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04 Passports “SAF Journey
towards Professional Excellence”
The training programme towards Professional Excellence alternates between
4 days classes and on-going practice within the company. Each Journey is
materialized by a SAF Passport “Journey towards Professional Excellence”.
Each passport consists of either 4 or 7 training sessions with each session
lasting 4 days and delivered by a “Meilleur Ouvrier de France” .
SAF proposes 8 original Journeys, with three levels of passports of 2 years
each, namely: “Professional”, “Advanced” and “Excellence”.
The passport “Journey towards Professional Excellence” incorporates :

(i) a profession of faith in which the passport holder commits himself/herself to
personally progress and in turn, make the company progress ;

(ii) job competency for each craft which will act as a guideline for test calibration
purposes.
Evaluation of passport holders
There are 2 types of tests: multiple choice questionnaires (MCQs) after each
training sessions and a final test.
Upon the completion of all the training sessions comprised in the participant’s
passport, a final test will be conducted by one of the "Meilleurs Ouvriers de
France" in order to validate the knowledge and practical competency of the
participants. The final test will consist in an oral assessment in one of the crafts
of the passport chosen at random.
The final overall mark will comprise of the average of the multiple choice
questions accounting for 50% of the overall mark and the final test accounting
for 50% of the final marks.
The passport holder with the highest score will receive the SAF medal.
SAF Training by the ''MEILLEURS OUVRIERS DE FRANCE''
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