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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Forestry technician

  • Knowledge

    PROFESSIONAL knowledge:
    At the concept level:
    1. Basics of hunting management.
    At the comprehension level:
    1. Types of forests.
    2. Forest soils.
    3. Ways of reforestation.
    4. Technology for the treatment of forest soil.
    5. Use of the forest management plan.
    6. Techniques for the measurement of the forest stand.
    7. Structure of the forest stand.
    8. Types of wood products.
    9. Requirements of the regulations on the felling of trees in the forest.
    10. Forest infrastructure objects.
    11. Forest fauna and damages to the forest stands.
    12. Forest protection measures.
    13. Rules for the transportation of hazardous cargoes.
    14. Forest soils, terrain, and characteristics.
    15. Types of forest machines.
    16. Elements of forest structure of biological significance.
    17. Cultural and historical values to be preserved.
    18. Wood products.
    19. Factors limiting the establishment of a log yard.
    20. Equipment of forest machines.
    21. Basic principles of tending of young stands.
    22. Structure of a shrub trimmer.
    23. Structure of a chainsaw.
    At the application level:
    1. Tree species.
    2. Types of tree seedlings and seeds.
    3. Basics of the use of geospatial information systems.
    4. Rules for the restoration of forest stands.
    5. Basics of the use of geospatial information systems.
    6. Types of instruments for the measuring of the forest stand.
    7. Basics of the planning of logging.
    8. Environmental protection requirements in forestry.
    9. Types of instruments for the measuring of the forest stand.
    10. Basics of anticipating the outcome of wood products.
    11. Basics of forest inventory.
    12. Basics of the planning of logging.
    13. Environmental protection requirements in forestry.
    14. Road traffic rules.
    15. Ways of securing cargoes.
    16. Conditions for the transportation of seedlings.
    17. Reforestation and forest establishment regulations.
    18. Requirements of the regulations on the felling of trees in the forest.
    19. Types of instruments for the measuring of the forest stand and wood materials.
    20. Techniques for the measurement of the forest stand.
    21. Environmental protection requirements in forestry.
    22. Information technologies.
    23. Basics of calculating the resource and labour costs.
    24. Classification of delivery conditions.
    25. Calculations of the area of a log yard.
    26. Designations to be used in the process chart and requirements for its drafting.
    27. Use of digital and printed charts.
    28. Planning of logging works.
    29. Use of digital and printed charts.
    30. Labour protection requirements in forestry.
    31. Set-up of workplaces for tending of young stands.
    32. Determination of the target species of the forest stand.
    33. Methods of working with the shrub trimmer.
    34. Preparation of fuel mixture.
    35. Techniques for the maintenance and repair of a shrub trimmer.
    36. Measurements of the young stand.
    37. Requirements of the regulations on the felling of trees in the forest.
    38. Methods of working with the chainsaw.
    39. Quality requirements for wood products.
    40. Methods of measuring wood materials.
    41. Techniques for the maintenance and repair of a chainsaw.
    42. Techniques for the measurement of the forest stand.
    43. Requirements of the regulations on the felling of trees in the forest.
    GENERAL knowledge:
    At the concept level:
    1. Work environment risk factors and assessment methods.
    2. Laws and regulations regarding labour protection and electrical and fire safety.
    3. Working conditions and human health as a precondition for life quality.
    4. Employment legal relationship.
    5. Rights, obligations, and liability of an individual.
    6. Information systems security.
    7. Basics of copyrights.
    8. Intercultural interaction.
    9. Decision-making principles.
    10. Professional career development and its importance.
    11. Learning strategies.
    12. Self-assessment principles.
    At the comprehension level:
    1. Basics of the planning of work.
    2. Principles of ergonomics.
    3. Operating rules for technological facilities and equipment.
    4. Effect of individual action and decisions on own safety and safety of other persons.
    5. Protective measures for reducing the detrimental effect of the ambient temperature of the work environment on health.
    6. Composition of employment contract and collective agreement.
    7. Preconditions for effective communication.
    8. Psychology of interaction and ethics.
    9. Principles of promoting cooperation.
    10. Vocabulary.
    11. Grammar and language functions.
    12. Types of verbal interaction.
    13. Units of measurement and shapes.
    14. Mathematical terminology.
    15. Mathematical methods and instruments.
    At the application level:
    1. Time planning techniques.
    2. Safety signals and signs.
    3. Provision of first aid.
    4. Application software in preparation of documents.
    5. Positive interaction techniques.
    6. Effective interaction and cooperation techniques.
    7. Official language.
    8. Professional terminology.
    9. Foreign language.
    10. Calculation.

  • Skills

    PROFESSIONAL skills:
    1. To determine the way of reforestation in accordance with the type of the forest.
    2. To determine the type of soil treatment in accordance with the type of the forest and the way of reforestation.
    3. To analyse forest inventory data, using geospatial information systems.
    4. To choose the most appropriate period for the treatment of forest soil.
    5. To determine the tree species most appropriate for the reforestation in accordance with the type of the forest.
    6. To choose the type of seedlings/seeds most appropriate for the reforestation and the period for the performance of works.
    7. To assess the density and basal area of the forest stand.
    8. To determine the composition of the tree species and target species of the forest stand.
    9. To determine the intensity of tending of the forest stand.
    10. To choose the most appropriate period to tend the forest stand.
    11. To measure the growing trees.
    12. To evaluate the outcome of wood products.
    13. To measure the basal area of the forest stand, and the height and average diameter of trees.
    14. To determine the age of the forest stand.
    15. To choose the most appropriate period to perform wood harvesting works.
    16. To assess the condition of a forest road.
    17. To determine the condition of the forest amelioration system.
    18. To determine the causes of damages to the forest stand and their extent.
    19. To choose the way to protect the forest stand.
    20. To drive an automobile.
    21. To secure the cargo to be transported.
    22. To fill in cargo accompanying documents.
    23. To check the quality of soil treatment.
    24. To assess the quality of forest seeding/planting.
    25. To check the quality of forest tending works.
    26. To assess the quality of wood harvesting works.
    27. To perform a simple calculation of labour costs.
    28. To account the used materials and working hours.
    29. To assess the working conditions for logging within felling areas.
    30. To determine the suitability of the forest machines for work in a specific area.
    31. To identify the natural assets to be preserved.
    32. To recognise the values of public interest.
    33. To calculate the area required for the log yard.
    34. To evaluate the roads for the access to the log yard.
    35. To identify the factors limiting the establishment of a log yard.
    36. To place the collective protective equipment at the workplace for logging within felling areas.
    37. To use personal protective equipment for logging within felling areas.
    38. To draw the process flow of logging within the felling area.
    39. To determine the sequence of logging columns within the felling area.
    40. To determine the most advantageous and safest arrangement of access roads.
    41. To evaluate the equipment of the forest machines for work in a specific area.
    42. To determine the sequence of logging columns within the felling area.
    43. To identify risks during the logging within the felling area.
    44. To place the collective protective equipment at the workplace for logging within felling areas.
    45. To use personal protective equipment for logging within felling areas.
    46. To determine the most appropriate site in the forest to place instruments and take breaks.
    47. To equip the workplace in the forest with environmental protection equipment.
    48. To recognise tree species.
    49. To determine the target species of the forest stand.
    50. To determine the number of trees to be preserved in the forest stand.
    51. To assess the quality of the trees to be preserved and felled.
    52. To saw trees with the shrub trimmer.
    53. To maintain the shrub trimmer.
    54. To perform simple repair of the shrub trimmer.
    55. To determine the density of the forest stand.
    56. To use the tables of the trees to be preserved.
    57. To assess the quality of the trees to be preserved and felled.
    58. To saw trees with the chainsaw.
    59. To assess the compliance of the wood product to be prepared with the quality requirements.
    60. To measure wood products, using an individual method.
    61. To measure wood products, using a group method.
    62. To maintain the chainsaw.
    63. To perform simple repair of the chainsaw.
    64. To determine the basal area of the forest stand.
    65. To measure the glades of the forest stand.
    66. To account the preserved natural assets within the felling area.
    GENERAL skills:
    1. To plan the sequence of performance of work tasks.
    2. To assign work tasks.
    3. To use personal and collective protective equipment.
    4. To operate technological facilities and equipment safely.
    5. To provide first aid.
    6. To act in the event of fire according to the established procedure.
    7. To organise own work in compliance with labour protection, electrical and fire safety, and environmental protection requirements, taking into account the effects on health.
    8. To assess the effect of individual action and decisions on own safety and safety of other persons.
    9. To comply with the Labour Law requirements.
    10. To comply with the internal work procedure regulations of the company.
    11. To carry out the assigned duties, respecting the specified the time-limits.
    12. To prepare documents or reports in conformity with a sample by using application software.
    13. To communicate, using information technologies.
    14. To work individually.
    15. To cooperate in a team.
    16. To be aware of own responsibility while completing a joint task.
    17. To become personally involved in the generation of new ideas, taking the initiative.
    18. To think critically and creatively.
    19. To resolve conflict situations.
    20. To provide arguments to support own opinion.
    21. To communicate in the official language.
    22. To use professional terminology in the official language.
    23. To communicate in foreign language both orally and in writing.
    24. To use professional terminology in one foreign language.
    25. To calculate the quantity of materials required to complete a work task.
    26. To calculate the quantity of auxiliary materials required to execute a work task.
    27. To evaluate own professional skills and development opportunities.
    28. To acquire new skills according to labour market needs.
    29. To have thorough knowledge of information sources regarding the sectoral developments.

  • Competences/ autonomy

    PROFESSIONAL competences:
    1. Ability to evaluate the need for reforestation works in accordance with the forest management plan, laws and regulations.
    2. Ability to determine the need for the tending of the forest stand, wood harvesting, and maintenance of infrastructure objects.
    3. Ability to undertake forest protection measures.
    4. Ability to deliver the resources necessary for the management works to the workplace set up in the forest.
    5. Ability to evaluate the amount of forest management works, their quality, and the used resources.
    6. Ability to plan the logging within the felling area.
    7. Ability to tend the young stands, using a shrub trimmer.
    8. Ability to perform the tending of the forest stand and wood harvesting works, using a chainsaw.
    GENERAL competences:
    1. Ability to plan time and organise daily works independently.
    2. Ability to complete work tasks in compliance with the labour protection and electrical and fire safety requirements.
    3. Ability to act in extreme situations responsibly and provide first aid.
    4. Ability to comply with and establish employment legal relationship of the company, as well as comply with the internal work procedure regulations.
    5. Ability to carry out duties in compliance with the specified time-limits for the execution of work and quality requirements.
    6. Ability to choose and use information and communication technologies to complete a work task.
    7. Ability to engage in teamwork effectively and cooperate in the work team successfully while completing a task individually or in a team.
    8. Ability to express and interpret concepts, thoughts, facts, and opinion in the official language both orally and in writing.
    9. Ability to communicate and use professional terminology in one foreign language.
    10. Ability to apply mathematical thinking while planning the completion of a work task.
    11. Ability to take reasoned decisions on planning own career in the chosen professional area.

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)
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

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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LQF PQ level:

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Theoretical and practical training corresponding to the LQF levels, characterized by the learning outcomes that can be achieved at the relevant level, which gives the opportunity to perform work corresponding to a certain level 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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Forestry (082)

Detailed field: (ISCED 2013)

Forestry (0821)

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

Other information

National Education Information System

Active qualification

Last changes: 24.10.2024

Posted: 04.12.2019