Certifications and V.A.E.
The GRETA allows you to obtain all or part of the professional certifications preparing for the jobs of Creation, Design and Fine Crafts.
Every professionalizing and degree course is accessible through VAE (validation of acquired experience). They are modularized and/or cut into blocks of skills.
All certifying and degree-awarding training programs are accessible through the Validation of Acquired Experience (V.A.E.).
If you have significant experience related to the targeted diploma or title, the Validation of Acquired Experience allows you, without any prerequisite training conditions, to obtain all or part of the diploma or title that corresponds to your experience.
The steps of the VAE process
Step 1. Define a project for validating a certification or diploma
The certification (diploma, title, etc.) must be registered in the National Register of Professional Certifications (RNCP).
Step 2. Contact the certifying body for a personalized assessment and to obtain admissibility
You will then need to complete an admissibility application (livret 1).
The activities carried out must be directly related (in nature and in level) to the targeted certification (volunteer work, salaried or non-salaried professional activity: practical internship periods in a company, operational preparation for employment, practical training periods under an apprenticeship contract, a professionalization contract, etc.).
Step 3. Prepare the validation: write and submit booklet 2
Once admissibility has been obtained, you must write a dossier (booklet 2) in which you describe professional activities related to the targeted certification. It must then be submitted to the organization that convenes the jury. At this stage, the candidate can benefit from support from GRETA CDMA.
Step 4. The final assessment
This consists of an interview before the jury, to whom you present your career path and experience. Based on your dossier and your oral presentation, the jury makes a decision: either full validation of the certification, partial validation, or non-validation.
Among the certifications and diplomas eligible for V.A.E., GRETA CDMA offers the following training programs:
French Ministry of Education:
- Bac pro Perruquier posticheur
- BMA Ebéniste
- BMA spécialité Broderie
- BP Coiffure
- BTS Métiers de la coiffure
- CAP Art de la broderie dominante broderie à la main
- CAP Art de la broderie dominante broderie sur machine
- CAP Art et techniques de la bijouterie-joaillerie Option bijouterie-joaillerie
- CAP Art de la reliure-dorure
- CAP Ébéniste
- CAP fourrure
- CAP Maroquinerie
- CAP Métiers de la mode : chapelier-modiste
- CAP Métiers de la mode, vêtement flou
- CAP Plumasserie
- CAP Vêtement de peau
- Certificat de spécialisation – Art de la dorure à chaud
- Certificat de spécialisation Entretien des collections du patrimoine
- Certificat de spécialisation essayage-retouche-vente
- CAP Tapissier d’ameublement en décor
- CAP Tapissier d’ameublement en siège
- Designer textile et surface mention couleur et matériaux
Admissibility application for:
- A diploma awarded by the Ministry of National Education: contact the Academic Validation of Acquired Experience Office: https://gip-fcip.paris for Paris, https://vae.education.gouv.fr for other departments.
- A GRETA CDMA certification: contact GRETA CDMA for its own certifications: vae@greta-cdma.paris
- Another certification awarded by a professional branch: Professional Title, Professional Qualification Certificate, etc., contact the authority responsible for the targeted certification.
- A university degree: contact the continuing education department of the university awarding the degree.
To go further:
- Discover France VAE, the official portal of the public service for the Validation of Acquired Experience.
- VAE funding – VAE Advice Center Paris (vae-conseil.info)
