Name of qualification Gradbeni delovodja/gradbena delovodkinjaAdd to comparison [1]
Translated title (no legal status) Construction foreman
Type of qualification Delovodja
Category of qualification Izobrazba
Type of education Upper secondary technical education
Admission requirements

Fulfilment of one of the following conditions:

  • the candidate has gained a secondary vocational qualification in an appropriate stream and has at least three years' work experience in the field in which he/she wishes to sit the foreman examination,
  • the candidate has gained a secondary technical qualification in an appropriate stream and has at least two years' work experience in the field in which he/she wishes to sit the foreman examination,
  • the candidate has at least a higher vocational qualification in an appropriate stream and has at least one year's work experience in the field in which he/she wishes to sit the foreman examination.
ISCED field Field
Tehnika, proizvodne tehnologije in gradbeništvo
ISCED subfield subfield gradbeništvo
Qualification level

SQF 5
EQF 4

 

Construction foremen will be able to:

  • organise work processes and directly lead a working group,
  • order and receive material,
  • assign workers into working groups,
  • issue instructions and guidelines for work,
  • control the quality of works performed,
  • calculate work done by groups,
  • keep a daily record of works performed,
  • carry out measurements on a building site,
  • ensure site safety,
  • transfer planned elements from planning documentation to a structure,
  • undertake organisational and administrative tasks,
  • undertake human resources tasks,
  • provide practical instruction to learners.

Members of examination boards for each examination unit separately. Appointed by the minister responsible for education. Appointment may be renewed every 4 years.

Candidates sit a foreman examination, which consists of four units:

  • a practical unit,
  • a technical and theoretical part,
  • a business and economics part,
  • an education part.

Candidates must pass all (four) units of the foreman examination to obtain the title of site foreman.

Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia

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