Name of qualification Name of qualification: Ekonomski tehnik/ekonomska tehnicaAdd to comparison
Translated title (no legal status) Translated title: Economic Technician
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:
2 years
Credits Credits: 120 credits
Admission requirements Entry conditions:

Anyone who has successfully completed secondary vocational education and obtained one of the following secondary vocational qualifications:

  • retailer, administrator, or
  • obtained an equivalent qualification under previous regulations.
ISCED field Field:
Business, administration and law
ISCED subfield subfield: inter-disciplinary programmes and qualifications involving business, administration and law
Qualification level

SQF Level: SQF 5
EQF Level: EQF 4

Learning outcomes:

The holder of the certificate is qualified to:

  • assess the impact of different economic decisions for the development of the economy, entire society and the environment;
  • plan projects by employing appropriate ICT tools;
  • plan, organise and manage work procedures in the company;
  • calculate basic company performance indicators and basic statistical indicators as well as understand their use when analysing trends in the economy;
  • act in line with legal system rules of a modern state;
  • develop work responsibility in procedures leading to the establishment of a company;
  • carry out marketing activities;
  • employ modern ICT technology, work with resources, data and materials for completing documentation and keeping appropriate registers;

Optional:

Financial management:

  • open, keep and close the account and use various payment instruments;
  • sell and market financial services;

Material bookkeeping:

  • record cash and non-cash transactions in books of account;
  • post purchase and sale of material, goods and services;

Commercial management:

  • analyse marketing environment, consumption markets and purchase behaviour;
  • conduct procurement, sales and marketing of products and services;

Governance and administrative management:

  • write applications, invitations, minutes and draft simple decisions and conclusions;
  • manage documentation from receipt to transmission or filing;

Insurance services:

  • sell insurance and perform controls, resolve simple loss events and procedures for settling of claims of recourse;

Bank management:

  • sell simple bank services to natural persons and perform tasks in back office bank services;

Postal traffic:

  • perform universal and other postal services pertaining to receipt and service of postal deliveries;

Financial bookkeeping:

  • calculate labour costs, keep accounting for fixed assets and conduct other bookkeeping tasks;

Direct marketing:

  • carry out various methods and types of direct marketing, collect different market data and assess obtained results.

In addition, the holder of the certificate also upgraded his/her key professional skills and competences with key general knowledge and skills in line with national standards.

Assesment and completion:

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).

Progress:

Students may progress to the next year if at the end of the academic year they achieve a passing grade 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.

Ekonomski tehnik/ekonomska tehnica

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 5 / EQF 4

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 passing grades) complete all general education subjects, compulsory vocational modules, 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 economy) and an elective section (written and oral examination in a foreign language or mathematics and a product/service with oral presentation).

Awarding body:

Vocational and technical secondary schools and adult education institutions.

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