VAE Engineer

Are you interested in carrying out the process of Validating your Prior Experience (VAE) in order to obtain the level I Engineering diploma issued by ESTP in one of our five specialties: 

·       Public works

·       Building

·       Mechanical and electrical engineering

·       Topography

·       Sustainable construction energy engineering 

This process is part of the continuing education reform: you may use your personal training account (CPF) for support.

VALIDATION OF PRIOR EXPERIENCE

VAE is a process recognised by the French Labour Code. This process recognises professional and non-professional experience in order to grant a diploma, title or professional qualification certificate.

VAE is a right open to all individuals who are able to prove continuous or non-continuous, full time or part time, salaried, non-salaries or volunteer professional experience in direct relation with the content of the diploma in question.

Advantages of the process 

·       Personalised support from A to Z with personalised mentoring from professionals

·       Methodological assistance with the creation of a portfolio of acquired knowledge and the drafting of a technical essay

·       Methodological workshops offered at Université Paris 8

·       Help with preparing for VAE interviews with the technical essay jury and the VAE jury

·       Flexible preparation

·       Access to the network of ESTP Paris alumni.

THE METHODOLOGY OF THE PROCESS 

VAE is a process divided into 3 main phases:

Process preparation: 7 to 10 months
-    Feasibility: receipt of application, motivation interview, advice and guidance
-    Admissibility: completion of application (booklet 1), in-depth analysis of the applicant’s pathway and self-assessment
-    Preparation interview for the admissibility jury,
-    Advice on additional training to improve skills
-    Submission of the admissibility cerfa form

Support with the process: 22 months
-    Appointment of a tutor and organisation of the tutorship
-    Drafting of a list of skills and knowledge to be acquired based on the frame of reference
-    Methodological workshops to prepare the applicant for the redaction of a portfolio of acquired skills (description of initial and continuing education courses, professional and personal experience, experience abroad, etc.)
-    Assistance with drafting the technical essay detailing the applicant’s skills in the targeted specialty
-    Assessment of soft skills by specialised consultants
-    Preparation of defence

Validation: 2 months
-    Defence of a technical essay
-    Presentation of the applicant’s portfolio of acquired knowledge before the VAE jury
-    Presentation of the application file approved by the VAE jury before the ESTP diploma jury
 

THE PRICE OF THE PROCESS

In 2023 it breaks down as follows:

• 100€: application fee (non-refundable) by cheque made payable to : ESTP - AS
• 7,500€ excluding VAT (exempt from VAT): cost of the VAE process

To this amount may be added :

• The cost of any additional training prescribed: a precise evaluation of the total cost of the VAE process will be made after an interview and in-depth study of the pre-application file.
• An English test (TOEIC or TOEFL, for example) and any necessary refresher courses.

Applications are open until 29 February 2024.

Timeframe for access to the course: the minimum waiting time to access the course between the sending of your application and the admissibility jury is 7 months.
 

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For more information, please contact:

Communications department
Tel | 01 75 77 86 08