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:
1 year
Credits Credits: 60 credits
Admission requirements Entry conditions:

Applicants have to successfully complete the fourth form of the grammar school or the final year of the secondary professional education programme.

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:

  • open, keep and close the account and use various payment instruments;
  • sell and market financial services;
  • record cash and non-cash transactions in books of account;
  • post purchase and sale of material, goods and services;
  • analyse marketing environment, consumption markets and purchase behaviour;
  • conduct procurement, sales and marketing of products and services;
  • write applications, invitations, minutes and draft simple decisions and conclusions;
  • manage documentation from receipt to transmission or filing;
  • sell insurance and perform controls, resolve simple loss events and procedures for settling of claims of recourse;
  • sell simple bank services to natural persons and perform tasks in back office bank services;
  • perform universal and other postal services pertaining to receipt and service of postal deliveries;
  • calculate labour costs, keep accounting for fixed assets and conduct other bookkeeping tasks;
  • 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).

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 and elective vocational modules, and the open part of the curriculum. They must also complete extracurricular activities and on-the-job training and pass the vocational matura examination.
A vocational matura comprises a compulsory section (written and oral examination in Slovene and the economy) and an elective section (written and oral foreign language or mathematics examination, and product/service and an oral presentation).

Awarding body:

Vocational and technical secondary schools and adult education institutions.

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