Why choose UiB
The University of Bergen (UiB) has a long experience of having VET apprentices, and was in 2017 named the best state apprenticeship company.
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Is the University of Bergen an training place for you?
The University of Bergen (UiB) is a recognized VET apprenticeship company, with long experience of having VET apprentices. UiB is a large educational and research institution with a wide range of opportunities for our employees and VET apprentices.
On this page you will read about what UiB-appentices get, in addition to:
- Real, hands-on experience.
- Learn the right skills in a real-life work environment.
- You get to learn from those who can - and have access to good support along the way.
- Learn transferable skills.
- Build networks.
- Get the skills employers want.
Working hours
Normal working hours
On an annual basis, the average working time is 37.5 hours per week, including a 20-minute lunch break.
Summer time and winter tme
As a general rule, the daily working time must be distributed between summer/winter in the following way (referred to as summer time/winter time).
- Summer time: 15th of may - 14th of september: at 8:00 AM to kl. 3:00 PM.
- Winter time: 15th of september - 14th of mai: AT 8.00 AM til kl. 3.45 PM.
Extra day off during Christmas
Employees at UiB can, by agreement with their manager, take time off either Christmas Eve or New Year's Eve, and in addition take a day off during Christmas (between desember 27th and 31st), as long as the service permits.
The extra day off during Christmas and Christmas Eve or New Year's Eve must be recorded as normal working hours.
Flexible working hours
At UiB, the state flexible time scheme is practiced in the following way:
Core time (Kjernetid)
Core time is working time during which all employees must normally be present.
The core time is from 9:00 AM to 2:30 PM.
Flex time (Fleksitid)
Flextime is the period of time when the individual can decide for themselves when to start/stop their work, within the framework of what has been agreed with superiors. Apprentices must clarify how they can use flextime, within the work tasks they have at any given time.
Flextime is outside core time, from 6.00 AM and until 21.00 PM Monday to Friday.
The terms and conditions for flexible working hours follow from the Special Agreement on flexible working hours in the state.
Offers for VET apprentices
You should be happy as an apprentice, that is important to us.
Gatherings
UiB works to create a good professional and social environment, and you will experience getting to know and having a community with all the other apprentices at UiB, across subjects.
Throughout the apprenticeship, we have both academic and social gatherings. Examples of gatherings can, to name a few, be Kick-off days, HSE courses, jobseeker courses, as well as Christmas parties and summer parties.
Professional/academic development
We facilitate good professional development so that you can get a certificate after completing your apprenticeship.
Throughout the apprenticeship, you will gradually gain more independent work and experience on the job, and you will be assigned a subject manager who will ensure that training and tasks are arranged according to your curriculum. The subject manager has extensive experience with the profession and the industry.
Exchange abroad
As an apprentice at UiB, you have the opportunity to go on exchange abroad during the apprenticeship.
Welfare offers
As an apprentice at UiB, you can make use of all welfare offers provided to employees. This includes, among other things:
- Exersice during working hours (must be agreed with the workplace manager).
- Discount at the Sammen training centre.
- Cheap cinema tickets.
- Rent of company cabins.
... and much more.
Why do we want to hire VET apprentices?
At UiB there is a long and good tradition of participating in and taking responsibility for training by taking in apprentices and following them up.
This is something we think is both fun - and important! Apprentices are an important community resource that we must look after and promote. And our experience is that apprentices can bring new knowledge into the company.
The video below also paints a good picture of the fact that good craftsmanship is so much more than what we first think about.
Life without craftsmanship
You can get a VET apprenticeship
- At an institute
where research and teaching takes place. - At a faculty
in av larger administrative community.. - In a central administrative department
with special tasks for the entire university.