In the first and second year one of these skill training courses is provided at a training center in the Ardennes over a period of four consecutive days. The program starts annually in September and altogether takes two years. Participants meet once a week, thirty weeks a year, practically always on Friday. The meetings take place in The Hague and commence at 09.00 hours and terminate at 20.30 hours. Sessions are occasionally held on Saturday mornings.
Participants can count on a weekly ten hours or so for preparation.
This will mainly involve preparing presentations, in groups or otherwise. Reading the literature on the relevant case histories will also be part of the preparatory work. The first phase of the course begins in September and runs to January. The second phase runs from January to June. These are followed by a stay abroad which takes up eight weeks in the period of July to October.