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
Till 1 august 2022 in Latvia had 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.

Chemistry technician

  • Knowledge

    1. The knowledge necessary for performance of the basic tasks of the professional activity at the level  of notion:
    1.1. quality system;
    1.2. environmental management company’s units, basic functions;
    1.3. metrology;
    1.4. electrical equipment;
    1.5. laws and regulations of the field of chemistry;
    1.6. basics of microbiology.
    2. The knowledge necessary for performance of the basic tasks of the professional activity at the level  of understanding:
    2.1. chemical substances and mixtures classification and labelling;
    2.2. substances that are subject to strict accounting;
    2.3. chemical substances/mixtures/ material storage principles and conditions;
    2.4. technological processes and equipment;
    2.5. basic of quality assurance;
    2.6. technological communication labelling;
    2.7. basic principles of good production practice;
    2.8. basic principles of good laboratory practice;
    2.9. waste management;
    2.10. basic principles of communication;
    2.11. professional terminology in the official language and in one foreign language.
    3. The knowledge necessary for performance of the basic tasks of the professional activity at the level  of use:
    3.1. inorganic chemistry basics;
    3.2. organic chemistry basics;
    3.3. analytical chemistry basics;
    3.4. laboratory work machinery;
    3.5. laboratory equipment and measuring equipment setting, operation principles and exploitation;
    3.6. basic principles of chemical substances and mixture sample extraction, labelling and storage;
    3.7. document work process;
    3.8. safe use of chemical substances and mixtures, safety data sheets.
    3.9. pressure equipment;
    3.10. labour protection (safety signs and signals, work environment risks, collective and individual work safety means, action pre-accident and in the accident situations, electrical safety, fire safety rules and firefighting means, first aid)
    3.11. work hygiene;
    3.12. information technologies and office equipment;
    3.13. communication psychology;
    3.14. basic principles professional and general ethics.
    3.15. Employment regulations;
    3.16. official language;
    3.17. one foreign language at the level of the professional communication.

  • Skills

    1. Prepare premises, equipment, engineering communications, materials for the work process.
    2. Assess equipment, measuring instrument and engineering communications technical condition and readiness for the work.
    3. Work with the laboratory equipment, equipment and measuring instruments.
    4. Work with the chemical, including with particularly hazardous substances, chemical material mixtures and other materials in accordance with the field regulatory documents and requirements.
    5. Perform the registration of the chemical substances that are a subject to strict registration.
    6. Read and use the regulatory documentation.
    7. Perform chemical synthesis.
    8. Prepare samples for analysis.
    9. Perform chemical and physicochemical analysis.
    10. Document work process.
    11. Perform chemical and physicochemical analysis and synthesis result calculation, as well as using the result treatment statistical programmes.
    12. Assess gained results and act in accordance with the field regulatory documentation.
    13. Read chemical/mixtures/ material safety data sheets.
    14. Implement chemical field law and regulations in one’s work.
    15. Work in a classified (according to the requirements for the air cleanliness, room facilities designed in a way that they are appropriate for the work with   different level hazardous substances etc.) premises.
    16. Use good laboratory practice and production principles.
    17. Comply with premises, equipment and personal hygiene requirements.
    18. Tidy up work place, keep it tidy and clean.
    19. Perform work duties in accordance with the work safety requirements set in laws and regulations, use individual and collective safety means by wearing appropriate clothes and shoes and comply with safety signs.
    20. Use fire safety means and act in the case of the fire.
    21. Act accordingly in pre-accident and in the accident situations.
    22. Provide the first aid.
    23. Use electrical equipment.
    24. Comply with the work safety requirements set in laws and regulations.
    25. Work individually and in a team.
    26. Coordinate won actions with other specialists in the company.
    27. Comply with the basic principles of general and professional ethics.
    28. Rationally use resources.
    29. Perform work in the set time and deadline.
    30. Perform work independently and be responsible for own work result.
    31. Know the official language.
    32. Know one foreign language at the level of the professional communication.
    33. Use professional terminology in the official language and in one foreign language.
    34. Improve one’s professional skills and gain and analyse new professional information.
    35. Use information technologies and office equipment in one’s professional activity.
    36. Comply with employment regulations.

  • Competences/ autonomy

    1. Ability independently prepare premises, equipment, engineering communications, materials for the work process and assess their technical conditions and readiness for the work.
    2. Ability to work with the laboratory equipment and measuring instruments in accordance with the field regulatory documentation, good production practice and good laboratory principles.
    3. Ability to work with the chemical substances, their mixture and other materials in accordance with the field regulatory documentation, also assessing chemical substance, their mixture and its correspondence to the quality requirements and work task.
    4. Ability to read and use the field regulatory documentation, to document work process.
    5. Ability to perform chemical synthesis, prepare samples for the analysis.
    6. Ability to perform chemical and physicochemical analysis.
    7. Ability to perform chemical and physicochemical analysis and synthesis result calculation, as well as using the result treatment statistical programmes, assess gained results and act in accordance with the field regulatory documentation.
    8. Ability to understand and comply with the personal and production hygiene requirements, work specifics in the classified premises.
    9. Ability to comply with the safety laws and regulations requirements, perform work duties without doing harm to own health by using appropriate collective and individual safety means.
    10. Ability to understand and comply with the environment protection requirements set in laws and regulations and perform work duties without doing harm to the environment.
    11. Ability to comply with the explosion, fire and electrical safety requirements and act accordingly.
    12. Ability to act pre-emergency and emergency situations.
    13. Ability to provide the first aid.
    14. Ability to be responsible for own work result, rational working hours and resources use, coordinate won actions with different level specialists.
    15. Ability to work in a team, without causing conflicts and physiological discomfort at the work place and comply with the basic principles of the professional and general ethics.
    16. Ability to communicate in the official language and in one foreign language.
    17. Ability to use professional terminology in the official language and in one foreign language.
    18. Ability to self-educate and improve professional competences.
    19. Ability to use information technologies in own professional service.
    20. Ability to comply with the employment regulations.

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 
Snice 11.10.2022 60 credit points correspond to the study results acquired in full-time studies in one academic year in accordance with the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS).Since 11.10.2022

Till 11.10.2022 1 Latvian credit point corresponds to 1,5 ECTS 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

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

Till 1 august 2022 in Latvia had 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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Engineering and engineering trades (071)

Detailed field: (ISCED 2013)

Chemical engineering and processes (0711)

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

Sector Qualifications Structure: Chemical industry and its related sectors – chemistry, pharmacy, biotechnology, environment


Link to the descriptions of the Sector Qualifications Structure levels

Other information

National Education Information System

National Database of Education Opportunities

Historical qualification

Last changes: 16.07.2024

Posted: 07.05.2016