Name of qualification Gozdar/gozdarkaAdd to comparison [1]
Translated title (no legal status) Forester
Type of qualification Srednja poklicna izobrazba
Category of qualification Izobrazba
Type of education Upper secondary vocational education
Duration
3 years
Credits 180 credits
Admission requirements
  • Elementary school education or
  • lower vocational education
ISCED field Field
Kmetijstvo, gozdarstvo, ribištvo in veterinarstvo
ISCED subfield subfield gozdarstvo in lov
Qualification level

SQF 4
EQF 4

Certificate holders will be able to: 
  • plan and organise their own work,
  • perform work in forests observing safety at work,
  • perform felling, tree processing and bucking,
  • haul and collect varieties and work on a loading ramp,
  • fell and haul wood in special and extraordinary circumstances,
  • maintain forest functions and forest roads and minor watercourses,
  • maintain hand tools, chainsaws and accessories for work in forests and forest nurseries,
  • cooperate in a group and communicate with co-workers,
  • use information and communication technology to search, process and evaluate data in their work,
  • act responsibly at the work place to ensure their own safety and health at work and to protect the environment,
Elective: 
  • selecting, sorting and mechanically processing wood and semi-products and cutting logs on machines for primary timber processing,
  • performing supervision and monitoring the state of wild animals in hunting grounds,
  • producing, tending and preserving seeds and producing seedlings of woody plants.

Certificate holders supplement their key vocational knowledge and abilities with key general knowledge in line with national standards.

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

Students may progress to the next year if at the end of the academic year they achieve passing grades in all general education subjects and relevant vocational modules set out in the school’s operational curriculum, and have completed all extracurricular activities and practical on-the-job training, or progress on the basis of a programme faculty decision.

Secondary technical, vocational or vocational-technical education; master craftsman/foreman/shop manager examination (SQF level 5)

Students must successfully (i.e. with passing grades) complete general education subjects, compulsory and two elective vocational modules, and the open part of the curriculum. They must also complete extracurricular activities, practical on-the-job training and a school-leaving examination.
The school-leaving examination comprises a written and oral examination in Slovene, a product/service and an oral presentation.

Vocational and technical secondary schools and adult education institutions.

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