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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Information about the Latvian qualifications referenced to Latvian qualifications framework (LQF)
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1. The knowledge necessary for performance of the basic tasks of the professional activity at the level of notion:
1.1. ergonomics;
1.2. latest technologies in woodworking industry;
1.3. basics of communication;
1.4. basics of management.
2. The knowledge necessary for performance of the basic tasks of the professional activity at the level of understanding:
2.1. electrical safety rules;
2.2. action in case of electrical current leakage;
2.3. raw material types, its qualities and labels;
2.4. woodworking technical labels;
2.5. woodworking materials and its qualities;
2.6. basics of maths;
2.7. auxiliary equipment’s and safety devices, their types and operations principles;
2.8. basics of electrical engineering;
2.9. basics of physics;
2.10. veneer production technology;
2.11. board production technology;
2.12. wood drying;
2.13. sawmilling technology;
2.14. professional terms in the official 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. work organisation;
3.2. technological process of the woodworking;
3.3. woodworking technological equipment placement;
3.4. sequence of the woodworking work task performance sequence;
3.5. information technologies and software;
3.6. programming language;
3.7. specialised woodworking programme management operation;
3.8. CAD computerised drawing;
3.9. construction and drawing of the wood articles;
3.10. technical documentation;
3.11. raw material quality requirements;
3.12. raw material storage conditions;
3.13. raw material amount detection types and means;
3.14. tree species and their qualities;
3.15. wood structure and damages;
3.16. basics of woodworking;
3.17. woodworking technological equipment operation;
3.18. types and use of measuring and control instruments;
3.19. wood products manufacturing design;
3.20. wood products manufacturing technologies;
3.21. wood cutting processes;
3.22. woodworking technological equipment, their structure and operation principles;
3.23. computer-aided machine tools and equipment;
3.24. wood cutting tools and their types;
3.25. wood product decoration;
3.26. labour protection (safety signs and signals, individual safety means);
3.27. fire safety rules (action in case of the fire);
3.28. first aid;
3.29. environmental protection;
3.30. basic principles of general and professional ethics;
3.31. legal employment regulations;
3.32. official language;
3.33. one foreign language at the level of communication.
1. Distinguish tree species, wood material and processing of the raw material types.
2. Determine wood raw material according to their label.
3. Choose and use appropriate work clothes and individual protection means.
4. Choose and set up auxiliary equipment, protection devices and wood cutting tools.
5. Assess technical condition and depreciation of the woodworking technological equipment, auxiliary equipment, safety equipment and cutting tools.
6. Compare current and needed woodworking technological equipment settings, processing modes in accordance with the exploitation instructions.
7. Teach woodworking equipment operators to work with woodworking technological equipment.
8. Work with specialised programmes of the programme control for the woodworking machines/lines.
9. Determine and choose the appropriated cutting tools for the wood.
10. Choose and use measuring instruments to perform control for woodworking technological equipment and wood cutting tools.
11. Manage the technological equipment operation of the woodworking mechanical treatment.
12. Assess the technical condition of the technological equipment that is used for the woodwork mechanical treatment.
13. Choose appropriate measuring instruments and other technical means for the control measurement performance.
14. Perform the manufactured production control measurements and quality control.
15. Perform corrections in the woodwork technological equipment settings according to the performed control measures of the manufactured production.
16. Perceive, understand and comply with sound, visual and text announcements of the woodwork technologies.
17. Read wood working machines/line technological process programme, drawings and technical documentation.
18. Set and assess woodwork raw material for the corresponding work task performance.
19. Visually assess woodworking technological equipment technical condition and possible risks.
20. Organise work place and perform works according to the work safety, electrical safety, fire safety and environment protection in accordance with the laws and regulations requirements.
21. Perform manufactured production accounting and draw up documentation.
22. Work in collective by complying with the professional and general principles of the ethics.
23. Perform the work individually and be responsible for own work result.
24. Provide the first aid.
25. Know the official language.
26. Know one foreign language at the level of the communication.
27. Use professional terminology in the official language and in one foreign language.
28. Comply with the employment regulations.
1. Ability to accept the raw material delivered for the warehouse, assess the wood’s raw material compliance to the quality requirements.
2. Ability to determine necessary raw wood type, amount and work capacity for the order fulfilment.
3. Ability to prepare the work drawings and technical documentation in accordance with the work task.
4. Ability to determine the reasons of the technological process deviation, by underlying on the set parameters in the technical regulatory documentation.
5. Ability to provide production items with the raw material by performing its record in the warehouse.
6. Ability to provide order at the company’s manufacturing department.
7. Ability to use technological knowledge in the control and management processes, by providing optimal utilization of the main technological manufacturing equipment.
8. Ability to plan and organise work to be performed.
9. Ability to assess work risks, choose and use appropriate work clothes and individual protection means.
10. Ability to understand and comply with the work safety requirements, ensure its compliance, perform work duties without doing harm to own and other persons’ health, recognise and comply with safety signals and signs.
11. Ability to comply with the environmental protection laws and regulations requirements.
12. Ability to understand and comply with the fire safety requirements, perform work duties, ensuring compliance to them at the company’s manufacturing department.
13. Ability to provide the first aid.
14. Ability to use information technologies, technical documentation and other information sources and get to know the latest technologies, instruments and specialised wood treatment programmes.
15. Ability to perform work independently and be responsible for own work result.
16. Ability to think rationally and solve problems.
17. Ability to improve qualification in accordance with the employer’s requirements by using software for furniture construction and drawing.
18. Ability to provide compliance with procedures and instructions of the production quality management system.
19. Ability to communicate and use professional terminology in state language and in one foreign language.
20. Ability to comply with the basic principles of the professional and general ethics.
21. Ability to comply with employment regulations.
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Manufacturing and processing (072)
Detailed field: (ISCED 2013)Materials (glass, paper, plastic and wood) (0722)
EducationSecondary education
Qualification typeVocational
Full or partialFull qualification
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Last changes: 28.10.2024
Posted: 07.05.2016