PaintWork@Europe is a multinational partnership geared to promote the international aspect in vocational training for car and industrial painters in order to enhance the employability of apprentices. The paint profession has developed to become a high-tech profession within a clean and safe work environment that needs skilled people. Within these vocations it is increasingly difficult to recruit well-trained and skilled painters in Europe.The overall aim of the partnership is to set international/European standards and to raise the level within the vocational education in the painting jobs by a student-oriented training course. The course is divided into five modules. Each participating country will accomplish one module. According to standardised guidelines to be defined by all partners, the curriculums for these modules will be developed and organised in cooperation with all partners of vocational education such as vocational schools, associations, companies etc. Accompanied by their teachers/instructors, apprentices from all participating countries can take part in selected modules or go through a predefined circuit of mobilities that stipulate visits in five different European countries and will take part in the different modules. They will receive a certificate for each module as well as they have a chance to get a diploma after having finished the complete course. Both, teaching contents and teaching methods of these modules serve as a rule for VET in the paint professions and can be adopted by other institutions.Apart from an improved specialised knowledge among instructors and trainees, the Leonardo Partnership will pay particular attention to environmental and health issues and will consider the needs of slow learners and students with language problems.