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To start with, I sat down with Mr Khazaal for a preliminary discussion in order to get to know him. 

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It helps if the people assessing me know me a bit and I know them.

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In the practical element, he passed the mechanical task with flying colours. 

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This also required systems expertise.

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My task was to change a cambelt.  

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I had done that many times before.  

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We also considered a task on a brake. 

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And he then had to find an electronic fault. 

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Luckily I was also familiar with this from work.

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I slowly became more relaxed.

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We then conducted a professional discussion in order to check theoretical knowledge. 

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He did it very well. 

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However, it was evident that he still had some catching up to do in the high voltage area.

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I then gained this knowledge in the refresher training.  

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I'm now fully recognised and have received the notice saying that my training is fully equivalent to the training in Germany.

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And we look forward to seeing Mr Khazaal again on the further examination preparation course. 

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It's time to get started on the master craftsman examination. 

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I want to further improve my German for this.

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My tip Get the information, think positive and really go for it!

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Start your own success story and talk about it.

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Recognition in Germany.

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