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.

Roofer

  • Knowledge

    PROFESSIONAL knowledge:
    At the concept level:
    1. Load carrying capacity of roof and facade constructions.
    2. Types of hoisting equipment and mechanisms.
    At the comprehension level:
    1. Composition and designations of the technical documentation.
    2. Specificity of the completion of the work task.
    3. Environmentally friendly utilisation of construction waste.
    4. Quality requirements for roof and facade materials.
    5. Types of roof coverings.
    6. Principles and ways of arranging structural elements.
    7. Calculation of materials and auxiliary materials for water discharge systems.
    8. Material compatibility.
    9. Effects of wind on the laying of roof coverings.
    10. Basics of cost estimation.
    11. Types of roof and facade damages.
    12. Preservation of roof and facade constructions and coverings, materials to be used, and technologies.
    13. Constructing.
    14. Calculation of materials and auxiliary materials for water discharge systems.
    15. Operation of the lightning protection system and materials to be used.
    16. Types of roof and facade constructions.
    17. Types of solar systems.
    18. Structural load of the solar system.
    19. Determination of the cardinal directions.
    20. Technical and operating requirements for additional equipment, roof windows, overhead lighting, and outlets.
    21. Technical parameters of construction materials and their differences.
    22. Specific features of the sliding of snow depending on the temperature, roof slope, and roof covering material.
    23. Technical parameters of structures and their comparison.
    24. Calculation of loads of scaffold constructions.
    25. Surfaces to be used for the base of scaffolds, their characteristics.
    26. Soil characteristics and specificity.
    27. Conditions and rules for the base intended for stowage.
    28. Structure and operating principles of work tools and mechanisms.
    29. Performance and operating principles of facilities.
    30. Selection of repair materials.
    At the application level:
    1. Structure and operating principles of work equipment.
    2. Effective use of work equipment in accordance with the work to be performed.
    3. Intervals of the work equipment inspection.
    4. Specificity of the work equipment inspection.
    5. Methods of cleaning up the workplace.
    6. Sorting of the remaining materials and construction waste.
    7. Types of roof and facade materials.
    8. Types of roof and facade constructions.
    9. Technology for the assembly of roof and facade constructions.
    10. Roof ventilation inlet and outlet elements.
    11. Principles of the ventilation of roof planes.
    12. Types of vapour barriers and technology for their installation.
    13. Slope creation materials and technologies for their creation.
    14. Types of thermal insulation materials and technology for their installation. Materials for the attachment of roof and facade insulation and technologies for their installation.
    15. Condensate discharge materials and technology for their installation.
    16. Windproof materials and technology for their installation.
    17. Types of materials and load-bearing profiles for the creation of supporting structures.
    18. Auxiliary materials for the levelling of planes and creation of the slope.
    19. Covering base materials and their application.
    20. Dimensions, types, materials, and auxiliary materials of water discharge systems.
    21. Levelling of roof water discharge systems.
    22. Sealing materials and technology for their use.
    23. Types of fastening elements and auxiliary materials of the roof and facade covering.
    24. Technologies for the laying of roof and facade materials.
    25. Ways and technologies of joining roof and facade materials.
    26. Connection and termination materials and auxiliary materials, and technologies for their use.
    27. Types of sealing materials and technologies for their use.
    28. Ways to secure constructions.
    29. Sorting and storage of materials.
    30. Creation and materials of temporary constructions.
    31. Types of structural connections.
    32. Materials, fastenings, and technologies.
    33. Levelling of roof water discharge systems.
    34. Dimensions, types, materials, and auxiliary materials of water discharge systems.
    35. Materials, auxiliary materials, and auxiliary devices necessary to restore the painting of the covering and technologies for their use.
    36. Types of instruments and technologies for their use.
    37. Compatibility of components within the applied roof laying technology.
    38. Types of snow guards and technologies for their assembly.
    39. Compatibility of elements within the applied roof laying technology.
    40. Types of roof maintenance securing systems, their assembly.
    41. Installation of the lightning protection system (on the roof and facade part).
    42. Types of roof windows, hatches, and overhead lighting, and technologies for their installation.
    43. Types and elements of roof outlets.
    44. Materials and technologies for the thermal insulation and sealing of roof outlets.
    45. Ways to embed outlets.
    46. Types of fastenings of solar systems.
    47. Types of decorative and structural roof elements.
    48. Use of measuring instruments for the inspection of waterproofing.
    49. Technologies for the cleaning of the roof and facades.
    50. Technologies for the cleaning of water discharge systems.
    51. Methods of calculating the structural load and the weight of snow and ice. Snow clearing process and technologies.
    52. Application of work instruments, additional equipment, facilities, and technologies for the collection and transportation of snow.
    53. Instruments, technologies, and equipment to be used for cleaning, washing, transportation, and swiping, and the retention of the quality of coverings.
    54. Types of scaffolds and technologies for their assembly.
    55. Components and auxiliary devices corresponding to the type of scaffolds and technology for their assembly.
    56. Additional facilities and instruments to perform the works for the securing of the base.
    57. Layout of the scaffolding supporting components.
    58. Attachment of scaffolding components to different surfaces.
    59. Technologies, materials, and auxiliary materials for the assembly of suspended scaffolds.
    60. Hoists, mobile facilities, and strapping signs, and technologies for their use.
    61. Types of free standing scaffolds.
    62. Materials to be used for free standing scaffolds and their component parts.
    63. Layout of the supporting components of free standing scaffolds.
    64. Fastening elements of passages and enclosing constructions.
    65. Surfaces, structural elements, and materials used for constructions, and their differences.
    66. Instruments, additional equipment, facilities, and technology for the assembly, rigging, and transportation of scaffolds.
    67. Mechanical and technical properties of the materials to be applied.
    68. Installation of a winch and ways to apply it.
    69. Installation of a pulley system and ways to apply it.
    70. Installation of cableways.
    71. Types of devices for the movement of components and their use.
    72. Hoists and mobile facilities for the assembly and disassembly of scaffolds, and their use.
    73. Technologies for the assembly of static hoists.
    74. Technologies for the installation of mobile hoists.
    75. Sequence of the works for the disassembly of scaffolds.
    76. Disconnection of the connected scaffolding parts and components.
    77. Strapping and rigging signs, signals, and technologies.
    78. Transportation and storage of scaffolding components.
    79. Ergonomic working techniques for hoisting and moving heavy loads.
    80. Conditions for the operation of electrical instruments.
    81. Structure and operating principles of facilities.
    82. Productivity of facilities.
    83. Basic principles of sharpening cutting instruments.
    84. Use of grinding and cutting wheels.
    85. Types of electrical instruments.
    86. Types of lubricants and their use.
    87. Selection and application of repair instruments.
    88. Rules for the operation of pneumatic manual instruments.
    89. Operation of electrical and battery-operated instruments.
    90. Operation of pneumatic manual instruments.
    91. Principles of the use of manual, pneumatic, and electrical instruments and battery-operated equipment.
    92. Charging, storage, and utilisation of batteries.
    GENERAL knowledge:
    At the concept level:
    1. Preconditions for effective communication.
    2. Organisation of the labour protection system.
    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. Laws and regulations regarding information technologies.
    7. Requirements of the legislation stipulating the equipping of the workplace and the work area.
    8. Laws and regulations regarding work organisation.
    9. Health risk factors.
    10. Working conditions and human health as a precondition for life quality.
    11. Laws and regulations regarding labour protection.
    12. Essence of sustainable development.
    13. Essence, significance, and norms of labour rights.
    14. Unifying values of society.
    15. Social and political structure of society.
    16. Effect of electric current and its determinants.
    17. Preventive fire safety measures.
    18. Ways to store wood preservatives and roof and facade cleaning products.
    19. Types of wood preservatives and roof and facade cleaning products.
    20. Requirements set forth in laws and regulations regarding the work environment.
    21. Potential adverse effects on health while working at high/low temperatures and under adverse weather conditions.
    22. Principles of ergonomics.
    23. Ergonomic factors.
    At the application level:
    1. Official language.
    2. Foreign language(s).
    3. Intercultural interaction.
    4. Mathematical methods and instruments.
    5. Units of measurement and shapes.
    6. Application software in preparation of documents.
    7. Types, programs, and use of electronic means of communication. Information systems security.
    8. Use of the individual safety system and equipment.
    9. Installation of safety signs.
    10. Work organisation schemes.
    11. Placing and securing of fencing.
    12. Types of informative and warning signs.
    13. Work organisation at the object.
    14. Equipment of the workplace for the works of a roofer.
    15. Planning in setting up the workplace.
    16. Fuel filling conditions.
    17. Ethical standards.
    18. Interaction and behaviour regularities.
    19. Communication methods.
    20. Preventive measures to remedy work environment risk factors.
    21. Electrical and fire safety requirements and preventive measures.
    22. Techniques for safe filling of fuels and oils of internal combustion engines.
    23. Use of biodegradable oils and fuels.
    24. Transportation and storage of motor-operated instruments, fuels, and oils.
    25. Instructions for the use of wood preservatives, roof and facade cleaning products, work instruments, and mechanisms.
    26. Measures for the utilisation of liquids.
    27. Techniques for the elimination of the consequences of an accident.
    28. Effects of weather conditions on roof installation and cleaning works.
    29. Application and types of personal and collective protective work equipment.
    30. Control of the technical condition of safety devices.
    31. Safe working techniques.
    32. Provision of first aid to an injured person.
    33. Ergonomic working techniques.
    34. Labour protection requirements for work at high altitude.

  • Skills

    PROFESSIONAL skills:
    1. To read the technical documentation.
    2. To have thorough knowledge of the range and accompanying documentation of materials necessary for the works of a roofer.
    3. To plan the appropriate work equipment for the work task to be completed.
    4. To apply work equipment, as instructed by the manufacturer.
    5. To supervise the placement and storage of the delivered materials.
    6. To choose the instruments, mechanisms, and machinery most appropriate for cleaning up the workplace.
    7. To sort the remaining materials and construction waste.
    8. To get acquainted with the documentation of the design/work task.
    9. To determine the compliance of the materials and auxiliary materials with the work task and their amount.
    10. To prepare the elements of roof and facade constructions.
    11. To install the elements of roof and facade constructions.
    12. To prepare roof ventilation units.
    13. To install roof ventilation elements in accordance with the requirements and specificity of the design.
    14. To prepare the roof base for heat insulation.
    15. To assemble thermal insulation materials of the roof.
    16. To seal the connections and joints of thermal insulation, vapour insulation, and engineering communications.
    17. To create a plane slope for water discharge.
    18. To choose the appropriate type of underlay.
    19. To lay the underlay.
    20. To seal connections and joints.
    21. To assemble load-bearing profiles and supporting constructions.
    22. To install appropriate supporting base of the covering.
    23. To level planes.
    24. To choose the appropriate water discharge system.
    25. To level water discharge systems.
    26. To install horizontal and vertical water discharge systems.
    27. To install auxiliary elements of water discharge systems.
    28. To seal water discharge systems.
    29. To assemble drip edges.
    30. To choose fastening elements and auxiliary materials of the roof and facade covering.
    31. To install fastening elements and auxiliary materials of the roof and facade covering.
    32. To prepare the roof and facade covering material in accordance with the configuration of the base.
    33. To install the roof and facade covering.
    34. To determine the prevailing wind direction.
    35. To embed the internal and external joints of the roof.
    36. To embed the flue/chimney in the roof covering.
    37. To embed roof and facade connections and terminations.
    38. To create the roof ridge.
    39. To install windowsills and cornices.
    40. To inspect the roof and the facade.
    41. To determine the amount of time and materials necessary for work.
    42. To remove the damaged parts of roof and facade constructions and covering.
    43. To carry out the temporary securing of constructions.
    44. To preserve the disassembled components.
    45. To create temporary roof constructions.
    46. To lay the temporary covering.
    47. To create replaceable roof and facade components.
    48. To embed the useful disassembled structural and covering components.
    49. To choose a material suitable for the work to be performed.
    50. To cover up other roof and facade parts.
    51. To prepare the preserved components for the assembly.
    52. To assess the condition of the current water discharge system.
    53. To choose a material suitable for the work to be performed.
    54. To repair the damaged water discharge systems.
    55. To replace the damaged water discharge systems.
    56. To assess the condition of the roof painting.
    57. To prepare the roof covering surface for painting.
    58. To paint the roof covering surface.
    59. To choose the appropriate component and assembly site.
    60. To calculate the number of snow guards.
    61. To assemble snow guards.
    62. To choose the appropriate securing system.
    63. To calculate the number of securing system elements.
    64. To assemble securing systems.
    65. To recognise a system in a design.
    66. To assemble a system in accordance with the contractor design.
    67. To prepare an element of the construction or sub-construction for its embedding.
    68. To install elements and connections.
    69. To perform heat insulation of elements and connections.
    70. To seal elements and connections.
    71. To choose the appropriate element and assembly site.
    72. To prepare the embedding place in the covering and the construction.
    73. To perform heat insulation of roof outlets and elements.
    74. To seal roof outlets and elements.
    75. To choose the appropriate fastenings of solar systems.
    76. To assemble a solar system.
    77. To embed solar system elements in the covering.
    78. To choose the type of attachment.
    79. To ensure the non-deterioration/preservation of the roof covering.
    80. To determine the air tightness of joints and connections.
    81. To check the condition of waterproofing.
    82. To check the wear of the covering material.
    83. To detect corrosion, cracks, and damages.
    84. To determine the compliance of the roof covering, additional equipment, roof windows, overhead lighting, and outlets with operating requirements and the requirements of technical standards.
    85. To choose appropriate materials, additional equipment, and auxiliary materials.
    86. To clean roof covering from layers and dirt.
    87. To choose appropriate materials, additional equipment, and auxiliary materials.
    88. To clear the roof and gutters from layers and dirt.
    89. To detect the possible damages.
    90. To seal unsealed places.
    91. To choose appropriate work tools, materials, additional equipment, and auxiliary materials.
    92. To ensure the non-deterioration of the technical condition of the structure and objects adjacent to the structure.
    93. To calculate the weight of layers.
    94. To determine the direction and technique of cleaning.
    95. To use hoists and mobile scaffold constructions.
    96. To keep instruments from falling, equipping them with special fastenings.
    97. To choose appropriate materials, additional equipment, and auxiliary materials.
    98. To distinguish between instruments and equipment necessary for different purposes.
    99. To determine the dimensions and configuration of a structure based on the design and on-site.
    100. To determine the type of scaffolds according to the structure.
    101. To choose component parts.
    102. To demarcate the work area in compliance with the legislation.
    103. To prepare the necessary work equipment for work.
    104. To smooth the base.
    105. To secure the base.
    106. To level the base.
    107. To connect different components in the sequence of their assembly and level the components of the support.
    108. To level the components of the support.
    109. To place scaffold constructions at different heights and inclinations.
    110. To compact the soil base to prevent its settling.
    111. To assess constructions to which a scaffold construction is to be attached.
    112. To choose fastenings, structural elements, and techniques for the assembly of scaffolds.
    113. To mount the suspended scaffolds.
    114. To secure the suspended scaffolds.
    115. To use strapping signs and technologies.
    116. To connect components in the sequence of their assembly.
    117. To level the components of the support.
    118. To choose component parts of the corresponding materials.
    119. To secure free standing scaffolds.
    120. To place scaffold constructions at different heights and inclinations.
    121. To choose appropriate materials, additional equipment, and auxiliary materials to demarcate and install passages, enclosing constructions, scaffold mesh, and entry nodes.
    122. To secure scaffold constructions.
    123. To use hoists and mobile scaffolds to create complex scaffold nodes.
    124. To create complex scaffold constructions and their nodes.
    125. To install dust and falling object safety nets and other safety equipment for the work process.
    126. To install pipes of debris and other facilities for the removal of debris.
    127. To install additional devices to move components.
    128. To distinguish between equipment necessary for different purposes.
    129. To choose hoists necessary for work.
    130. To choose a site for the installation of a hoist.
    131. To prepare the base for the installation of a hoist.
    132. To secure a hoist.
    133. To level a hoist.
    134. To use hoists.
    135. To assemble static hoists.
    136. To disassemble the connected scaffolding components without damaging them.
    137. To choose areas for commencing the disassembly.
    138. To disassemble scaffolds.
    139. To use the additional equipment necessary for the disassembly.
    140. To use strapping signs and technologies.
    141. To place different scaffolding components in their storage places according to the use of the components.
    142. To arrange the stowage for convenient transportation and rigging.
    143. To unload scaffolds.
    144. To load scaffolds.
    145. To move components on the scaffolds.
    146. To apply work tools, mechanisms, and inventory, as instructed by the manufacturer.
    147. To have thorough knowledge of the range of the available work tools, inventory, mechanisms, and machinery.
    148. To determine the suitability of work tools, inventory, mechanisms, and machinery for the performance of specific works.
    149. To sharpen cutting instruments.
    150. To maintain work tools.
    151. To place the work tools, inventory, and mechanisms in a temporary storage area.
    152. To oil work tools, instruments, and mechanisms.
    153. To sharpen cutting surfaces.
    154. To maintain optimum oil level in the oil tank.
    155. To identify damages to electrical instruments.
    156. To fill up pneumatic manual instruments.
    157. To replace cutting wheels, grinding wheels or blades.
    158. To oil mechanical linkages.
    159. To start electrical instruments.
    160. To assess the need for daily or more extensive repairs.
    161. To charge batteries of electrical instruments.
    162. To apply instruments, inventory, and mechanisms in accordance with the work task.
    163. To prepare work tools, mechanisms, and inventory for storage.
    164. To place work tools, mechanisms, and inventory for storage.
    GENERAL skills:
    1. To communicate in the official language.
    2. To communicate in one foreign language both orally and in writing.
    3. To substantiate the solution to a task mathematically.
    4. To model the progress of resolving the planned task.
    5. To communicate by using information technologies.
    6. To demarcate and equip the work area.
    7. To prepare the necessary work equipment for work.
    8. To prepare personal safety systems and their attachment points.
    9. To demarcate the work territory in compliance with the requirements.
    10. To place the first aid kit in an easily accessible place.
    11. To set up the place for the storage of ignition fluids rationally.
    12. To apply ethical standards.
    13. To use interaction and behaviour regularities.
    14. To communicate effectively during the work process.
    15. To create a work environment adequate for the performance of works.
    16. To comprehend the concept of holistic approach to health and the factors affecting health.
    17. To assess the impact of work environment risk factors on health.
    18. To be responsible for own health condition.
    19. To apply the norms of employment legal relationship.
    20. To comply with labour protection and environmental protection requirements.
    21. To assess the situation and the potential risks of fire hazard.
    22. To organise the workplace in compliance with electrical and fire safety requirements.
    23. To comply with the requirements for the use of motor-operated instruments.
    24. To refrain from polluting environment with fuels, oils or other operating fluids.
    25. To utilise the remains of liquids.
    26. To choose the appropriate weather conditions to perform works.
    27. To inform the public about the performance of works and the required waiting period.
    28. To select the appropriate personal protective work equipment and safety devices.
    29. To keep track of the technical condition of the protective work equipment and safety devices.
    30. To use the ABC method to prevent the most critical conditions and preserve and sustain life.
    31. To provide first aid.
    32. To control working techniques.
    33. To choose the appropriate work inventory responsibly.
    34. To use safe working techniques.
    35. To use a hoist.
    36. To control the technical condition of the inventory and the hoist.

  • Competences/ autonomy

    PROFESSIONAL competences:
    1. Ability to comprehend and apply the technical documentation for the progress of the work process, in compliance with the requirements for the works of roofers.
    2. Ability to prepare and store the materials necessary and equipment suitable for the provision of the works of a roofer.
    3. Ability to independently clean up the workplace, using environmentally friendly methods.
    4. Ability to assess the specification, quality, and amount of the delivered materials independently and in accordance with the work task.
    5. Ability to prepare and assemble roof and facade constructions and create roof plane ventilation independently and in good quality, in compliance with the requirements of assembly technologies and the construction plan.
    6. Ability to perform thermal insulation of roofs and lay roof underlay in good quality, in accordance with the work task and material embedding technology.
    7. Ability to create a covering base in good quality, in accordance with the properties of the roof covering, facades, and materials to be applied.
    8. Ability to install roof water discharge systems in good quality, in accordance with the work task and material embedding technologies.
    9. Ability to lay the roof and facade covering in good quality and create connection and termination points, taking into account the properties of the covering, facade, and materials to be applied and their embedding technologies.
    10. Ability to recognise roof and facade damages.
    11. Ability to independently plan and perform the works for the disassembly of the damaged parts of roof and facade constructions and covering, without deteriorating the stability of constructions.
    12. Ability to independently plan the amount of all works to be performed, preventing the entry of precipitation in the premises of the building.
    13. Ability to create and embed replaceable roof and facade components in good quality, in accordance with the properties of the materials to be applied and their embedding technologies.
    14. Ability to create and embed replaceable components of water discharge systems in good quality, in accordance with the properties of the materials to be applied and their embedding technologies.
    15. Ability to prepare the covering for painting and perform painting works in good quality, in accordance with the technology of the works to be performed.
    16. Ability to install snow guards and roof securing systems in accordance with the type of roof covering, work task, instructions of the manufacturer, and the construction plan.
    17. Ability to install roof lightning protection system of the building in accordance with the type of covering and the work task.
    18. Ability to embed the window opening finishing, roof windows, hatches, and overhead lighting in good quality, in accordance with the type of roof covering, work task, instructions of the manufacturer, and the construction plan.
    19. Ability to embed roof outlets and elements in good quality, taking into account the properties of the roof, facade coverings, and materials to be applied, as well as embedding technologies and instructions of the manufacturer.
    20. Ability to assemble, install, and embed roof solar systems in accordance with the type of roof covering, work task, instructions of the manufacturer, and the construction plan.
    21. Ability to install and embed decorative and structural roof elements in accordance with the type of roof covering, work task, and instructions of the manufacturer.
    22. Ability to check the technical condition of the roof covering and additional equipment in accordance with the work task.
    23. Ability to independently clean the roof covering and water discharge systems, without deteriorating their technical condition.
    24. Ability to independently choose work tools, and plan and responsibly clear snow and ice from the parts of the structure.
    25. Ability to apply the appropriate instruments and equipment to perform roof and facade maintenance works.
    26. Ability to choose the type of scaffolds and their setting in accordance with the configuration of the structure.
    27. Ability to responsibly prepare the load carrying capacity of the site for the assembly of scaffolds.
    28. Ability to level and assemble ground-based facade scaffolds, taking into account the properties of soil.
    29. Ability to assess the attachment base and assemble the suspended scaffolds.
    30. Ability to assemble different types of free standing scaffolds at different heights and inclinations.
    31. Ability to create passages and enclosing constructions on the ground to ensure safe movement by the third parties at the object and its adjacent territories.
    32. Ability to equip scaffolds with the necessary additional equipment to ensure safe movement by the third parties at the object and its adjacent territories.
    33. Ability to install different types of hoists, taking into account the load carrying capacity of the base and the specificity of the installation of hoists.
    34. Ability to technologically correctly disassemble scaffolds.
    35. Ability to rationally perform the works for the storage, transportation, and stowage of scaffolding components.
    36. Ability to independently get acquainted with the instructions for the use of work tools, mechanisms, and inventory prior to their use.
    37. Ability to choose the most appropriate work tools, inventory, mechanisms, and machinery from the range of the available ones for the specific work of a roofer.
    38. Ability to maintain the instruments and mechanisms in working order, performing minor repair works, if necessary.
    39. Ability to apply work tools, mechanisms, and inventory for the completion of the work task safely and efficiently.
    40. Ability to ensure temporary and permanent storage of work tools, inventory, and mechanisms, retaining their operability throughout the entire period of storage.
    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 while modelling work situations and planning the performance of a work task.
    4. Ability to use information and communication technologies to complete a work task.
    5. Ability to organise the workplace in accordance with the work task.
    6. Ability to equip and set up a safe workplace in accordance with the requirements of laws and regulations.
    7. Ability to organise the workplace rationally, keeping the object clean and tidy.
    8. Ability to communicate effectively without violating the standards of professional ethics and the principles of behaviour and interaction.
    9. Ability to determine the detrimental effect of work environment conditions on health.
    10. Ability to assume responsibility for own working abilities by assessing health risk factors.
    11. Ability to comply with the provisions of labour rights and labour protection regulations while completing the work task.
    12. Ability to complete work tasks in compliance with electrical and fire safety requirements.
    13. Ability to work with instruments and wood preservatives responsibly, in compliance with environmental protection requirements.
    14. Ability to act, taking into account the effects of weather conditions on the work environment and health.
    15. Ability to responsibly and independently use personal and collective protective equipment and safety devices, keeping up with their technical condition.
    16. Ability to act in extreme situations responsibly and provide first aid.
    17. Ability to responsibly use ergonomic working techniques and the appropriate inventory.
    18. Ability to perform work at high altitude by anticipating the possible occupational risks, selecting inventory and equipment in good technical condition, and complying with labour protection requirements accurately.

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

Vocational basic and secondary education institution

- Vidzeme Technology and Design Technical School

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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: 15.07.2020

Posted: 07.05.2016