Qualifications Framework level

EQF level

European Qualifications Framework (EQF) has 8 levels (1 – the lowest, 8 – the highest).

Levels reflect the complexity level of acquired knowledge, skills and competences (learning outcomes).


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LQF level

Latvian Qualifications Framework (LQF) has 8 levels (1 – the lowest, 8 – the highest).

Levels reflect the complexity level of acquired knowledge, skills and competences (learning outcomes).

LQF covers stages of education starting from the basic education (level 1 – special basic education) to the highest education (level 8 – doctoral studies).


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Level of professional qualification
Latvia has a system of five professional qualifications levels (PQL, 1 – the lowest, 5 – the highest).

PQL system covers only professional qualifications (basic education, secondary and higher education stages).

PQL reflects readiness of a person to perform work of certain stage of complexity and responsibility.
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Learning outcomes

Learning outcomes are knowledge, skills and competences acquired during a certain period of learning.

In Latvia, learning outcomes are stipulated by state education standards and occupational standards (for the professional qualifications).

Learning outcomes of higher education are defined by higher education institutions.


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– Able to perform intellectual operations at the level of knowledge, understanding, use and simple analysis.
– Uses knowledge and theoretical understanding in wide-ranging complex activities.
– Able to obtain and evaluate information independently.
– Uses wide-ranging knowledge and skills for the solution of well-formulated, but unknown and unforeseeable problems.
– Has detailed, theoretical knowledge and understanding corresponding to the professional qualification.
– Has wide-ranging skills and proficiency essential for the profession corresponding to the professional qualification.
– Able to perform the work of executor independently, including the planning and supervision of the work to be performed.
– Knows and is able to apply appropriate technologies.
– Able to apply information acquisition and processing technologies in professional activity.
– Latvian language proficiency developed and foreign language(-s) proficiency improved.
– Knows and understands links between historical developments of their county, Latvia, Europe and world.
– Able to apply mathematical knowledge and skills in professional work.
– Able to apply knowledge about the facts and laws of natural sciences in professional activity.
– Able to evaluate the processes occurring in nature and society and comprehend them in their system and development.
– Understands the principle of coherence of ecological space and observes the environmental protection requirements in professional activity.
– Understands the basic principles of market economy.
– Able to find their place in the economic structures of society and able to operate therein.
– Understands the economic relationship between employer and employee and knows the relevant legislation.
– Has a conception of the political structure of the European Union, as well as of the principles of single economic area and the mobility of the labour force.
– Evaluates their abilities adequately.
– Plans activity in compliance with circumstances, possibilities and their abilities.
– Plans time in accordance with task.
– Able to make justified choice and make a decision independently in familiar and less familiar circumstances.
– Able to answer for the quantitative and qualitative result of their professional activities, assumes partial responsibility for the work performed by others.
– Is determined, systematic and rational when working.
– Is careful and accurate.
– Able to assume initiative.

Finishing Work Technician

  • Knowledge

    PROFESSIONAL knowledge:
    At the concept level:
    1. Sectoral laws and regulations. Technical project.
    2. Project management.
    3. Classification of hazardous machinery.
    4. Basics of interior design.
    5. Effect of tile manufacturing technologies on the quality of tiles.
    6. Spreading of moisture in building structures.
    7. Chemical composition of paints (paint bases).
    8. Colour theory.
    9. Matching of colour tones.
    10. Wallpaper designations.
    11. Techniques for cutting ornaments and drawings.
    12. Effect of temperature on the properties of materials.
    13. Efficiency of heat insulation of buildings. Cold bridges.
    14. Types of thermal insulation.
    15. Energy performance of buildings, density of buildings.
    16. Types of facade heat insulation systems, types of finishing.
    17. Contents of the technical project.
    18. Budget of finishing works.
    At the comprehension level:
    1. Technical designations in the design. Impact of static and dynamic loads on the structure.
    2. Design project of premises.
    3. Parts, structures, and structural elements of buildings.
    4. Physical, mechanical, and chemical properties of materials. Effect of external and internal factors on the surface to be treated.
    5. Material and human resources for finishing works.
    6. Composition of the technical project.
    7. Work development standardisation.
    8. Material compatibility. Marking of materials.
    9. Rules for the operation of hoisting devices.
    10. Effect of the microclimate on finishing works.
    11. Effect of dust on health.
    12. Base composition and characteristics. Types of base defects.
    13. Types of materials applicable in finishing works.
    14. Plaster strength classes.
    15. Types of plaster base (concrete, lime, gypsum) and its properties.
    16. Types of decorative plasters.
    17. Application of special plasters.
    18. Types of frameworks of partition walls. Types of insulation materials.
    19. Installation of engineering communications in walls.
    20. Fire resistance classes of dry plaster.
    21. Surface quality standards.
    22. Tile evaluation parameters and criteria.
    23. Waterproofing systems and materials.
    24. Classification of tiles.
    25. Classification of tile adhesives.
    26. Effect of climatic conditions on painting works.
    27. Types of paint thinners. Types of historic paints.
    28. Types and properties of wallpaper.
    29. Types and properties of wallpaper adhesives. Design project.
    30. Causes and types of defects.
    31. Base embedding technologies. Types of underlayments.
    32. Differences between the types of coverings. Techniques for cold and hot welding of joints.
    33. Covering protection methods. Need for application of protective coating.
    34. Types and technologies of thermo-hardening materials.
    35. Chemical properties and hazard of materials.
    36. Surface moisture and temperature measuring devices.
    37. Base embedding technologies. Types of underlayments.
    38. Types of floor structures.
    39. Types of facade heat insulation systems, types of finishing.
    40. Contents of the technical project.
    41. Basic principles of estimation.
    42. Quality criteria for finishing works.
    43. Requirements of construction standards.
    44. Types and causes of defects.
    45. Classification of waste.
    46. Procedures for waste management in Latvia.
    At the application level:
    1. Work execution project.
    2. Digital photography and processing of the obtained data.
    3. Material application technologies and systems.
    4. Measuring instruments.
    5. Base (surface) treatment and preparation methods.
    6. Diversity and application of measuring instruments.
    7. Basic principles of planning the schedule of works to be performed.
    8. Work development standards and estimates. Manual and electronic measuring instruments.
    9. Application of construction materials in residential and non-residential premises.
    10. Instructions for use of machinery, instruments, and materials.
    11. Rules for the storage of construction materials.
    12. Cargo hoisting, using different mechanisms.
    13. Instructions for use of instruments and devices.
    14. Basic principles of work organisation.
    15. Techniques for repairing base defects.
    16. Surface priming technologies.
    17. Plastering machinery and equipment.
    18. Plaster reinforcement techniques.
    19. Application of control joints and reinforcement.
    20. Weighing out and levelling of surfaces. Plaster hardening time and technological standards.
    21. Application of manual and electronic measuring instruments.
    22. Techniques for embedding control joints and corners.
    23. Properties of cement-based plaster.
    24. Properties of lime plaster.
    25. Properties of gypsum plaster.
    26. Application of special plasters.
    27. Instruments for decorative plastering.
    28. Composition and specificity of use of decorative plaster compound.
    29. Technologies for creating cornices and friezes.
    30. Construction of frameworks for dry plaster. Framework assembly technologies.
    31. Techniques for embedding insulation materials.
    32. Types and application of dry plaster. Techniques for adhering dry plaster boards.
    33. Construction of curved structures.
    34. Joint filling techniques.
    35. Instruments and auxiliary devices for the construction of frameworks.
    36. Electrical and manual tile cutting instruments.
    37. Tile cutting technologies and methods.
    38. Waterproofing selection and installation techniques.
    39. Creation of a surface slope.
    40. Creation of finishing profiles, internal and external corners. Techniques for adhering tiles. Suitability of materials for operational requirements: primers, waterproofing, adhesives, tiles.
    41. Layout and patterns of tiles.
    42. Adhesive application techniques and work tools.
    43. Joint creation technology.
    44. Tile adhesion technology. Recognition and tiling of tiling problem areas.
    45. Techniques for applying paint and decorative painting.
    46. Use of painting instruments.
    47. Use of stencils.
    48. Wallpaper adhesion techniques. Use of instruments for wallpaper adhesion.
    49. Wallpaper adhesion technologies.
    50. Methods of rectifying defects.
    51. Modelling of floor layout.
    52. Measuring and cutting instruments.
    53. Cutting and adhesion of covering.
    54. Techniques for applying protective coating.
    55. Types of preparation of floors to be renovated.
    56. Techniques and work tools for laying a thermo-hardening coating.
    57. Materials of floating floors and their embedding.
    58. Preparation of floor materials.
    59. Levelling instruments and devices.
    60. Sheet assembly technologies.
    61. Facade finishing materials and their embedding.
    62. Instruments, mechanisms, and machinery used for heat insulation and finishing of the facade.
    63. Materials of wall and covering heat insulation systems, their embedding.
    64. Instruments, mechanisms, and machinery used for heat insulation of walls and coverings.
    65. Conditions for the storage of construction materials.
    66. Requirements for the use of protective work equipment.
    67. Techniques for taking control measurements.
    68. Calculations of area and volume. Basic principles of work standardisation and calculation of material consumption.
    69. Quality control measurements for different types of works.
    70. Repair materials and their application.
    71. Quality criteria.
    72. Sorting of waste.
    GENERAL knowledge:
    At the concept level:
    1. Laws and regulations regarding information technologies.
    2. Work environment risk factors and assessment methods.
    3. Laws and regulations regarding labour protection.
    4. Categories of environmental pollution activities.
    5. Laws and regulations regarding environmental protection.
    6. Laws and regulations regarding electrical and fire safety.
    7. Legal provisions stipulated in the Constitution of the Republic of Latvia in the context of law-governed and civil society. Rights, obligations, and liability of an individual.
    At the comprehension level:
    1. Vocabulary.
    2. Grammar and language functions.
    3. Types of verbal interaction.
    4. Language styles and characteristics of intonation.
    5. Diversity of language and communication in different contexts.
    6. Operating principles of computer and office equipment.
    7. Information systems security.
    8. Evacuation plan.
    9. Principles of ergonomics.
    10. Working conditions and human health as a precondition for life quality.
    11. Sources of environmental pollution in construction. Protective measures for reducing the effects on health caused by the level of ambient temperature, noise, vibrations, and dust in the work environment.
    12. Electrical and fire safety requirements at the object.
    13. Facilities susceptible to explosion and their operating rules. Basics of electrical safety.
    14. Employment legal relationship.
    15. Fundamental issues of labour rights.
    16. Techniques for planning resources. Organisational structure.
    17. Basic principles of economics and economic processes. Diversity of social relations.
    18. Psychology of interaction.
    19. Principles of promoting cooperation. Creation of a team.
    20. Settling of conflicts.
    21. Decision-making principles.
    22. Basics of ethics.
    23. Importance of employee motivation and development of talents in increasing the work quality.
    At the application level:
    1. Official language.
    2. Professional terminology in the official language.
    3. Foreign language.
    4. Professional terminology in foreign language.
    5. Intercultural interaction.
    6. Calculation.
    7. Units of measurement and shapes.
    8. Mathematical terminology.
    9. Mathematical methods and instruments.
    10. Application software in preparation of documents.
    11. Work with computer, smart devices, and office equipment.
    12. Occupational safety and labour protection requirements in construction sector and the company.
    13. Rules for the use of technological facilities and equipment. Safety signals and signs. Use of personal and collective protective work equipment.
    14. Assessment of risks of environmental hazard.
    15. Safe application of chemical agents.
    16. Sorting and collection of debris.
    17. Methods for visual assessment of electrical instruments.
    18. Action in an emergency. Provision of first aid.
    19. Composition of employment contract.
    20. Unifying values of society. Social and political structure of society.
    21. Techniques for planning work organisation.
    22. Techniques for generating ideas.
    23. Principles of positive interaction. Effective interaction and cooperation techniques.
    24. Business communication process.
    25. Time planning techniques.
    26. Significance of tolerance in professional activity.
    27. Learning strategies.
    28. Self-assessment principles.

  • Skills

    PROFESSIONAL skills:
    1. To read drawings, specifications.
    2. To get acquainted with the project of the object.
    3. To plan the sequence of finishing works to be performed.
    4. To evaluate the relation of the intended finishing works with other construction works.
    5. To identify the current condition of the object, infrastructure, and restrictions for the performance of works.
    6. To ascertain the current situation before commencing work.
    7. To determine the type and condition of base material, applying different measuring instruments.
    8. To check the plane levels of the work surface.
    9. To assess the quality of the surface to be treated.
    10. To develop a sequence of works to be performed.
    11. To plan the necessary quantity of resources.
    12. To measure the physical work amounts at the object.
    13. To calculate material consumption.
    14. To choose materials, instruments, and machinery necessary for work.
    15. To choose finishing materials according to the use of the premises.
    16. To accept the construction materials for finishing works at the object, organising their placement in accordance with the requirements for the storage of materials and the schedule of works to be performed.
    17. To organise the work of persons performing finishing works.
    18. To verify the compliance of construction materials with the intended use.
    19. To store construction materials in the designated place.
    20. To measure the level of humidity and temperature in the premises.
    21. To ensure appropriate microclimate to perform finishing works in good quality.
    22. To organise construction of falsework.
    23. To install simple hoisting devices.
    24. To limit the spread of construction dust and dirt.
    25. To perform daily inspection and maintenance of instruments and devices.
    26. To keep the workplace in order during the work.
    27. To correct base defects.
    28. To weigh out surfaces.
    29. To level surfaces in accordance with the technology of works to be performed.
    30. To prime surfaces.
    31. To lay different types of plaster on walls and the ceiling.
    32. To apply plaster manually and by means of machinery.
    33. To perform the final processing of plaster.
    34. To place the structures according to the project.
    35. To check the vertical and horizontal position of structures.
    36. To assemble framework structures in compliance with the technological requirements.
    37. To clad walls and the ceiling with dry plaster sheet materials, embedding the necessary insulation materials.
    38. To create waterproofing under the surfaces to be tiled, around pipes and traps.
    39. To plan the layout of tiles, taking into account the thermal expansion and deformation joints.
    40. To create a slope in accordance with the design solution.
    41. To prepare tiles in the necessary size and angle.
    42. To tile walls, floors, problem areas, and complex units.
    43. To fill joints.
    44. To prepare the paint for work in accordance with the type of paint.
    45. To paint horizontal and vertical indoor surfaces.
    46. To paint surfaces of different materials.
    47. To paint facades.
    48. To create decorative painting.
    49. To use historic paints.
    50. To select adhesion technology in accordance with the type of wallpaper.
    51. To prepare the adhesive and wallpaper for adhesion work.
    52. To plan the arrangement of wallpaper in accordance with the wallpaper pattern matching.
    53. To adhere wallpaper onto walls and the ceiling.
    54. To avert defects after adhering of wallpaper.
    55. To cut floor covering materials.
    56. To adhere floor covering.
    57. To create joints, seams, and skirting board.
    58. To prepare the floor for laying the thermo-hardening coating.
    59. To prepare materials for work.
    60. To lay thermo-hardening material.
    61. To apply laying instruments intended for the type of thermo-hardening materials.
    62. To lay floors, using self-levelling compounds.
    63. To lay the underlayment.
    64. To prepare floor covering materials for floating floors.
    65. To lay the floor covering.
    66. To determine the floor level.
    67. To lay insulation materials.
    68. To assemble floor plates, taking into account the technology and layout of plates.
    69. To prepare the building facade for heat insulation and finishing.
    70. To use facade heat insulation methods, systems.
    71. To perform heat insulation of the foundations and plinths.
    72. To perform building facade finishing works after heat insulation.
    73. To record the material consumption.
    74. To check whether the construction materials are applied correctly and the finishing work technologies are complied with.
    75. To save the unused materials in compliance with the requirements.
    76. To accurately measure the amounts of the performed works.
    77. To calculate the actual amounts of finishing works.
    78. To account the quantity of consumed materials.
    79. To take simple technical measurements.
    80. To perform sensory evaluation of the performed finishing works.
    81. To identify non-conformities with the established requirements.
    82. To repair finishing work defects.
    83. To sort construction waste in compliance with the procedures specified at the construction object.
    84. To organise the removal of construction waste from the object in compliance with the procedures provided for in laws and regulations.
    GENERAL skills:
    1. To communicate in the official language both orally and in writing.
    2. To use professional terminology in the official language.
    3. To communicate in two foreign languages both orally and in writing.
    4. To use professional terminology in two foreign languages.
    5. To apply mathematical calculations to calculate the amounts of construction works.
    6. To calculate the labour intensity of work technologies and time-limits for the execution of work.
    7. To model the progress of resolving the planned task.
    8. To apply the basic mathematical principles and techniques.
    9. To communicate by using information technologies (including smart devices).
    10. To prepare documents in compliance with a sample by using application software.
    11. To independently find information related to construction in internet resources and data carriers.
    12. To assess the reliability of information critically.
    13. To use security programs.
    14. To act in accordance with the instructions of labour protection.
    15. To act in accordance with the instructions of occupational safety.
    16. To apply safe work practices while lifting, carrying, and moving a cargo.
    17. To recognise safety signals and signs.
    18. To use personal and collective protective work equipment.
    19. To work in an environmentally considerate manner.
    20. To identify the potential risks of environmental hazard.
    21. To avert the possible causes of the risks of environmental hazard.
    22. To act in accordance with electrical safety regulations at the object.
    23. To act in accordance with fire safety regulations at the object.
    24. To visually assess the suitability of electrical instruments for safe performance of work.
    25. To act in an emergency.
    26. To provide first aid in accidents.
    27. To act in compliance with the legal framework of employment legal relationship.
    28. To act in compliance with the internal procedure regulations of the company.
    29. To be aware of own responsibility in the context of civil society.
    30. To perform work dutifully, according to the job description.
    31. To comply with instructions and due dates specified by the management.
    32. To plan the use of resources rationally.
    33. To define priorities by providing arguments, while planning own activity.
    34. To become personally involved in the generation of new ideas, taking the initiative.
    35. To cooperate effectively in different environments.
    36. To plan own time and the time of the team.
    37. To analyse own actions and work outcomes.
    38. To identify and avert the causes of stress.
    39. To take decisions on the solution to a problem in a specific situation.
    40. To be aware of own responsibility while completing a joint task.
    41. To evaluate the role and responsibility of the involved employees in the work process.
    42. To comply with the principles of professional and general ethics.
    43. To evaluate own positive work experience and that of the colleagues.
    44. To evaluate the options for the development of own professional activity.
    45. To critically evaluate and use the obtained information in the professional activity.
    46. To apply different learning strategies.

  • Competences/ autonomy

    PROFESSIONAL competences:
    1. Ability to plan the sequence of works to be performed in accordance with the work task.
    2. Ability to assess the readiness and aptitude of the object for the commencement of finishing works.
    3. Ability to assess the readiness of the surfaces to be treated for the performance of finishing works.
    4. Ability to calculate the quantity of the necessary construction materials for finishing works and the amount of works.
    5. Ability to choose materials, machinery, and instruments to perform finishing works.
    6. Ability to supervise the performance of finishing works at the object, accept construction materials, and organise their storage in compliance with the requirements for the storage of materials.
    7. Ability to ensure the necessary working conditions, microclimate, and auxiliary devices.
    8. Ability to organise the workplace before and after performing the work.
    9. Ability to prepare the surfaces to be treated for finishing works to be performed.
    10. Ability to plaster wall and ceiling surfaces, laying different types of plaster in good quality by means of manual and mechanised techniques.
    11. Ability to create dry plaster systems.
    12. Ability to tile walls and the ceiling, using appropriate materials, technologies, and instruments.
    13. Ability to paint different surfaces and planes in compliance with technological requirements.
    14. Ability to adhere wallpaper of different materials on walls and the ceiling, applying appropriate techniques and methods.
    15. Ability to lay different types of floor covering materials.
    16. Ability to lay thermo-hardening coating, using the appropriate instruments and measuring devices.
    17. Ability to lay the floating floor in accordance with the floor laying technology.
    18. Ability to assemble dry construction floor systems.
    19. Ability to perform heat insulation of building facades, using facade heat insulation systems.
    20. Ability to control the course of finishing works and determine the amount of the performed works.
    21. Ability to accurately measure and calculate the actual amounts of the performed work and material consumption.
    22. Ability to check the compliance of quality indicators with the requirements.
    23. Ability to identify and correct defects occurred during the work process.
    24. Ability to organise temporary accumulation of the sorted construction waste at the object and its removal from the object in compliance with the procedures specified in laws and regulations.
    GENERAL competences:
    1. Ability to communicate in the official language both orally and in writing.
    2. Ability to communicate and use professional terminology in two foreign languages.
    3. Ability to apply mathematical thinking while modelling work situations and planning the performance of a work task.
    4. Ability to confidently and safely choose and use information and communication technologies to complete a work task.
    5. Ability to complete work tasks in compliance with the labour protection, electrical and fire safety, and environmental protection requirements.
    6. Ability to organise and perform works in compliance with electrical and fire safety requirements.
    7. Ability to provide first aid and independently act in an emergency.
    8. Ability to respect and establish employment legal relationship.
    9. Ability to complete professional tasks in accordance with the work organisation principles of the company.
    10. Ability to establish and critically analyse interaction with other people.
    11. Ability to follow the standards of professional and general ethics while organising work at the object.
    12. Ability to plan and take decisions while making own professional career.

Finishing worker

  • Knowledge

    PROFESSIONAL knowledge:
    At the concept level:
    1. Parts, structures, and structural elements of buildings.
    2. Material compatibility. Effect of external and internal factors on the surface to be plastered.
    3. Physical, mechanical, and chemical properties of materials.
    4. Efficiency of heat insulation of buildings. Cold bridges.
    5. Types of thermal insulation.
    6. Energy performance of buildings, density of buildings.
    7. Application of quality requirements in plastering works.
    8. Effect of tile manufacturing technologies on the quality of tiles.
    9. Spreading of moisture in building structures.
    10. Thermal expansion of materials.
    11. Application of quality requirements in tiling works.
    12. Construction chemistry.
    13. Need for priming in surface preparation.
    14. Chemical composition of paints (paint bases).
    15. Colour theory.
    16. Matching of colour tones.
    17. Wallpaper markings.
    18. Techniques for cutting ornaments and drawings.
    19. Application of carpets and wear classes.
    20. Effect of temperature on the properties of materials.
    21. Types of floating floors.
    At the comprehension level:
    1. Relation between finishing works and other construction works. Material applicability/ suitability, restrictions. Effect of weather conditions on plastering works.
    2. Plaster strength classes.
    3. Types and (system) properties of plaster reinforcement materials.
    4. Usefulness of the installation of control joints. Plaster application thickness, plaster processing.
    5. Technological time standards, plaster hardening time.
    6. Fire resistance classes.
    7. Sound insulation techniques.
    8. Surface quality standards.
    9. Types of insulation materials.
    10. Techniques for embedding vapour barrier insulation.
    11. Types and application of sheet materials.
    12. Types of facade heat insulation systems, types of finishing.
    13. Contents of the technical design.
    14. Quality standards and tolerances for plaster.
    15. Tile evaluation parameters and criteria.
    16. Waterproofing systems and materials.
    17. Material applicability/ suitability, restrictions.
    18. Priming materials.
    19. Classification of tiles and tile adhesives.
    20. Joint filling materials and their properties.
    21. Quality standards and tolerances for tile coverings.
    22. Physical and chemical properties of materials (moisture, adhesion). Types of abrasive materials.
    23. Types of paint thinners.
    24. Types of historic paints.
    25. Effect of climatic conditions on painting works.
    26. Optical effects of colours.
    27. Surface preparation technologies.
    28. Types and properties of wallpaper.
    29. Types and properties of wallpaper adhesives. Specification of work tasks.
    30. Application of quality requirements in wallpaper adhesion works.
    31. Quality standards and tolerances for the surfaces of adhered wallpaper.
    32. Types and causes of defects.
    33. Surface preparation techniques for laying floors.
    34. Differences between types of coverings.
    35. Techniques for cold and hot welding of seams.
    36. Covering protection methods.
    37. Need for protective coating.
    38. Types of soft floor coverings.
    39. Types of adhesives of soft coverings.
    40. Types and technologies of thermo-hardening materials.
    41. Chemical properties and hazard of materials.
    42. Surface moisture and temperature measuring devices.
    43. Embedding technologies.
    44. Types of underlayments.
    45. Types of floor structures.
    46. Client’s quality requirements.
    47. Quality standards and tolerances for floor coverings.
    At the application level:
    1. Daily technical maintenance of equipment and instruments.
    2. Material consumption norms and calculations.
    3. Application of manual and electrical measuring instruments.
    4. Techniques for embedding control joints and corners.
    5. Properties of cement-based plaster.
    6. Properties of lime plaster.
    7. Properties of gypsum plaster.
    8. Application of special plasters.
    9. Instruments for decorative plastering.
    10. Composition and specificity of use of decorative plaster compound.
    11. Technologies for creating cornices and friezes.
    12. Type and construction of frameworks of partition walls. Technologies for assembling profiles. Auxiliary equipment, instruments, and measuring instruments required for the construction of frameworks.
    13. Embedding of sound insulation and damping materials.
    14. Structures of suspended ceiling frameworks.
    15. Arrangement of hangers.
    16. Assembly fasteners.
    17. Layout of gypsum board plates.
    18. Facade finishing materials and their embedding.
    19. Instruments, mechanisms, and machinery used for heat insulation and finishing of the facade.
    20. Materials of wall and covering heat insulation systems, their embedding.
    21. Instruments, mechanisms, and machinery used for heat insulation of walls and coverings.
    22. Quality (compliance) criteria.
    23. Electrical and manual tile cutting instruments.
    24. Tile cutting technologies and methods.
    25. Waterproofing selection and installation techniques.
    26. Creation of a surface slope.
    27. Creation of finishing profiles, internal and external corners. Techniques for adhering tiles. Suitability of materials for operational requirements: primers, waterproofing, adhesives, tiles.
    28. Layout and patterns of tiles.
    29. Adhesive application techniques and work tools.
    30. Joint creation technology.
    31. Tile adhesion technology.
    32. Specific character of joint grout drying.
    33. Joint filling technologies.
    34. Tiling quality (compliance) criteria and testing techniques.
    35. Application of measuring devices.
    36. Priming methods.
    37. Grinding methods.
    38. Visual assessment methods. Types of levelling materials and their embedding.
    39. Manual and mechanically operated instruments for preparation of surfaces.
    40. Use of paint thinners.
    41. Paint mixing techniques.
    42. Paint composition compatibility.
    43. Techniques for applying paint and decorative painting.
    44. Painting instruments.
    45. Use of stencils.
    46. Application of quality requirements in painting works.
    47. Surface levelling methods.
    48. Surface levelling materials.
    49. Instruments and techniques for wallpaper adhesion works.
    50. Use of instruments for wallpaper adhesion works.
    51. Wallpaper adhesion technologies.
    52. Defect repair methods.
    53. Methods for applying self-levelling and filler compounds.
    54. Modelling of floor layout.
    55. Measuring and cutting instruments.
    56. Cutting and adhesion of covering.
    57. Techniques for applying protective coating.
    58. Methods for adhering soft coverings. Use of measuring, cutting, and adhesion instruments.
    59. Techniques for creating connection joints.
    60. Types of preparation of floors to be renovated.
    61. Techniques, work tools, and instruments for laying a thermo-hardening coating.
    62. Floating floor materials and their embedding, instruments and auxiliary materials required for laying.
    63. Preparation of floor materials.
    64. Levelling instruments and devices.
    65. Sheet assembly technologies.
    66. Quality (compliance) criteria and testing techniques for laying floors and floor coverings.
    GENERAL knowledge:
    At the concept level:
    1. Planning of professional development.
    2. Decision-making principles.
    3. Rights, obligations, and liabilities of an individual.
    4. Categories of environmental pollution activities.
    5. Laws and regulations regarding environmental protection.
    6. Work environment risk factors and assessment methods.
    7. Laws and regulations regarding labour protection, electrical and fire safety, and nature and environmental protection.
    8. Working conditions and human health as a precondition for life quality.
    9. Laws and regulations regarding information technologies.
    At the comprehension level:
    1. Professional career development and its importance.
    2. Learning strategies.
    3. Positive interaction techniques.
    4. Settlement of conflicts.
    5. Principles of promoting cooperation.
    6. Organisational structure.
    7. Employment legal relationship.
    8. Fundamental issues of labour law.
    9. Effects of dust on health.
    10. Effects of chemical substances on health.
    11. Sorting of waste.
    12. Protective measures for reducing the detrimental effect of work environment on health. Electrical and fire safety. Principles of ergonomics.
    13. Work at high altitude.
    14. Operating principles of computer and office equipment.
    15. Information systems security.
    16. Grammar and language functions.
    17. Types of verbal interaction.
    18. Language styles and characteristics of intonation.
    At the application level:
    1. Self-assessment principles.
    2. Business communication process.
    3. Instructions for use of equipment and instruments.
    4. Time planning techniques.
    5. Composition of employment contract.
    6. Effect of finishing materials on the environment.
    7. Safe application of chemical agents.
    8. Utilisation of hazardous waste.
    9. Designations of hazardous substances.
    10. Safety data sheets of materials.
    11. Occupational safety and labour protection requirements in construction sector and the company.
    12. Operating rules for technological facilities and equipment.
    13. Facilities susceptible to explosion and rules for their use.
    14. Safety signals and signs.
    15. Basics of electrical safety.
    16. Provision of first aid.
    17. Action in emergency situations.
    18. Safe work practices while working on scaffolds, ladder, and hoists and moving heavy loads.
    19. Application software in preparation of documents.
    20. Work with computer, smart devices, and office equipment.
    21. Calculation.
    22. Units of measurement and shapes.
    23. Mathematical terminology.
    24. Foreign language.
    25. Professional terminology in foreign language.
    26. Vocabulary.
    27. Official language.
    28. Professional terminology in the official language.

  • Skills

    PROFESSIONAL skills:
    1. To evaluate factors impeding finishing works, preconditions, and readiness of premises for finishing works.
    2. To construct simple auxiliary equipment.
    3. To prepare materials for plastering.
    4. To prepare inventory for finishing works.
    5. To check surfaces vertically and horizontally.
    6. To level the surface.
    7. To install markings, control joints, and corners.
    8. To embed reinforcement meshes.
    9. To prime the surface to be plastered.
    10. To create internal and external corners on the plaster.
    11. To plaster window and door openings, columns.
    12. To plaster walls and the ceiling.
    13. To create cornices and friezes.
    14. To select instruments in conformity with the plastering works to be performed.
    15. To apply plaster manually and mechanically.
    16. To apply simple plaster.
    17. To apply advanced plaster.
    18. To apply high-quality plaster.
    19. To prepare decorative plaster compound.
    20. To apply decorative plaster, creating a pattern.
    21. To construct structures of wall and partition wall frameworks.
    22. To construct structures of ceiling frameworks.
    23. To clad walls and the ceiling with different sheet materials, embedding insulation materials.
    24. To prepare the building facade for heat insulation and finishing.
    25. To use facade heat insulation methods, systems.
    26. To embed facade reinforcement mesh and auxiliary materials.
    27. To take technical measurements in accordance with quality standards.
    28. To check the quality of the plaster, using sensory evaluation methods.
    29. To evaluate the surface to be tiled.
    30. To prime the surface to be tiled.
    31. To level the surface to be tiled.
    32. To create a surface slope.
    33. To create waterproofing under the surfaces to be tiled, around pipes and traps.
    34. To plan the tile covering.
    35. To check the quality of tiles (in terms of the angle, plane, and sizes).
    36. To cut tiles in the necessary size and angle.
    37. To use instruments for preparation of tiles.
    38. To create deformation joints.
    39. To adhere tiles, using appropriate instruments and auxiliary equipment.
    40. To embed finishing profiles.
    41. To tile internal and external corners.
    42. To select instruments according to the joint grout.
    43. To embed joint grout.
    44. To fill deformation joints.
    45. To measure the evenness of the tiled surface.
    46. To evaluate the tiled surfaces in accordance with quality standards.
    47. To evaluate the readiness of the premises and the surface for painting works.
    48. To clean the surface of the base to be painted.
    49. To repair the defects of the base to be painted by priming, levelling, and grinding the surface.
    50. To ensure uniform consistency of the paint.
    51. To mix the ingredients of paints.
    52. To paint surfaces of different materials, using paints of different paint bases.
    53. To apply paint, using manual and mechanical techniques.
    54. To paint horizontal and vertical planes.
    55. To select the appropriate additives for the paint.
    56. To develop stencils.
    57. To apply decorative painting, using different techniques, instruments, and auxiliary materials.
    58. To evaluate the painted surfaces in accordance with quality standards.
    59. To repair the defects of the painted surface.
    60. To evaluate the readiness of the surface for wallpaper adhesion.
    61. To repair a surface.
    62. To plan the arrangement of wallpaper in accordance with the wallpaper pattern matching.
    63. To prepare the wallpaper and adhesive for adhesion, using instruments appropriate for the type of material.
    64. To select adhesion technology in accordance with the type of wallpaper.
    65. To adhere wallpaper onto walls and the ceiling.
    66. To assess the compliance of the quality of the adhered wallpaper with the requirements.
    67. To check wallpaper seams.
    68. To identify the defects occurred during the wallpaper adhesion process.
    69. To repair the defects of the surface of the adhered wallpaper.
    70. To use instruments and materials in accordance with the floor type and laying technology.
    71. To level floors, using self-levelling compounds.
    72. To putty and grind a surface of the floor.
    73. To prime the surface of the floor base.
    74. To assess the surface moisture.
    75. To develop a covering cutting map.
    76. To cut floor covering.
    77. To adhere floor covering, using the appropriate adhesive.
    78. To create joints.
    79. To create a skirting board, using the floor covering.
    80. To prepare the floor base for installation of soft covering.
    81. To create connections with other types of floor coverings.
    82. To adhere soft floor covering.
    83. To prepare the floor for laying the thermo-hardening coating.
    84. To prepare materials for work.
    85. To lay thermo-hardening material.
    86. To prepare the base for laying the floating floor.
    87. To lay the underlayment.
    88. To prepare materials.
    89. To lay the floor covering.
    90. To determine the floor level.
    91. To lay insulation materials.
    92. To embed the dry levelling fill.
    93. To lay floor plates according to assembly technologies.
    94. To identify the defects occurred during the floor laying process.
    95. To repair the detected floor laying defects.
    GENERAL skills:
    1. To communicate in the official language both orally and in writing.
    2. To use professional terminology in the official language.
    3. To communicate in foreign language both orally and in writing.
    4. To use professional terminology in foreign language.
    5. To calculate the area.
    6. To calculate the amount of material necessary for finishing works.
    7. To apply the basic mathematical principles and techniques to compete professional work tasks.
    8. To use computer and smart devices.
    9. To process information purposefully, choosing the most appropriate solutions.
    10. To use safety programmes.
    11. To communicate by using information technologies.
    12. To organise own workplace in compliance with labour protection and electrical and fire safety requirements.
    13. To use personal and collective protective work equipment.
    14. To use safe work practices while working at the object.
    15. To recognise safety signals and signs.
    16. To provide first aid.
    17. To act in emergency situations, following the established procedures.
    18. To work, applying environmentally friendly work practices.
    19. To use resources economically.
    20. To use chemical substances in compliance with the instructions for their use.
    21. To act in accordance with the laws and regulations regarding environmental protection.
    22. To sort waste in accordance with the requirements of laws and regulations.
    23. To act in accordance with the legal framework of employment legal relationship.
    24. To act in accordance with the internal procedure regulations of the company.
    25. To comply with the instructions and time-limits specified by the management.
    26. To use the equipment and inventory provided for work.
    27. To exchange with information responsibly.
    28. To be aware of own responsibility while completing a joint task.
    29. To assume responsibility for own work outcome.
    30. To define priorities, providing arguments to support own opinion, while planning own activity.
    31. To engage in generation of new ideas, showing initiative.
    32. To identify and remedy the causes of stress.
    33. To solve conflict situations, providing arguments to support own opinion.
    34. To cooperate in a team while carrying out professional work duties.
    35. To define priorities while planning own professional activity.
    36. To evaluate own abilities and options for the development of professional activity.
    37. To apply the positive work experience of colleagues.
    38. To have thorough knowledge of information sources regarding the sectoral developments.
    39. To evaluate new information critically.
    40. To gain new experience according to labour market needs.

  • Competences/ autonomy

    PROFESSIONAL competences:
    1. Ability to prepare the workplace for plastering works, selecting the necessary material and inventory and constructing simple auxiliary equipment.
    2. Ability to prepare surfaces for plastering in good quality, embedding markings, control joints, corners, and reinforcement meshes.
    3. Ability to create plaster for the elements of a building.
    4. Ability to lay different types of plaster, applying manual and mechanical techniques.
    5. Ability to create dry plaster while constructing structures of the frameworks of walls, partition walls, and the ceiling.
    6. Ability to perform heat insulation of building facades, using facade heat insulation systems and applying the appropriate materials and instruments.
    7. Ability to check the quality of the plastering works performed.
    8. Ability to prepare the surfaces to be tiled and the tiles for tiling works, using the appropriate instruments and techniques.
    9. Ability to tile floors and walls according to the tile adhesion technology.
    10. Ability to check the quality of the tiling works performed.
    11. Ability to prepare surfaces and paints for painting works, applying the appropriate instruments and techniques.
    12. Ability to paint different types of surfaces according to the painting technology.
    13. Ability to check the quality of the painting works and repair painting defects.
    14. Ability to prepare different types of surfaces and materials for adhering wallpaper.
    15. Ability to adhere wallpaper of different materials according to the technological requirements.
    16. Ability to check the quality of wallpaper adhesion works performed and repair defects.
    17. Ability to prepare the surface for laying floors, using instruments and materials according to the technology.
    18. Ability to lay/ adhere linoleum, synthetic floor material, and soft floor covering in conformity with the technological requirements.
    19. Ability to lay thermo-hardening coating, using the appropriate instruments and measuring devices.
    20. Ability to lay the floating floor, using the appropriate instruments, materials, and auxiliary materials.
    21. Ability to create dry building floor systems, using the appropriate technologies.
    22. Ability to check the quality of the works performed, identifying and repairing the defects occurred during the floor laying process.
    GENERAL competences:
    1. Ability to communicate in the official language both orally and in writing.
    2. Ability to communicate in one foreign language.
    3. Ability to apply mathematical thinking to complete professional work tasks.
    4. Ability to use information and communication technologies to complete the work task.
    5. Ability to complete work tasks, maintaining good health condition and complying with the labour protection and electrical and fire safety requirements.
    6. Ability to provide first aid and act in emergency situations.
    7. Ability to comply with environmental protection requirements while completing professional work tasks.
    8. Ability to comply with the norms of employment legal relationship.
    9. Ability to assume responsibility for own work outcomes while working in changing conditions.
    10. Ability to cooperate in a team effectively, while carrying out professional work duties.
    11. Ability to plan and take reasoned decisions on planning own career in the chosen professional area.

Qualification acquisition requirements

Previous education
Certificate of general basic education
Ways to acquire 
Qualifications can be acquired in the framework of education programs or in the evaluation and recognition of non-formal knowledge, skills and competences acquired (in vocational education LKI Levels 2-4).
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Formal (through education programmes)
ECTS credit points 
The unit of the volume of Latvian higher education studies - 1 credit point corresponds to one week of study work in full-time studies (40 credit points per study year).

1 The credit point of Latvia corresponds to 1,5 ECTS (European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System) credit point.
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Duration of study 
Duration of qualification in full-time studies
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4 years

Qualification document

Awarding body

College:

- Riga Building College

Vocational basic and secondary education institution

- Vocational Education Competence Centre "Riga State Technical School"

- Vocational Education Competence Centre "Liepaja State Technical School"

- Jelgava Technical School

- Rezekne Technical School

- Rēzeknes tehnikums

- Vidzeme Technology and Design Technical School

- Jēkabpils Tehnoloģiju tehnikums

Liquidated/Reorganised/Changed title and\or type:

- Barkava Vocational Secondary School

Type of awarding bodies:

- Jelgavas tehnikums

- Latgales Industriālais tehnikums

- Liepājas Valsts tehnikums

- Rīgas Valsts tehnikums

- Rīgas Mākslas un mediju tehnikums

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Qualifications Framework level

EQF level

European Qualifications Framework (EQF) has 8 levels (1 – the lowest, 8 – the highest).

Levels reflect the complexity level of acquired knowledge, skills and competences (learning outcomes).


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LQF level

Latvian Qualifications Framework (LQF) has 8 levels (1 – the lowest, 8 – the highest).

Levels reflect the complexity level of acquired knowledge, skills and competences (learning outcomes).

LQF covers stages of education starting from the basic education (level 1 – special basic education) to the highest education (level 8 – doctoral studies).


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Level of professional qualification

Latvia has a system of five professional qualifications levels (PQL, 1 – the lowest, 5 – the highest).

PQL system covers only professional qualifications (basic education, secondary and higher education stages).

PQL reflects readiness of a person to perform work of certain stage of complexity and responsibility.


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Qualification field, stage and type

Thematic field (ISCED 2013)
International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) developed by UNESCO.
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Architecture and construction (073)

Detailed field: (ISCED 2013)

Building and civil engineering (0732)

Education
Stages of Latvian education system included in the LQF:
- basic education
- secondary education
- higher education
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Secondary education

Qualification type
ITypes of Latvian education:
-General education
-Professional education
-Academic education
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Vocational

Full or partial

Full qualification

Other information

National Education Information System

National Database of Education Opportunities

Active qualification

Last changes: 02.04.2024

Posted: 07.05.2016