Transcript National Reference Piont for Vocational Qualifications

OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS AS A
BASIS FOR VET AND FOR
ACCREDITATION OF NONFORMAL
LEARNING
EMCET 2, Budapest, 9. 11. 2006
Department for occupational standards development
HISTORY OF STANDARDS
• 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)
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
Qualification structure
Initiative
Job profile
Sectoral
Committee
Coordination
Ccommittee
Occupational
standard
Argumentation
Sectoral
Committee
Coordination
Ccommittee
Committee for
Occupational
Standards
Catalogue of
knowledge and
skills
Educational
programme
Council of Experts
for VET
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
FIELDS OF ACTIVITIES
CORE TASKS
PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
Analysis, planning and
organisation of work
• organizes his/her own
work and work of working
group for carrying out an
event
• gathers information on local events
• prepares annual, monthly, weekly and daily plan of
work
• independently plans and defines methods and
techniques of work
• composes animation programmes for guests
• prepares individual programmes for guests
• reaches prompt decisions in case of urgent changes
of activities and events
• is acquainted with basic rules of organisation of work
and enterprise
Preparation of work and
working place
• prepares room for
animation
•prepares and makes out requisits
•prepares prizes
•makes out notices and information for guests
•makes out internal notices (for co-workers) on events
Operative activities
•
•makes arrangements with marketing department
•makes out plan of receptions and giving out
information for guests
•accepts guests
•explains guests house rules and offer of the hotel
•explains guests the programme
•presents the place and its offer to guests
accepts guests
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