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The final test before you call yourself a skilled worker
The journeyman's exam is the final exam in the glazier apprenticeship, and it typically takes place in the last school period of the main course. Here you show not just what you've learned on paper — you show that you can turn the objectives from your entire apprenticeship into a concrete, correctly executed piece of work.
The exam tests the breadth of what you have learned in the main course: measuring and selection of measuring instruments, planning of the work process, correct choice of materials, the actual installation, and importantly quality control and documentation of your own work. So it's far from just being able to put in a windowpane — you must be able to account for your choices along the way.
Behind the Education Stands the Glass Master Trade's Professional Committee, Where Employers and Employees Sit Together. The Committee Organises and Supervises the Journeyman Exam and Appoints the Censors (Often Called Master Judges) Who Assess Your Assignment. When You Pass, It is the Committee that Issues Your Journeyman Certificate — the Documentation that You Have Achieved the Competencies in the Education.
“Your journeyman certificate is not just proof of what you can do today — it's the access ticket to the rest of your working life in the trade.”