Spain represents the school-based model of VET with moving towards a stronger emphasis on company-based training, decentralisation and considerable regional autonomy. The Spanish education system integrates initial vocational education and training into the secondary school system. The vocational pathway in upper secondary education is structured according to two levels, the medium-level and the upper-level training cycle, both of which offer vocational qualifications. As concerns VET practitioners, the system of initial vocational training distinguishes between teachers of secondary education, technical teachers of vocational training, and qualified professionals. The first group is responsible for the delivery of VET contents that are more theoretical in character. They must be in possession of a degree in a subject of specialised vocational training. The technical teachers are responsible for the more practical training modules, which are normally carried out in workshops or laboratories. They also have a degree in specialised vocational training. Finally, qualified professionals are specialists contracted from the working sector. In agreement with the necessities derived from current study plans, vocational training can be carried out by qualified professionals when there is no suitable teaching staff from the centres with corresponding profiles for training associated with the vocational qualifications.