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

Multimedia design specialist

  • Knowledge

    1. The KNOWLEDGE at the level of notion:
    1.1. Technical aesthetics.
    1.2. Legal employment relations.
    1.3. Copyright.
    2. The KNOWLEDGE at the level of understanding :
    2.1. Ergonomics.
    2.2. Cost estimating principles.
    2.3. Communication psychology.
    2.4. History of design.
    2.5. History of art.
    2.6. Regularities of the cultural environment.
    2.7. Digital video processing technologies.
    2.8. Basics of the theory of music and composition.
    2.9. Basics of the functional analysis of projects.
    2.10. Design.
    2.11. Basics of the theory of sound.
    2.12. Colour psychology.
    2.13. Professional terms in the official language and one foreign language.
    2.14. Environmental protection.
    2.15. Labour protection.
    3. The KNOWLEDGE at the level of use:
    3.1. Style analysis.
    3.2. Visual information communication equipment.
    3.3. Virtual modelling and design technologies.
    3.4. 2D and 3D composition.
    3.5. Fundamentals of colour theory and coloristic.
    3.6. Digital colour theory.
    3.7. Playback technologies.
    3.8. Drawing.
    3.9. Sketching.
    3.10. Painting technologies.
    3.11. Photography technologies.
    3.12. Applied informatics.
    3.13. Contemporary design trends and current events.
    3.14. Professional communication.
    3.15. History of video.
    3.16. Stylistics.
    3.17. Emergency first aid.
    3.18. Official language.
    3.19. One foreign language at the level of communication.

  • Skills

    1. To plan and organize his/her work according to the particular work task.
    2. To use the fundaments of the language of art and apply them in the design-related processes.
    3. To understand the general basic principles of multimedia and other visual information.
    4. To be aware of the influence of the multimedia project implementation on the target group.
    5. To perceive the values of the design in terms of aesthetics, ethnicity and cultural history.
    6. To understand the methods for the evaluation of the multimedia product and the principles of its transformation.
    7. To understand the stylistic regularities of the contemporary visual environment.
    8. To comply with the technical standards applicable in the particular field.
    9. To apply the aesthetic standards applicable in the particular field.
    10. To comply with the rules of conduct applicable in the particular field.
    11. To use the professional terms in the official language and one foreign language.
    12. To use the available professional information sources.
    13. To use the internet.
    14. To have the concept of the contemporary design and implementation technologies applicable in the particular field.
    15. To select and use software systems adequate to the implementation of the project.
    16. To perform professional analysis of the work task, process information, specify the work task and adapt the requirements set by the customer to specific technological solutions for the performance of work.
    17. To approve technically irreproachable raw materials and prepare them for their subsequent usage, correction or saving in the archive.
    18. To assess the compliance of his/her proficiencies and skills with the standard of the profession and global labour market standards.
    19. To prepare his/her project materials for their presentation and demonstrate them to those concerned.
    20. To draw up the project cost estimate and adhere to it during the work process.
    21. To understand the sequence of the correlated work processes and their rational organization.
    22. To have understanding of actions necessary for an efficient implementation of a multimedia project.
    23. To materialize an idea of aesthetic and artistic value by using the appropriate technologies.
    24. To use the professional standards and documentation related to this field.
    25. To collaborate with the specialists of technologies necessary for the project implementation (specialized in fields such as video recording, digital video processing technologies, digital acoustic signal processing technologies, user interface technologies, interactive digital technologies, production, digital colour correction technologies, lightning technologies, visual communication technologies, music theory and composition, and programming).
    26. To be proficient in the official language.
    27. To be proficient in one foreign language at the level of communication.

  • Competences/ autonomy

    1. To professionally evaluate the procedures necessary to implement a valuable multimedia project and set priorities.
    2. To define the amount, quantity and quality of the information and raw materials.
    3. To participate in the decision-making process and proceed according to the action plan.
    4. To efficiently organize, use and maintain a safe and stable workplace, working conditions and virtual environment.
    5. To comprehend and define the work task and customer’s requirements, evaluate the specific features of project development and operation, and assess the level of the information technologies used in information and document flow.
    6. To identify the potential information sources and collaborate with the partners.
    7. To individually obtain information on the regulatory and binding design standards, norms and restrictions applicable during the implementation of the particular project and comply with the legal standards regarding the copyright.
    8. To comply with the rules of professional conduct, regulatory enactments applicable in the field of multimedia design and other regulatory documents.
    9. To efficiently gather information on the project to be implemented by creating substantial project structures and stylistic descriptions, and coordinate the aforementioned with the project manager.
    10. To adequately handle project-related problem situations and duly make the relevant decisions.
    11. To analyze the features of the available samples and analogous values, as well as the compositional, tonal, colouristic and stylistic solution.
    12. To find technical solutions and compare them basing on the features of their aesthetic values by assessing the negative and positive criteria.
    13. To evaluate and analyze the work capacity necessary to improve the quality of the substantial raw materials and prepare the project cost estimate and schedules of deadlines by coordinating them with the project manager.
    14. To keep the project manager and the customer informed about the work progress.
    15. To efficiently participate in the elaboration of specifications of the substantial raw materials and technologies, and assessment of work capacity, time and quality necessary for the layout design of the project.
    16. To develop the substantial, visual, technical and technological contents of the project and perform the documentary recording.
    17. To meet the qualitative visual, aesthetic, ergonomic and compositional preconditions conforming with the requirements of the project target group.
    18. To opt for the most appropriate proportional and rhythmical reasoning and the most suitable solutions for the project concept regarding shapes, curves and fields.
    19. To take into account restrictions regarding technologies and be able to take advantage of them.
    20. To coordinate the solution with the customer by controlling the preservation of the aesthetic value and make corrections, if necessary.
    21. To design a particular part of the project, its components or the whole project.
    22. To efficiently present samples of the conceptual solutions for the multimedia project and make comments according to the level of his/her professional expertise.
    23. To perform efficient field supervision of the project by ensuring the preservation of the priority of aesthetic values in line with the particular technological process and compliance with the project concept and the set deadline.
    24. To individually keep up with the current events and trends in multimedia project design and related fields, as well as identify and develop the possibilities for collaboration with similar professionals.
    25. To comply with the fire and labour protection regulations and protect the environmoccuent.
    26. To be able to work on a team.
    27. To understand design regularities and their role in market economy.
    28. To communicate in the official language and 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

- Profesionālās izglītības iestāde "Latvijas - Vācijas profesionālās izglītības centrs"

Vocational further education and development institution:

- Continuing Vocational Education and Professional Development Education Institution "Distance Learning Vocational Centre of Latvia"

- Vocational Education Institution "Vocational Education Centre of Latvia-Germany"

Liquidated/Reorganised/Changed title and\or type:

- Educational Institution "Web-Technology 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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Arts (021)

Detailed field: (ISCED 2013)

Fashion, interior and industrial design (0212)

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

National Database of Education Opportunities

Active qualification

Last changes: 12.01.2023

Posted: 07.05.2016