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.

Visual image stylist

  • Knowledge

    1. The KNOWLEDGE at the level of notion:
    1.1. History of fashion, style, hairdo and make-up .
    1.2. Use of sounds and lights when creating a unified image.
    1.3. Possible workplace hazards.
    2. The KNOWLEDGE at the level of understanding :
    2.1. Latest fashion and style trends.
    2.2. Conventional body and face proportions.
    2.3. Types, structure and caring of facial skin.
    2.4. Care and decorative cosmetics, tools and accessories.
    2.5. Clothing combining principles.
    2.6. Hair care and styling products, tools and accessories, as well as ingredients in hair colours and permanent wave products.
    2.7. Specific features of human and synthetic hair.
    2.8. Body and face paints, painting materials and methods.
    2.9. Characteristics, composition and treatment of materials to be used for the creation of the overall image.
    2.10. Places of acquisition of clothing, accessories and other materials and their specific features.
    2.11. Personality types of individuals.
    2.12. Social groups and the specific features of their style.
    2.13. Verbal and non-verbal communication.
    2.14. Rules of composition.
    2.15. Specific features of workspace lighting.
    2.16. Team building and work principles.
    2.17. Taxes and their types.
    2.18. Professional terms in the official language and one foreign language.
    3. The KNOWLEDGE at the level of use:
    3.1. Technological procedures performed by a stylist, the related equipment and accessories, and their usage.
    3.2. Professional and general conduct.
    3.3. Labour protection (ergonomics, electrical and fire safety regulations, safety signs and devices).
    3.4. Environmental protection.
    3.5. Individual texture of the customer.
    3.6. Body measuring methods and tools.
    3.7. Body and face shapes and their proportion principles.
    3.8. Associative characterizations – ciphers.
    3.9. Theory of colours.
    3.10. Colour testing methods.
    3.11. Basic principles of creating dimensional designs.
    3.12. Care and decorative cosmetics, tools and accessories.
    3.13. Features of specific clothing styles.
    3.14. Figure correction with clothing and accessories.
    3.15. Drapery techniques and tools to be used.
    3.16. Making a hairdo according to the shape of the face and head, body proportions, hair structure and colour, age and style.
    3.17. Facial morphology and correction.
    3.18. Application of make-up according to the shape of the face, skin type and colour scheme, age and style.
    3.19. Specific features of film, studio, theatrical and TV make-up.
    3.20. Hairdo and make-up techniques.
    3.21. Hair chemical treatment techniques.
    3.22. Pastiche products.
    3.23. Techniques, materials and tools for creation of properties.
    3.24. Products creating special effects and their use when creating the overall image.
    3.25. Usage of decorations when creating the overall image.
    3.26. Collaboration with the customer in line with the multifaceted specific features of the particular tasks.
    3.27. Possibilities to resume materials relating to the experience as a stylist.
    3.28. Electronic information research and selection technologies.
    3.29. Organization of work sequence and time.
    3.30. Corporate culture and personal hygiene.
    3.31. Possible side effects caused by materials and allergic reactions and their symptoms.
    3.32. Disinfection techniques, equipment, tools and devices, and their usage.
    3.33. Creation of positive interactions.
    3.34. Calculation methods.
    3.35. Official language.
    3.36. One foreign language at the level of communication.

  • Skills

    1. To understand the wishes and needs of the customer when specifying the overall image.
    2. To take face and body measurements, define their proportions and fill in the inquiry form of the customer.
    3. To identify the psychological type, individual style and the colour palette of the customer.
    4. To propose ideas, imagine the concept of the overall image and justifiably present the idea of the overall image.
    5. To draw up designs of clothes, hairdos, the face and the body.
    6. To use associative image characteristics – ciphers when creating the desired overall image.
    7. To decide upon works to be done, their sequence, methods, technologies and equipment to be used when creating the overall image.
    8. To keep up with the latest fashion trends and up-to-date technologies when creating the overall image.
    9. To combine clothes for creating of the overall image and create a moulage for the garment.
    10. To make a hairdo in line with the requirements of the overall image.
    11. To use appropriate material processing and visage technologies when creating the overall image.
    12. To create an overall image of a unified style by matching it with the appropriate environment, properties, sounds and lights.
    13. To resume materials relating to the experience as a visual image stylist.
    14. To use information research and selection equipment for the purposes of the creation of the overall image.
    15. To select materials necessary for the creation of the overall image and calculate the respective costs.
    16. To decide upon engaging appropriate specialists for the creation of the overall image and be able to work in a team.
    17. To have good knowledge of the supply of companies operating in the sector of the creation of the overall image.
    18. To set up and maintain a clean workspace, use the appropriate disinfectants and equipment and maintain personal hygiene.
    19. To perform the work duties without affecting the health of his/ her own, customers and other individuals.
    20. To identify side effects of products and materials to be used and be able to determine their presence.
    21. To observe the requirements of the labour protection laws and regulations.
    22. To observe the requirements of the environmental protection laws and regulations.
    23. To provide the first aid.
    24. To be proficient in the official language.
    25. To be proficient in one foreign language at the level of professional communication.
    26. To use the professional terms in the official language and one foreign language.
    27. To maintain positive interaction with the customer during a business conversation.
    28. To perform the work individually and take responsibility of his/ her work outcome.
    29. To comply with the principles of professional and general ethics.
    30. To observe iteh the regulations of labour relations.

  • Competences/ autonomy

    1. Ability to identify wishes, needs and possibilities of the customer as a result of a positive communication.
    2. Ability to visualise the whole associative image in line with the particular task.
    3. Ability to present the conceptual overall image and creatively improve it by collaborating with the customer.
    4. Ability to decide upon works to be performed, their sequence, the appropriate equipment, technologies and materials to be used when creating the overall image.
    5. Ability to combine clothes and accessories when creating the overall image.
    6. Ability to make a hairdo and apply make-up when creating the overall image.
    7. Ability to apply face and body paint when creating the overall image.
    8. Ability to match the environment when creating a unified overall image.
    9. Ability to arrange the work environment when creating the overall image.
    10. Ability to plan the budget for creation of the overall image, draw up a cost estimate and determine the price of the service.
    11. Ability to collaborate with the relevant specialists when creating the overall image.
    12. Ability to keep up with the latest fashion trends and up-to-date technologies by using different information sources.
    13. Ability to  to observe the requirements of the labour protection laws and regulations without affecting the health of his/ her own, the customers and other individuals.
    14. Ability to to observe the requirements of the environmental protection laws and regulationsand perform the work duties without affecting the environment.
    15. To provide the first aid.
    16. To use the professional terms.
    17. To perform the work individually and take responsibility of his/ her work outcome.
    18. To comply with the principles of professional and general conduct.
    19. To communicate in the official language and one foreign language.
    20. To comply with the standards of the legal employment relations.

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

- Vocational Education Competence Centre “Liepaja Secondary School of Music, Art and Design”

- Riga Technical School of Style and Fashion

- Valsts sabiedrība ar ierobežotu atbildību "Rīgas Tūrisma un radošās industrijas tehnikums"

Liquidated/Reorganised/Changed title and\or type:

- Liepaja Secondary School of Design and Art

- Vocational Secondary School "Perspektīva"

- Liepaja Secondary School of Music, Art and Design

Type of awarding bodies:

- Rīgas Stila un modes tehnikums

- Saldus Technical School

- Mākslu izglītības kompetences centrs "Liepājas Mūzikas, mākslas un dizaina vidusskola"

- Balvi Vocational and General Secondary 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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Personal services (101)

Detailed field: (ISCED 2013)

Hair and beauty (1012)

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: 09.05.2024

Posted: 07.05.2016