Name of qualification Name of qualification: Tehnik mehatronike SI/tehnica mehatronike SIRemove from comparison
Translated title (no legal status) Translated title: Mechatronic Technician SI
Type of qualification Type of qualification: Upper secondary technical education
Category of qualification Category of qualification: Educational Qualification
Type of education Type of education: Upper secondary technical education
Duration Duration of education:
4 years
Credits Credits: 253 credits
Admission requirements Entry conditions:
  • Elementary education or
  • lower vocational education or
  • equivalent education under previous regulations.
ISCED field Field:
Engineering, manufacturing and construction
ISCED subfield subfield: inter-disciplinary programmes and qualifications involving engineering, manufacturing and construction
Qualification level

SQF Level: SQF 5
EQF Level: EQF 4

Learning outcomes:

Certificate holders will be able to:

• use and demonstrate understanding of technical plans;
• use information systems in technological processes;
• automate technological processes and maintain technological systems;
• determine loads and load-bearing capacities of structural elements;
• use hydraulic and mechanical elements or systems and electrical machinery or devices;
• build mechatronic systems and plan the assembly and disassembly of mechatronic systems;
• diagnose faults and carry out simple repairs to mechatronic systems;
• program relatively simple applications in different programming languages;
• integrate the information system with the manufacturing process;
• maintain equipment and applications at the level of integration of the information system with manufacturing processes;
• design control and regulation mechanisms and plan pneumatic and hydraulic control systems;
• use and plan digital circuits, microcontrollers, programmable logic controllers (PLCs) and elements of sensor technology.

Elective:

• assemble and test mechatronic systems;
• assemble and disassemble simple mechatronic systems;
• maintain and repair mechatronic systems;
• maintain and repair mechatronic systems.

The programme is adapted for provision in Slovene as the language of instruction in the ethnically mixed area of Slovenian Istria and also has the following special objectives:

• to develop communication skills in Italian and Slovene,
• to develop knowledge of the natural, cultural and historical heritage of the Italian national community and its mother nation,
• to teach respect for and understanding of ethnic and cultural diversity and promote cooperation between members of the Slovene nation and Italian national community. Certificate holders will also have built on their key vocational knowledge and abilities with key general knowledge in line with national standards.
 

Assesment and completion:

Students' vocational competences and skills, and the fulfilment of conditions to obtain credits in accordance with the education programme are established through testing and assessment. Assessment of students also takes into account non-formally acquired knowledge, which must be adequately demonstrated. Students are assessed using scores from 5 (excellent) to 1 (inadequate).

Progress:

Students may progress to the next year if at the end of the academic year they achieve a positive assessment in all general education subjects and relevant vocational modules set out in the school's operational curriculum and have completed all extracurricular activities and work placement requirements.

Tehnik mehatronike SI/tehnica mehatronike SI

SQF 5

EQF 4

The Career path tab shows the possible career path within the selected qualification area, which is not the only one and is not mandatory. The actual transition between qualifications, which is determined by law, is defined in the Transition tab.

SQF 6 / EQF 5

Progression:

Matura/vocational course, higher vocational education (SQF level 6), professional higher education (SQF level 7) and academic higher education (SQF level 7).

Conditions for obtaining a public document:

Students must successfully (i.e. with positive scores) complete general education subjects, compulsory and elective vocational modules, and the open part of the curriculum. They must also complete extracurricular activities and work placement requirements and pass the vocational matura examination. The vocational matura comprises a compulsory section (written and oral examinations in Slovene and healthcare) and an elective section (written and oral examination in mathematics, a foreign language or Italian, and service with oral presentation).

Awarding body:

Secondary vocational and technical schools.

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