Name of qualification Name of qualification: Gozdar/gozdarkaAdd to comparison
Translated title (no legal status) Translated title: Forester
Type of qualification Type of qualification: Upper secondary vocational education
Category of qualification Category of qualification: Educational Qualification
Type of education Type of education: Upper secondary vocational education
Duration Duration of education:
3 years
Credits Credits: 180 credits
Admission requirements Entry conditions:
  • Elementary school education or
  • lower vocational education
ISCED field Field:
Agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
ISCED subfield subfield: forestry
Qualification level

SQF Level: SQF 4
EQF Level: EQF 4

Learning outcomes:
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.

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 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.

Gozdar/gozdarka

SQF 4

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.

Gozdarski tehnik/gozdarska tehnica

Odkupovalec odpremnik/odkupovalka odpremnica lesa

Revirni lovec/revirna lovka

SQF 5 / EQF 4 

Inženir gozdarstva in lovstva/inženirka gozdarstva in lovstva

SQF 6 / EQF 5 

Diplomirani inženir gozdarstva (un)/diplomirana inženirka gozdarstva (un)

Diplomirani inženir gozdarstva (vs)/diplomirana inženirka gozdarstva (vs)

SQF 7 / EQF 6

Magister inženir gozdarstva/magistrica inženirka gozdarstva

SQF 8 / EQF 7

Progression:

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

Conditions for obtaining a public document:
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.

Awarding body:

Vocational and technical secondary schools and adult education institutions.

URL

Awarding body URL:
https://paka3.mss.edus.si/registriweb/ProgramPodatki.aspx
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