PROFESSIONAL knowledge:
At the concept level:
1. Basics of electrical engineering.
At the comprehension level:
1. Technical documentation of construction products.
2. Types of construction products.
3. Workplace ergonomics.
4. Wood materials, technological methods and working techniques for their processing.
5. Finishing materials, technological methods and working techniques for their processing.
6. Effective work organisation.
7. Concept of technological flow.
8. Technological lines used in woodworking.
9. Computer programs for technical drawing.
10. Computer-aided design.
11. Materials and methods to be used for layout design.
12. Technologies for the manufacturing of construction products.
13. Types of finishing materials.
14. Surface treatment technologies.
15. Types of wood materials (solid wood, wood panels, and wood composite materials) and non-wood materials (metal, glass, polymer materials, etc.) used in construction joinery, their properties, and classification by material quality.
16. Wood material processing technologies.
17. Technological requirements for the manufacturing of construction products of different types and constructions.
18. Woodworking technology.
19. Types of finishing materials. Types and classification of antiseptics (fungicides, insecticides).
20. Composition and detailed representation of a construction plan.
21. Drawings and technical designations of construction products.
22. Assembly schemes of construction products.
23. Requirements of LBN (Latvian Construction Standards) for construction products.
At the application level:
1. Designations used in drawings.
2. Terminology of construction products.
3. Planning of the sequence of the technological process.
4. Basic principles of developing a technological process chart.
5. Basics of wood cutting theory.
6. Technological methods for the manufacturing of construction products.
7. Types of woodworking machines, their structure, cutting instruments, equipment, and auxiliary devices.
8. Types of electrical manual woodworking instruments, their cutting instruments, and auxiliary equipment. Types of non-mechanised manual joinery instruments, their sharpening.
9. Basic principles of reading construction drawings.
10. Setting of measurements and types of designations of measurements in drawings.
11. Measuring devices and their use. Digital measuring instruments and their use.
12. Basics of technical drawing.
13. Instruments and implements for technical drawing. Marking of parts by means of transferring from an accurate drawing. Constructions of construction products. Geometric calculations in accordance with the specificity of construction joinery.
14. Design of layouts of spatial objects.
15. Performing of calculations.
16. Cuts of tree trunks.
17. Terminology of wood derivatives.
18. Technical, technological, and aesthetic properties of wood species, their suitability for different constructions of construction products and finishing materials.
19. Quality standards for wood materials.
20. Impact of different wood flaws on the constructive and aesthetic quality of construction products.
21. Correction of wood defects.
22. Types of auxiliary devices, their significance and operating principles.
23. Methods of constructing auxiliaries.
24. Types of auxiliary materials.
25. Properties of auxiliary materials.
26. Fastenings and fittings of construction products.
27. Differences of the technical properties of different solid wood species in different trunk cuts.
28. Technical properties of wood panel materials.
29. Principles of timber processing.
30. Adhesives and adhesion technologies. Measuring and marking instruments in joinery.
31. Preparation of veneers for veneering.
32. Calibration and veneering of blanks.
33. Assembly instruments and auxiliary devices, and their use.
34. Woodworking measuring instruments.
35. Types of fittings and their application. Types of related materials (metal, glass, polymer materials) and their application.
36. Physical properties of related materials.
37. Technological requirements for the assembly of construction products.
38. Adhesives and adhesion technologies. Types of connections of construction products and specificity of their assembly.
39. Fastenings, connecting elements and methods for their tightening.
40. Preparation of parts and products for processing.
41. Types of abrasive materials. Types of finishing materials. Technological techniques for the application of finishing materials. Methods for the impregnation and application of antiseptics.
42. Types and application of packing materials. Technological methods and techniques of packing.
43. Ways to install construction products.
44. Measuring instruments and their application.
45. Techniques and technology for the assembly of construction products.
46. Types of thermal insulation materials and their use.
47. Principles of adjustment of mechanisms and fittings.
48. Types of fastenings, materials for tightening of parts (adhesives, sealants). Surface treatment types and their application.
49. Techniques for cleaning up premises.
50. Methods and working techniques for the repair of construction products.
51. Types of defects, their classification, and causes.
52. Evaluation and recording of defects.
53. Methods of restoring stairs.
GENERAL knowledge:
At the concept level:
1. Intercultural interaction.
2. Units of measurement and shapes.
3. Mathematical terminology.
4. Mathematical methods and instruments.
5. Principles of ergonomics. Ergonomic factors.
6. Work environment risk factors and assessment methods.
7. Laws and regulations regarding labour protection and electrical and fire safety. Working conditions and human health as a precondition for life quality.
8. Employment legal relationship. Rights, obligations, and liability of an individual.
9. Information systems security. Basics of copyrights.
10. Decision-making principles. Professional career development and its importance.
11. Learning strategies.
12. Self-assessment principles.
13. Basics of marketing.
At the comprehension level:
1. Vocabulary.
2. Grammar and language functions. Types of verbal interaction.
3. Rules for the operation of technological facilities, instruments, and equipment and their compliance with occupational safety requirements. Occurrence of situations of risk while working with woodworking facilities, machines, their cutting instruments, equipment, and auxiliary devices.
4. Occurrence of situations of risk while working with manual electrical instruments and manual non-mechanised instruments. Effect of individual action and decisions on own safety and safety of other persons.
5. Types and properties of chemical substances used in the work process. Basic laws of physics for work with instruments and machines.
6. Composition of employment contract and collective agreement.
7. Preconditions for effective communication.
8. Psychology of interaction and ethics.
9. Principles of promoting cooperation.
10. Marketing strategies.
At the application level:
1. Official language.
2. Professional terminology.
3. Foreign language.
4. Calculation.
5. Ergonomic working techniques.
6. Requirements for work clothing.
7. Types of personal protective equipment.
8. Safety signals and signs.
9. Provision of first aid.
10. Labour protection measures while working with chemical substances.
11. Application software in preparation of documents.
12. Positive interaction techniques.
13. Time planning techniques.
14. Types of wood preservatives and techniques for their use. Measures for the utilisation of wood preservatives.

PROFESSIONAL skills:
1. To read the technical documentation of construction products.
2. To comprehend the technical documentation of construction products.
3. To assess the suitability of the workplace for the work amount.
4. To set up the workplace rationally and safely.
5. To assess and choose methods of the technological process of the construction product.
6. To choose specific woodworking techniques.
7. To plan sequential implementation of the technological process.
8. To draft technological process charts.
9. To choose machines, facilities, manual electrical instruments, and non-mechanised manual instruments appropriate for the work task.
10. To choose woodworking cutting instruments appropriate for the work task.
11. To assess the technical condition of cutting instruments, and maintain and store them correctly.
12. To sharpen manual joinery instruments.
13. To prepare woodworking machines to complete the work task.
14. To check the compliance of woodworking machines with the requirements for the technological process and labour protection requirements.
15. To take measurements, using measuring devices.
16. To check the compliance of actual sizes of the site with the construction plan.
17. To record the specificity of the site intended for the construction product, nuisances, and completeness of construction works.
18. To draw sketches in accordance with the work task.
19. To develop an accurate work drawing (1:1), if necessary.
20. To develop the specification of the construction product, if necessary.
21. To perform technical drawing, using instruments and implements or a computer program for technical drawing.
22. To design a spatial layout of the construction product, if necessary.
23. To use different materials to design the layout of the construction product.
24. To calculate the quantity of materials necessary to manufacture the construction product, taking into account material quality and requirements for the technological process.
25. To take measurements of materials.
26. To calculate the time for the completion of the work task.
27. To recognise wood species.
28. To have thorough knowledge of other wood derivatives.
29. To draw up proposals for the selection of materials.
30. To order materials for the manufacturing of construction products in accordance with the specification of the order.
31. To assess the compliance of material quality with the standards.
32. To check the compliance of material quality with the requirements of the technological solution and constructive and aesthetic requirements.
33. To correct wood defects, where permitted.
34. To choose the most appropriate auxiliaries to complete tasks.
35. To construct the necessary auxiliaries.
36. To complete the necessary auxiliary devices.
37. To choose the most appropriate auxiliary materials to complete tasks.
38. To complete the necessary fastenings and fittings.
39. To select wood materials in accordance with the specificity of the product and the constructive, technological, and aesthetic requirements.
40. To cut timber in length and width according to allowances and also perform its seasoning (conditioning), if necessary.
41. To perform timber processing works (plane and joint).
42. To adhere the blanks of construction components.
43. To perform the final processing of blanks in accurate cross-sections and formats.
44. To perform works for the calibration and veneering of blanks.
45. To construct bent-glued blanks.
46. To make the necessary markings on the blanks, using measuring and marking instruments.
47. To construct parts from the blanks of construction components, processing them mechanically (by sawing, milling, planing, drilling, and scooping).
48. To use woodworking facilities, machines, appropriate cutting instruments, electrical manual instruments, non-mechanised manual instruments, and different types of equipment and auxiliary devices, assessing the efficiency of the process.
49. To control the compliance of the blanks of construction products with the established technological and quality requirements.
50. To perform sequential control assembly of the construction product.
51. To check connection points.
52. To check the compliance of the construction product with the drawing.
53. To check the compliance of construction components with other materials and elements in accordance with the work task.
54. To integrate the intended related materials and parts in construction components.
55. To have thorough knowledge of the range of fittings of construction products.
56. To accurately integrate the fittings in construction components.
57. To join parts, using types of joining intended for the construction product.
58. To bond construction components, using adhesion mechanisms and auxiliaries.
59. To use ironmongery connecting elements corresponding to the construction product.
60. To prepare surfaces for the application of treatment materials (perform grinding, resin tapping, removal of fat, etc.).
61. To have thorough knowledge of the types of finishing materials and techniques for their application.
62. To prepare finishing materials for work.
63. To treat surfaces with antiseptics.
64. To perform painting and varnishing works.
65. To check the quality of the finishing coating.
66. To construct transportable boxes, palettes, and racks.
67. To have thorough knowledge of the assortment of packing materials.
68. To pack the construction product.
69. To check the compliance of assembly sites with the construction plan.
70. To assemble the construction product in accordance with the project at its designated site.
71. To secure the construction product at its designated site.
72. To choose thermal insulation materials in accordance with the construction plan.
73. To integrate thermal insulation materials.
74. To adjust the mechanisms and fittings of the installed construction products.
75. To comply with the relevant requirements of Latvian Building Standards (LBN).
76. To install decorative, covering elements.
77. To fill joint seams.
78. To perform painting and varnishing works.
79. To clean up the furniture assembly site.
80. To assess the causes and extent of damages to the construction product.
81. To disassemble the damaged construction product.
82. To avert a defect of the construction product.
83. To assemble and integrate the repaired construction product.
GENERAL skills:
1. To communicate in the official language.
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 one foreign language.
5. To calculate the quantity and costs of the materials necessary to complete the work task.
6. To plan the progress of resolving the work task.
7. To control working techniques.
8. To choose the appropriate work inventory responsibly.
9. To constantly assess the potential work environment risks.
10. To operate technological facilities and equipment safely.
11. To ensure safe storage and transportation of materials.
12. To create safe stacks of materials, blanks or parts during the work process.
13. To have thorough knowledge of the storage and use of chemical substances used in the manufacturing of construction products.
14. To use personal protection equipment as necessary or in accordance with the instruction.
15. To provide first aid.
16. To act in the event of fire according to the established procedures.
17. To organise own work in compliance with labour protection, electrical and fire safety, and environmental protection requirements, taking into account the effects on health.
18. To assess the effect of individual action and decisions on own safety and safety of other persons.
19. To keep the workplace clean and tidy.
20. To comply with the requirements of employment legal relationship.
21. To comply with the internal work procedure regulations of the company.
22. To carry out the assigned duties and adhere to the time-limits specified in the agreement.
23. To prepare documents or reports in compliance with a sample by using application software.
24. To communicate by using information technologies.
25. To work individually.
26. To cooperate in a team.
27. To be aware of own responsibility while completing a joint task.
28. To become personally involved in the generation of new ideas, taking the initiative.
29. To think critically and creatively.
30. To solve conflict situations.
31. To plan the sequence of completing a work task.
32. To provide arguments to support own opinion.
33. To develop professional working culture.
34. To use wood preservatives in accordance with the instructions.
35. To utilise the remaining wood preservatives.
36. To evaluate own professional skills and development opportunities.
37. To acquire new skills according to labour market needs.
38. To have thorough knowledge of information sources regarding the sectoral developments.

PROFESSIONAL competences:
1. Ability to independently assess and comprehend the work task for the manufacturing of the construction product, as well as plan sequential implementation of the technological process.
2. Ability to rationally assess working methods in accordance with the work task for the manufacturing of the construction product.
3. Ability to rationally organise the manufacturing process of the construction product.
4. Ability to choose and prepare the appropriate woodworking machines and cutting instruments.
5. Ability to independently take measurements at the construction object and verify the substantive conformity of the site with the construction plan.
6. Ability to design a technical drawing and a sketch of the construction product.
7. Ability to design a layout of a complex construction product, using different materials.
8. Ability to independently calculate the consumption and costs of the materials necessary to manufacture construction products.
9. Ability to develop a time schedule for the manufacturing of the construction product.
10. Ability to have thorough knowledge of solid wood materials used to manufacture construction products, their assortment, wood derivatives, and non-wood materials.
11. Ability to reasonably choose and order materials suitable for the manufacturing of construction products.
12. Ability to check the compliance of material quality with the requirements of the technological solution and constructive and aesthetic requirements for the construction product.
13. Ability to choose, construct, and complete the necessary auxiliaries and auxiliary materials, fastenings, and fittings for the manufacturing process of the construction product.
14. Ability to construct blanks of construction components, using woodworking machines and electrical manual instruments.
15. Ability to manufacture construction components in accordance with the work drawing, using machines and electrical and non-mechanised manual instruments.
16. Ability to check the compatibility of construction components in the assembly.
17. Ability to integrate other intended mechanisms, parts, and glass articles in the construction product, in compliance with the technological requirements.
18. Ability to perform the final assembly of the construction product, using appropriate materials and instruments.
19. Ability to perform the treatment of the construction product surface, applying different methods of applying surface treatment materials.
20. Ability to prepare the construction product for transportation in accordance with its specificity and the chosen type of transportation.
21. Ability to assess the suitability of the assembly site for the installation of the construction product.
22. Ability to perform the final assembly, integration, and thermal insulation of the construction product at the construction object, using safe working techniques.
23. Ability to visually assess the performed works and evaluate the necessary additions.
24. Ability to ensure that the object is clean and tidy after finishing the work.
25. Ability to assess the causes of the damages to the construction product, the extent of the corrections, options for their rectification, and rectify the damages.
GENERAL competences:
1. Ability to express thoughts, facts, and opinion in the official language both orally and in writing.
2. Ability to communicate and use professional terminology in one foreign language.
3. Ability to substantiate the solution to a work task mathematically.
4. Ability to responsibly use ergonomic working techniques and the appropriate inventory.
5. Ability to complete work tasks in compliance with the labour protection and electrical and fire safety requirements and provide first aid.
6. Ability to respect employment legal relationship of the company and comply with the internal work procedure regulations.
7. Ability to use information and communication technologies to complete a work task.
8. Ability to independently plan time while completing a task individually or in a team, effectively engage in teamwork, and successfully cooperate in the work team.
9. Ability to comply with environmental protection requirements, working with wood preservatives responsibly.
10. Ability to take reasoned decisions on planning own career in the chosen professional area.