The vocational training curriculum is the responsibility of both the Ministère de l’Éducation, which develops programs and their teaching guides, and the educational institutions, which implement the programs and the evaluation process. Programs of study include compulsory objectives and suggestions for competency-related knowledge, skills and attitudes.

By successfully completing a program, students acquire not only the entry-level competencies required by the workplace in order to practice a trade or occupation, but also learning that provides students with a certain degree of versatility.