WHAT IS LEARNED DURING THE FIRST MOMENTS AT WORK AND HOW? Learning in the workplace is frequently considered a long process involving in-depth, diversified and repeated experience. However, the issue of how long that learning takes is still undetermined. Our goal was to explore what is learned (and how) during the first moments of work, the role of observation and the cultural dimension of the first learning experiences in the workplace. Based on a theoretical and methodological framework of vocational didactics inspired by work psychology and ergonomics, and comple