Every apprentice in a recognized training occupation must keep a written or electronic training record, the Ausbildungsnachweis. Most people call it the Berichtsheft. The duty is set out in § 13 of the Vocational Training Act. Under § 43, an apprentice is admitted to the final examination only after presenting the record. The craft tradition also gave German the word Meisterstück, master’s piece. It first meant the work a journeyman made for the master examination. Today it also means a masterly achievement in any field.