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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Learning outcomes are formulated in accordance with the relevant occupational standard: Occupational standards register

Glazed building structure assembler

  • Knowledge

    1. The knowledge necessary for performance of the basic tasks of the professional activity at the level of notion:
    1.1. construction design software;
    1.2. structural analysis/building physics;
    1.3. informative databases;
    1.4. geodesy;
    1.5. structure principles of the system of laws and regulations;
    1.6. construction drawing.
    2. The knowledge necessary for performance of the basic tasks of the professional activity at the level of understanding:
    2.1. electrical engineering;
    2.2. building work organization;
    2.3. parts of structures;
    2.4. carpentry works (compliance and compatibility of the materials to be used, basic principles of material deposition);
    2.5. a roofer’s works (basic principles of waterproofing and their operation;
    2.6. sequence and work capacity of the construction works;
    2.7. regulatory enactments regulating  construction;
    2.8. composition of the building design;
    2.9. construction terminology and graphical designations;
    2.11. duties, rights and responsibility of the construction participants.
    3. The knowledge necessary for performance of the basic tasks of the professional activity at the level of use:
    3.1. construction materials and construction products;
    3.2. building structures;
    3.3. building structure connection methods and types;
    3.4. construction work technology;
    3.5. assembly works of building structures;
    3.6. land works (for the specialization “reinforced concrete construction assembler”);
    3.7. concreting works (for the specialization “reinforced concrete/glazed building structure assembler”);
    3.8. conformity assessment of construction products;
    3.9. construction machinery;
    3.10. cargo securing and moving cargo;
    3.11. finishing work;
    3.12. measuring devices and instruments;
    3.13. equipment and instruments;
    3.14. labour protection, labour protectionmeans and their use;
    3.15. legal employment relations;
    3.16. environmental protection;
    3.17. workplace ergonomics;
    3.18. fire safety, fire-fighting equipment and their use;
    3.19. civil protection;
    3.20. first aid;
    3.21. basics of communication;
    3.22. basic principles of professional and general ethicss;
    3.23. computer science;
    3.24. professional terms in the official language and in one foreign language.
    3.25. official language
    3.26. one foreign language at the level of professional communication.

  • Skills

    1. To cooperate with other employees within the framework of the work tasks by working in a team and observing the basic principles of professional and general ethics and work order regulations.
    2. To understand construction work technologies, distinguish the functional role and use of construction products.
    3. To apply the designations and terminology used in the drawings.
    4. To read building plans, facade, section and building construction node drawings.
    5. To understand building structure interaction.
    6. To connect different building structures
    7. To assess quality of construction products, building materials and their conformity with the parameters required in the building design.
    8. To determine and prepare the amount of the construction materials needed for the work performance.
    9. To manage the deposition methods of construction products.
    10. To set and enclose the own work space.
    11. To set up ergonomically convenient and safe work place.
    12. To set up and dismantle scaffolding in a safe way.
    13. To use appropriate equipment and tools.  
    14. To se the technological equipment and tools suiotable for particular types of construction works.
    15. To safely move building structures and building materials necessary for the work performance.
    16. To use geodetic and other measuring devices and tools.
    17. To understand justification of the quality requirements of the works to be performed. 
    18. To survey the performed assembly works of the building structures. 
    19. To inspect, assess visually and mechanically (with tools and special measuring instruments), building structures, construction products and construction materials. 
    20. To manage and use the technological solutions foreseen in the building design.
    21. To orient in the work organization calendar schedule, understand it and organize the own working schedule, observe the calendar schedule. 
    22. To list the amount of the performed works.
    23. To assess the consequences of th discrepancies made and ensure their prevention.
    24. To organize and perform the own work individually, analyse the work progress and to be responsible for the own work results.
    25. To recognise dangerous works and operations at the construction site.
    26. To observe the standards of the legal employment relationship.
    27. To observe the requirements of the labour protection laws and regulations, use safe working methods, use individual and collective labour protection means and provide the first aid.
    28. To observe the requirements of the environmental protection laws and regulations.
    29. To act in emergency situations.
    30. To identify hazardous waste, gather and sort construction waste.
    31. To argue and justify one’s own view in problem situations.
    32. To have a good command of the official language.
    33. To have a good command of one foreign language at the level of communication.
    34. To use professional terminology in the official language and in one foreign language.

  • Competences/ autonomy

    1. Ability to manage, apply and observe the requirements of the laws and regulations when performing the construction works.
    2. Ability to understand the ways of building construction works, their technology and specific character, as well as the necessary work capacity.
    3. Ability to be competent and understand the work organization according to the calendar schedule, draw up an appropriateschedule of the operational works.
    4. Ability to read and understand building designs.
    5. Ability to prepare a specification of construction products and materials, set the characteristics and amount of the construction products and materials for the building structure assembly works, choose appropriate equipment and tools.
    6. Ability to set up ergonomically convenient and safe work place and use the equipment necessary for the works.
    7. Ability to meet the requirements of the labour protection laws and regulations, use safe working techniques, individual and collective labour protection means, act accordingly in emergency situations and provide the first aid.
    8. Ability to set and enclose the own work space.
    9. Ability to set up and dismantle scaffolding according to the requirements.
    10. Ability to perform the work individually and be responsible for the own work result.
    11. Ability to perform the construction works individually, including such works as assembly of building structures and carpentry works.
    12. Ability to safely move the constructions and building materials necessary for the work performance, recognise dangerous work places and operations at the construction site.
    13. Ability to survey the performed works by using geodetic and other measuring devices and tools.
    14. Ability to understand building structure interaction and connect different constructions, assess quality of the construction products and materials and their conformity with the parameters required in the building design.
    15. Ability to understand quality requirements of the works to be performed.
    16. Ability to assess the quality of the performed works and assess the consequences of the discrepancies and ensure their prevention.
    17. Ability to identify hazardous waste, gather and sort construction waste, manage environmental protection techniques and observe the requirements of the environmental protection laws and regulations.
    18. Ability to cooperate and communicate within the own team (brigade) with construction participants by observing the basic principles of the professional and general ethics. 
    19. Ability to organise assembly works of building structures.
    20. Ability to have a good command of he official language and communicate in one foreign language.

Qualification acquisition requirements

Previous education
Certificate of general secondary education or Diploma of vocational secondary 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) or
Formal (through non-formal education acquired competence recognition process, completing the qualifications professional examination)
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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not less than 640 or not less than 960 hours (640h equals 2. PKL, 960h exuals 3. PKL)

Qualification document

Awarding body

Vocational basic and secondary education institution

- Ogre 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 (continuing education)

Full or partial

Full qualification

Sector Qualifications Structure: Construction sector

Kvalifikācijas tips:
Specialization of base qualification:
Connected to: Certificate of professional qualification: Building Structure Assembler , Certificate of professional qualification: Building Assembler with Specialisation Metal Structure Assembler; Reinforced Concrete Constructions Assembler; Glazed Construction Assembler; Wood Construction Assembler , Certificate of professional qualification: Reinforced Concrete Building Structure a Assembler , Certificate of professional qualification: Building Assembler with Specialization: Wood Building Assembler , Certificate of professional qualification: Building Assembler with Specialization: Metal Building Assembler , Certificate of professional qualification: Building Assembler with Specialization: Glazed Building Assembler , CERTIFICATE OF VOCATIONAL BASIC EDUCATION with professional qualification: Building Worker , Certificate of professional qualification: Building Worker , DIPLOMA OF VOCATIONAL SECONDARY EDUCATION with professional qualification: Building Technician , DIPLOMA OF VOCATIONAL SECONDARY EDUCATION with professional qualification: Building Construction Technician , DIPLOMA OF VOCATIONAL SECONDARY EDUCATION with professional qualification: Hydro-structure Construction Technician , DIPLOMA OF VOCATIONAL SECONDARY EDUCATION with professional qualification: Carpenter , DIPLOMA OF VOCATIONAL SECONDARY EDUCATION with professional qualification: Carpenter , Certificate of professional qualification: Carpenter , DIPLOMA OF VOCATIONAL SECONDARY EDUCATION with professional qualification: Roofer

Link to the descriptions of the Sector Qualifications Structure levels

Other information

National Education Information System

National Database of Education Opportunities

Active qualification

Last changes: 21.04.2020

Posted: 06.06.2017