Professional knowledge
At the concept level:
1. Types of equipment drives.
2. Latest advancements in metalworking. Methods for calculating the prime cost and profit.
3. Financial and production economy calculations.
4. Social and economic impact of a project.
5. Latest metalworking methods and technologies.
At the comprehension level:
1. Operating principles and technical parameters of equipment.
2. Metalworking technologies.
3. Operating principles and technical parameters of mechanical equipment.
4. Mechanical engineering standards.
5. Latest metalworking technologies.
6. Structure and operating principles of electrical and electronic components.
7. Operating principles and technical parameters of mechanical equipment.
8. Systems of laws and regulations.
9. Environmental and labour protection.
10. Planning of manufacturing processes.
11. Requirements for part precision and standardisation.
12. Types of material processing.
13. Principles of the calculation of costs.
14. Ways of carrying out the maintenance and repairs.
15. Methods for planning the maintenance and repair of equipment.
16. Methods for measuring geometric parameters.
17. Fundamental principles of inventory management. Types of measuring devices.
18. Methods of inspecting measuring devices.
19. Fundamental principles of the verification of measuring devices.
20. Accuracy of measuring devices.
21. Dimension control. Dimension chain.
22. Mechanical and geometric parameters of cutting tools.
At the application level:
1. Methodology for manufacturing prototypes.
2. Argumentation techniques.
3. Types, structure, and mechanical properties of materials.
4. Engineering drawing.
5. CAD/CAE technologies. Machinery elements.
6. Requirements for part precision and standardisation.
7. Engineering calculations.
8. Structure, operation, and design methodology of different types of mechanical drives.
9. Metalworking technologies.
10. Requirements for part precision and standardisation.
11. Prototyping.
12. Techniques for manufacturing parts.
13. Machinery elements.
14. Types of materials, their chemical and physical properties, and their use.
15. Structure and operation of different types of mechanical drives.
16. CNC and CAM technologies.
17. Requirements for part precision and standardisation.
18. Heat treatment of materials.
19. Operating principles and technical parameters of mechanical equipment.
20. Machinery elements.
21. System of technical documentation.
22. Fundamental principles of drawing up documentation.
23. Machinery Safety Directive.
24. Organisation of manufacturing processes.
25. Economic calculations of equipment manufacturing and installation.
26. Types and properties of materials.
27. Manufacturing/metalworking technologies.
28. Heat treatment of materials.
29. Types of machine tools and processing operations. Operating principles and technical parameters of equipment.
30. Manufacturing/metalworking technologies.
31. Heat treatment of materials.
32. Types of materials, their chemical and physical properties, and their use.
33. Machinery elements.
34. Requirements for part precision and standardisation.
35. Structure and operation of different types of mechanical drives.
36. Manufacturing/metalworking technologies.
37. Types, structure, and properties of materials.
38. Computer-aided design (CAD/CAE/CAM) technologies.
39. CNC technologies.
40. Industrial networking.
41. Requirements for part precision and standardisation.
42. Processing methods and techniques.
43. Additive manufacturing methods. Types of materials.
44. Optimisation criteria and target functions.
45. Requirements for part precision and standardisation.
46. Fundamental principles of drawing up documentation.
47. Methods for calculating cutting modes.
48. Fundamental principles of developing technological operation charts.
49. Software for the management of the lifecycle of CAD, CAE, and other products.
50. Principles of calculating the permissible deviations of structural parameters.
51. Algorithmisation.
52. Programming languages.
53. Methods of visualising the design results.
54. Programming technologies.
55. Software.
56. Manufacturing technologies.
57. Fundamental principles of developing work schedules.
58. Methods for analysing the equipment maintenance data.
59. Evaluation of equipment work resources.
60. Software, principles of risk analysis.
61. Methods for forecasting the performance of equipment.
62. Classes of accuracy in measuring instruments.
63. Structure of measuring devices and operating instructions.
64. Methodology for the calibration of measuring devices.
65. Methodology for measuring geometric dimensions and surface textures.
66. Processing of measurement results.
67. Influence of precision of technological equipment elements on processing errors.
68. Reliability of measurement results.
69. Calculation of measurement uncertainty.
70. Process optimisation. Analysis of measurements.
71. Program control of machine tools. Methods for setting cutting tools.

General knowledge
At the comprehension level:
1. Operating principles and technical parameters of manufacturing equipment.
2. Manufacturing technologies.
3. Methods for replacing the elements of equipment.
4. International and national occupational safety guidelines.
5. Pollution assessment techniques and methodologies.
6. Civil defence requirements.
7. Personnel training systems.
8. Specificity of verbal and non-verbal communication in a multicultural environment.
9. Strategies for identifying and resolving intercultural conflicts.
10. Factors for effective multicultural teamwork.
11. Concepts and theories of fundamental sciences.
12. Basic principles of statistics.
13. Laws and regulations in the field of information and communication technologies. Digital environment, risks and threats in the digital environment.
14. Data protection.
15. Protection of intellectual property.
16. Regularities of facts, theories, and processes of professional activity.
17. Communication skills. Social and political structure of society.
18. Social diversity and the principle of equality.
19. Intercultural interaction.
20. Requirements of laws and regulations, and standards governing the field.
21. Basic principles of business environment.
At the application level:
1. Occupational safety requirements.
2. Environmental protection requirements.
3. Fire safety requirements. Basic requirements for providing first aid.
4. Electrical safety requirements for equipment.
5. Approved visual notifications.
6. Environmental protection requirements.
7. Civil defence measures.
8. Occupational safety, environmental protection, and civil defence training programs.
9. Safety regulations for manufacturing equipment.
10. Rules for safe operation of equipment and facilities.
11. Extensive professional vocabulary.
12. Methods of data processing, analysis, and collection.
13. Mathematical methods.
14. Mathematical terminology.
15. Software in conformity with the work task.
16. Digital tools and technologies.
17. Means of digital communication.
18. Data security.
19. Self-assessment mechanisms. Planning of education, career, and progress of work.
20. Learning strategies.
21. Mechanisms for determining competence development needs.
22. Principles of career assessment development.
23. Basic principles of time planning.
24. Research methods.
25. Principles of general ethics.
26. Professional ethics.
27. Communication psychology.
28. Norms of employment relationship.
29. Financial planning and forecasting methods. Decision-making methods.
30. Planning methods.
31. Work organisation.
32. Communication theories.
33. Financial risks.
34. Financial management and economics.
35. Cooperation principles.
36. Project management.

Professional skills and attitudes
1. To find information based on defined technical parameters of equipment.
2. To formulate a technical task, taking into account the existing resources available to the company and possible limitations.
3. To find information, study analogous structures, and find solutions to a specific issue.
4. To explore the requirements of standards and laws and regulations.
5. To compare the costs of analogous equipment.
6. To develop a kinematic diagram of equipment.
7. To make kinematic, dynamic, and thermodynamic calculations of equipment.
8. To calculate the strength and durability of parts.
9. To select the necessary materials, components, and actuators for equipment to ensure safety of the structure.
10. To prepare a specification for materials and components required to manufacture equipment.
11. To develop a 3D motel and technical drawings of parts, using CAD/CAE technologies.
12. To choose appropriate processing methods and tools.
13. To choose appropriate materials and offer alternative replacements.
14. To perform fitting, turning, welding, milling, and other metalworking operations.
15. To develop manufacturing and assembly routes in accordance with the design and technological documentation.
16. To assemble equipment in accordance with the technical documentation.
17. To approve a mechanical part of equipment and verify its conformity with the technical task.
18. To improve the mechanical structure.
19. To prepare data for the declaration of conformity of equipment.
20. To prepare data for the operating instructions of equipment.
21. To evaluate the economic indicators of the completed work.
22. To prepare data for the calculation of the prime cost and pay-back period.
23. To manage the company’s resources and capabilities.
24. To assess the processing methods outlined in the technical documentation.
25. To prepare the necessary sketches and/or technical drawings for the manufacturing of equipment.
26. To prepare the necessary specification for materials.
27. To organise the manufacturing of equipment.
28. To assess the conformity of equipment parameters with manufacturing requirements.
29. To manage manufacturing techniques and methods.
30. To select appropriate equipment.
31. To use computer-aided design (CAD/CAE/CAM) technologies.
32. To use the technology of computer numerical control (CNC) machine tools.
33. To apply industrial networking technologies.
34. To choose the optimal processing method.
35. To choose additive manufacturing methods.
36. To choose templates according to the manufacturing method.
37. To evaluate labour resources and their qualification.
38. To determine the machine tools to be operated.
39. To choose appropriate cutting tools.
40. To calculate cutting modes.
41. To develop technological operation charts.
42. To compare the parameters of a structure with the design task.
43. To assess the permissible deviations of parameters.
44. To draw up statistical reports on manufacturing processes.
45. To develop calculation and analysis programs.
46. To analyse the parameters of processing methods.
47. To prepare templates for displaying results.
48. To fill out design result forms.
49. To draw up manufacturing schedules.
50. To participate in the preparation of cost and material calculations and work schedules.
51. To analyse the equipment maintenance data.
52. To observe the frequency of maintenance and repairs.
53. To work with spreadsheet software.
54. To forecast equipment performance.
55. To participate in the development of risk assessment.
56. To be familiar with the classification of measuring devices.
57. To conduct an inventory of measuring devices.
58. To manage the system of the storage of measuring devices at the company.
59. To assess the conformity of measuring devices with accuracy, performance, and precision requirements.
60. To assess measuring devices visually.
61. To calibrate measuring devices.
62. To organise the verification of measuring devices.
63. To monitor the geometry of the processed parts.
64. To compare the measurements with manufacturing specifications.
65. To ensure the compilation of measurement results.
66. To analyse measurement results.
67. To determine the reliability of the measurement process quantitatively.
68. To modify or adjust the measurement process for its optimisation.
69. To choose appropriate cutting tools.
70. To measure the geometry of cutting tools.
71. To define the geometric parameters of a tool for the control system of a computer numerical control machine tool.
General skills and attitudes
1. To organise the performance of work in conformity with the labour protection requirements.
2. To assess the work environment risk factors.
3. To organise appropriate compliance with environmental protection requirements.
4. To organise the personnel training on occupational safety, fire safety, and environmental protection issues.
5. To provide first aid and perform emergency procedures in case of an accident.
6. To assess the conformity of mechanical equipment with electrical safety requirements.
7. To organise the replacement of mechanical system elements that do not meet the specified electrical safety requirements.
8. To inform the employees about safety instructions on a regular basis.
9. To use forms of visual communication for safety awareness.
10. To draw up environmental investigation reports.
11. To monitor the progress of environmental protection processes.
12. To participate in the implementation of environmental protection projects.
13. To organise the fulfilment of requirements outlined in the civil defence plan.
14. To undertake the measures outlined in the civil defence plan.
15. To inform the employees about occupational safety improvement plans on a regular basis.
16. To participate in the training of the responsible personnel.
17. To participate in the investigation of accidents.
18. To identify the potential hazards and risks.
19. To engage in oral discussions with employees and management regarding safety issues.
20. To communicate orally and in writing in various professional situations and environments when completing the work tasks.
21. To use the professional terminology in the official language and in at least two foreign languages.
22. To explain own opinion in a well-argued manner.
23. To improve the foreign language skills and professional vocabulary independently.
24. To elaborate mathematical diagrams and charts in everyday work.
25. To apply mathematical modelling in the field of engineering.
26. To seek for creative solutions for the development of technological processes.
27. To implement environmentally friendly manufacturing processes.
28. To obtain the necessary information by using modern information technologies.
29. To process the information, data, and content in the digital environment.
30. To use various methods for solving technical problems and adapting digital tools to meet technical needs, including by providing assistance to others.
31. To plan the development of professional competences.
32. To keep up with the development of theory and practice in the professional activity and professional field.
33. To use the acquired knowledge in practice.
34. To improve the research skills.
35. To be tolerant of different opinions and reach a compromise.
36. To manage stress in the social communication process.
37. To express own opinion in a well-argued manner.
38. To monitor the compliance with the norms of employment relationship.
39. To identify the potential risks when completing work tasks.
40. To create a team for collaborative action in creating new products.
41. To evaluate the achieved goals by assessing own and the team’s contribution to work.
42. To use feedback to set new goals for one’s own and team’s work.

Professional competences
1. Ability to prepare a technical task for the manufacturing of equipment in close collaboration with the customer by taking into account
2. the operating principles and parameters of equipment and the resources of the company.
3. Ability to study the structures of analogous equipment by searching information in catalogues and technical standards.
4. Ability to develop the mechanical structure of equipment accurately, in conformity with the technical task, based on the researched related solutions.
5. Ability to creatively develop equipment and approve it by using modern metalworking technologies.
6. Ability to carefully prepare the necessary documentation for equipment operation while following the fundamental principles of drawing up documents.
7. Ability to prepare the economic assessment of equipment by performing calculations.
8. Ability to assess the use of technological equipment in conformity with the processing precision, company’s resources and needs.
9. Ability to ensure the use of technological equipment in conformity with the processing precision, company’s resources and needs.
10. Ability to assess the availability of equipment required for the processing of products.
11. Ability to use modern technologies to ensure the manufacturing process by applying modern technologies.
12. Ability to optimise the manufacturing process in conformity with the selected criterion and target function.
13. Ability to draw up technological manufacturing documentation accurately, in conformity with the regulations established at the company.
14. Ability to analyse the design data accurately by using product lifecycle management (PLM) software.
15. Ability to design algorithms by using calculation and analysis programs.
16. Ability to visualise design results.
17. Ability to assess the implementation of a manufacturing programme independently, in conformity with the approved manufacturing technology.
18. Ability to analyse the equipment maintenance and repair data independently by using database processing software.
19. Ability to ensure the performance of equipment in conformity with the maintenance and repair schedules.
20. Ability to manage the calibration of the company’s measuring devices independently, conduct their inventory, and assess their technical condition.
21. Ability to responsibly use industrial metrology methods in ensuring the quality of manufacturing.
22. Ability to measure the dimensions of parts and surface textures accurately and assess the measurement uncertainty and accuracy by determining optimal measurement process parameters.
23. Ability to use measurement results when analysing the technological process.
24. Ability to assess the measurement uncertainty and accuracy responsibly.
25. Ability to verify the conformity of the geometry of cutting tools with the requirements for computer numerical control machine tools.
General competences
1. Ability to ensure the compliance with occupational safety, fire safety, and electrical safety requirements by strictly adhering to national and company-developed guidelines and visual warnings of hazards, as well as monitoring how the employees comply with these requirements.
2. Ability to ensure the compliance with environmental protection and civil defence requirements by strictly adhering to national and company-developed guidelines and monitoring how the employees comply with these requirements.
3. Ability to responsibly train the personnel on occupational safety, environmental protection, and civil defence issues.
4. Ability to accurately identify the potential hazards and ensure the compliance with equipment and machinery safety requirements by placing appropriate labels.
5. Ability to communicate, write, read, and speak in the official language and at least two foreign languages while understanding and using professional terminology.
6. Ability to use mathematical thinking to make forecasts, provide well-argued justifications, and to verify and compare the proposed solutions.
7. Ability to create digital content in various formats and distribute it by using means and technologies of digital communication, while observing the norms of property rights and data protection and providing support to others.
8. Ability to improve own knowledge of innovations in the mechanical engineering sector and use them when performing professional work tasks.
9. Ability to adhere to the principles of professional and general ethics, cooperate, express own opinion in a well-argued manner, and reach an agreement.
10. Ability to observe the norms of employment relationship and adopt responsible decisions in conformity with the requirements of the regulatory framework for labour law.
11. Ability to independently engage in the development of company’s operations by forming a team for collaborative action.