OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS AS A BASIS FOR VET AND FOR

ACCREDITATION OF NONFORMAL LEARNING

EMCET 2, Budapest, 9. 11. 2006

Department for occupational standards development

• Phare Support Programs 1996 – 98 in VET (Introduction of Dual System in VET, Social partnership)

• Phare – Mocca Programme 1998 – 2000 (Modernisation of curricula, accreditation of nonformal learning and assessment of vocational education for youth and adults in Slovenia)

HISTORY OF STANDARDS

2 WAYS OF ACQUIRING NATIONAL VOCATIONAL QUALIFICATION

Legal bases 1: ‘The Act on VET’

defines acquiring of the national vocational qualification through formal educational programmes and modules

(Resposibility of Ministry of Education)

2 WAYS OF ACQUIRING NATIONAL VOCATIONAL QUALIFICATION

Legal bases 2: The “Act on National Occupational Qualifications” defines acquiring of the national vocational qualification through the procedure of assessment / accreditation of non-formal learning(Resposibility of Ministry of Labour)

PROCEDURE

Initiative

Job profile

Occupational standard

Argumentation

Committee for Occupational

Standards

Catalogue of knowledge and

skills

Educational programme Council of Experts

for VET

Qual

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Sectoral Committee

Coordination Ccommittee

Sectoral Committee

Coordination Ccommittee

SOCIAL PARTNERS

• Trade unions• Chambers / employers’ organisations• Ministries

SECTORAL COMMITEES FOR OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS

• Composed of representatives of socials partners

• Make a decision on development of new / update of existiting occupational standards

• Steer a process of the development of occupational standards

• Responsible for a coherent qualification structure in sectors

KEY WORDS• OCCUPATION is a statistical and analytical unit into

which the work that is similar in content and complexity, and normally done by one individual, is classified.

• NATIONAL VOCATIONAL QUALIFICATION is formally recognized on the basis of national vocational standards and acquired on the basis of verified education programmes or through the procedure for assessment and verification of national vocational qualifications.

• VOCATIONAL STANDARD defines contents of national vocational qualification on a certain level of efficiency and defines knowledge, skills and vocational competence. Assures tranparency and quality of learning results.

• VOCATIONAL COMPETENCE is the proven ability to use knowledge, skills and competences for creative, efficient and ethical performance in complex and changing vocational conditions and in social in private life.

OCCUPATIONAL STANDARD

• Occupational competencies defined at a certain level

• Professional knowledge and skills needed to perform these tasks

EXAMPLE OF OCCUPATIONAL STANDARD

HOLIDAY ACTIVITY ORGANIZER / ESCORT ANIMATEUR 8120.001.5.0 Standard Clasification of Occupations

ANIMATOR IN TOURISM 5145.04 Proficiency level

V. Professional Competencies

Candidate: plans, prepares, carries out and controles his/her own work pays regard to the measures of rational consumption of energy, material and time protects health and environment communicates with co-workers, experts and customers communicates with guests fluently in two foreign languages and speaks one foreign language on basical level develops enterprising qualities, skills and behavior accepts and informs guests organizes and carries out walks and excursions organizes and carries out day time animation organizes and carries out evening animation organizes and carries out sport and recreative animation organizes and carries out special thematic events

•makes arrangements with marketing departmentmakes arrangements with marketing department•makes out plan of receptions and giving out makes out plan of receptions and giving out information for guestsinformation for guests•accepts guestsaccepts guests•explains guests house rules and offer of the hotelexplains guests house rules and offer of the hotel•explains guests the programmeexplains guests the programme•presents the place and its offer to guestspresents the place and its offer to guests

• accepts guestsaccepts guests Operative Operative activitiesactivities

•prepares and makes out requisitsprepares and makes out requisits•prepares prizesprepares prizes•makes out notices and information for guestsmakes out notices and information for guests•makes out internal notices (for co-workers) on eventsmakes out internal notices (for co-workers) on events

• prepares room for prepares room for animationanimation

Preparation of work and Preparation of work and working placeworking place

• gathers information on local eventsgathers information on local events• prepares annual, monthly, weekly and daily plan of prepares annual, monthly, weekly and daily plan of

workwork• independently plans and defines methods and independently plans and defines methods and

techniques of worktechniques of work• composes animation programmes for guestscomposes animation programmes for guests• prepares individual programmes for guestsprepares individual programmes for guests• reaches prompt decisions in case of urgent changes reaches prompt decisions in case of urgent changes

of activities and eventsof activities and events• is acquainted with basic rules of organisation of work is acquainted with basic rules of organisation of work

and enterpriseand enterprise

• organizes his/her own organizes his/her own work and work of work and work of working group for working group for carrying out an eventcarrying out an event

Analysis, planning and Analysis, planning and organisation of workorganisation of work

PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLSPROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS CORE TASKSCORE TASKS FIELDS OF FIELDS OF ACTIVITIESACTIVITIES

EQF IN SLOVENIA

• EQF is still in development

• Responsible institution is not yet defined

REQUIREMENTS FOR TEACHING IN VET

• General requirement is university degree in teaching or professional university degree with additional exams in teaching

• Professional requirements depend on vocational field