PROFESSIONAL knowledge:
At the concept level:
1. Types of metal anti-corrosion agents, conditions for their use.
2. Ways and techniques of packing the produced parts.
3. Ways and techniques of storing the produced parts.
At the comprehension level:
1. Evacuation plan.
2. Principles of setting up a safe workplace.
3. Environmental protection requirements.
4. Risk factors of the surrounding work environment.
5. Principles of organising the workplace of the operator of numerical control metalworking machine-tools.
6. Principles of occupational ethics.
7. Requirements of the instruction for use of numerical control metalworking machine-tools.
8. Principles of applying metal machining programs.
9. Principles of determining the dimensions of the working area.
10. Chemical, physical, main mechanical, technological, and operational properties of metals, composite materials, and their alloys.
11. Marking of metals and composite materials.
12. Classification of metals and composite materials.
13. Quality requirements for materials and auxiliary materials to be used for metal and composite material machining works.
14. Types of instruments and cutting instruments for machining of metal and composite materials.
15. Techniques for sharpening instruments and cutting instruments.
16. Techniques for using catalogues and smart programs for the selection of instruments.
17. Requirements for recording the data on the technical maintenance of numerical control metalworking machine-tools.
18. Operating principles and technological options of numerical control metalworking machine-tools.
19. Attachment of the zero-point.
20. Metal-cutting technologies.
21. Types and modes of metal machining.
22. Turning.
23. Milling.
24. Coordinate cutting of sheets.
25. Bending.
26. Grinding.
27. Types of instruments and cutting instruments for machining of metal and composite materials.
28. Principles of developing programs for machining of simple parts.
29. Manual programming languages of programs for machining of simple parts.
30. Layout and significance of the keyboard of the control panel.
31. Principles of assessing surface roughness.
32. Metal-cutting technologies.
33. Methods for determining the degree of wear of cutting instruments.
34. Documentation for accounting of the produced parts in the company.
35. Reading of summary drawings.
36. Descriptive geometry.
37. Basics of technical graphics.
At the application level:
1. Conditions for the selection and use of personal protective equipment.
2. Requirements for the use of collective protective equipment.
3. Methods of providing first aid.
4. Action in an emergency.
5. Introductory instruction requirements.
6. Requirements of the instruction of labour protection at the workplace.
7. Labour protection safety signs and signals, requirements for their observance.
8. Electrical safety regulations.
9. Fire safety regulations.
10. Action in the event of fire.
11. Requirements for sorting waste.
12. Basic principles of ergonomics.
13. Principles of placing workpieces of parts.
14. Basics of work standardisation.
15. Calculations of labour intensity of operations.
16. Basic principles of developing a work schedule.
17. Reading of technical drafts and drawings.
18. Reading of designations of bases, dimension chains, tolerances, fits, and surface roughness in drawings.
19. Techniques for using tables of designations of bases, dimension chains, tolerances, fits, and surface roughness.
20. Techniques for using the protective equipment of numerical control metalworking machine-tools.
21. Methods of manual inspection of the machining area of the metalworking machine-tool.
22. Methods of verifying the compliance of machining modes.
23. Techniques for removing metal chippings – final machining and roughing of the parent material.
24. Principles of planning the sequence of works for machining of metal and composite material parts.
25. Planning of the part production process.
26. Principles of planning the application of measuring instruments.
27. Sequence of opening metal or composite material machining programs.
28. Use of programming languages of numerical control metalworking machine-tools.
29. Conditions for use of technological fluids.
30. Techniques for preparing coolants.
31. Types of instruments used for machining of metal and composite materials, techniques for their application.
32. Types of measuring instruments and control instruments applied in machining of metal and composite materials, techniques for their use.
33. Types of auxiliary devices for machining of metal and composite materials, techniques for their application.
34. Types of technological facilities for machining of metal and composite materials, techniques for their use.
35. Requirements of rules for operation of numerical control metalworking machine-tools and electrical safety regulations.
36. Techniques for setting up an ergonomic workplace.
37. Ergonomic work practices.
38. Methods of performing daily and routine technical maintenance of numerical control metalworking machine-tools.
39. Techniques for securing instruments on the machine-tool.
40. Techniques for securing auxiliary devices, ways and techniques of securing workpieces.
41. Principles of using the keyboard of the control panel of the numerical control metalworking machine-tool.
42. Data transfer techniques.
43. Compliance of the visualisation of the part machining process with the work task.
44. Trajectory of the center of the spindle axis of the numerical control metalworking machine-tool.
45. Application of measuring instruments and measuring devices.
46. Technology for measuring parts.
47. Principles of calculating the corrections of the cutting instrument.
48. Techniques for using the catalogues of cutting instruments.
49. Methods of changing the attachment of cutting instruments.
50. Methods of calculating the metal and composite materials.
51. Methods of determining the specific weight of metal and composite materials.
52. Ways to account the produced parts.
53. Requirements for filling in the documentation for accounting of the produced parts.
GENERAL knowledge:
At the concept level:
1. Legal relationship.
2. Legal provisions stipulated in the Constitution of the Republic of Latvia in the context of law-governed and civil society.
3. Preconditions for effective communication.
4. Planning and decision-making principles.
5. Laws and regulations regarding information technologies.
6. Laws and regulations regarding business activity.
7. Economic resources and fundamental issues of economics.
At the comprehension level:
1. Grammar and language functions. Types of verbal interaction.
2. Language styles and characteristics of intonation.
3. Diversity of language and communication in different contexts.
4. Operating principles of computer and office equipment.
5. Information systems security.
6. Rights, obligations, and liability of an individual.
7. Fundamental issues of labour rights.
8. Essence of civil society.
9. Psychology of interaction.
10. Techniques for promoting cooperation.
11. Types of commercial activity.
12. Role of the business plan in the business activity.
13. Professional career development and its importance.
At the application level:
1. Vocabulary in the official language and foreign language.
2. Intercultural interaction.
3. Calculation.
4. Mathematical and physical units of measurement and shapes.
5. Mathematical terminology.
6. Application software in compliance with the work task.
7. Principles of applying office equipment.
8. Composition of employment contract.
9. Time planning techniques.
10. Effective interaction and cooperation techniques.
11. Business communication process.
12. Techniques for solving conflict situations.
13. Planning of work sequence.
14. Self-assessment principles.
15. Learning strategies.

PROFESSIONAL skills:
1. To use personal protective equipment.
2. To use collective protective equipment.
3. To inspect the protective devices of the working area and their compliance with safety requirements.
4. To act in an emergency in accordance with the instructions.
5. To provide first aid in accidents.
6. To recognise labour protection safety signs and signals.
7. To obey labour protection safety signs and signals.
8. To comply with the requirements of the introductory instruction and the instruction of labour protection at the workplace.
9. To comply with labour protection safety regulations.
10. To assess the impact of work environment risk factors on health.
11. To comply with electrical safety regulations.
12. To comply with fire safety regulations.
13. To visually assess the compliance of the numerical control metalworking machine-tool with electrical safety regulations.
14. To comply with environmental protection requirements while carrying out work duties.
15. To sort waste generated in the course of work, in compliance with the specified requirements.
16. To use harmless and safe work practices to complete a work task.
17. To follow the basic principles of ergonomics.
18. To verify the compliance of numerical control metalworking machine-tools and the workplace with the technical and occupational safety requirements.
19. To bring the workplace in order in accordance with the work procedure regulations and technical requirements.
20. To examine the work task of machining of metal or composite materials to be completed.
21. To get acquainted with the amount and availability of the necessary materials and auxiliary materials and the necessary time for machining of parts, as specified in the work task.
22. To recognise designations in technical drafts and drawings.
23. To read the technical drawing of the parts to be developed.
24. To apply the conditions specified in the instruction for use of the numerical control metalworking machine-tool.
25. To use the protective equipment of the numerical control metalworking machine-tool in accordance with the requirements specified by the manufacturer.
26. To assess the compliance of the dimensions of the working area with the part to be produced.
27. To check the compliance of the selected machining modes with the technical options of the numerical control metalworking machine-tool.
28. To plan the sequence of the production process of a metal or composite material part.
29. To plan the sequence of the works for machining of a metal or composite material part.
30. To plan the time, place, and surface to measure a part in accordance with the requirements specified in the process chart.
31. To additionally use the technical documentation and tables of tolerances, fits, and surface roughness.
32. To open the metal or composite material machining program in the control system.
33. To read the metal or composite material machining program in the control system.
34. To pick appropriate workpieces of metal or composite materials.
35. To place the workpieces in accordance with the requirements for ergonomic work process.
36. To pick technological fluids to be used in the metalworking process in accordance with the technical documentation of the metalworking machine-tool.
37. To prepare coolants for the work to be performed in accordance with the work task.
38. To prepare instruments in accordance with the work task.
39. To check the technical compliance of instruments with the metal and composite material machining work to be performed.
40. To comply with the requirements for use of the cutting surface of instruments in accordance with the technical documentation of the manufacturer.
41. To prepare measuring instruments and control instruments suitable for the metal and composite material machining work to be performed.
42. To apply the appropriate technique for using measuring instruments and control instruments in compliance with the conditions of the work task.
43. To check the technical compliance of measuring instruments and control instruments with the metal and composite material machining work to be performed.
44. To turn on the numerical control metalworking machine-tool.
45. To check the compliance of the quantity of coolants and lubrication fluids with the rules for operation of the machine-tool.
46. To prepare the auxiliary devices necessary to secure metal or composite material workpieces.
47. To follow the principles of ergonomics at the workplace of the operator.
48. To provide suggestions for the work environment in compliance with ergonomics requirements.
49. To perform daily inspections and technical maintenance of the numerical control metalworking machine-tool.
50. To use lubrication fluids and coolants (technological fluids) in compliance with the requirements of the technical documentation.
51. To record the performed works for technical maintenance of the numerical control metalworking machine-tool.
52. To secure instruments and auxiliary devices on the numerical control metalworking machine-tool.
53. To secure workpieces on the numerical control metalworking machine-tool.
54. To pick from the list the appropriate metal or composite material machining program.
55. To control the dimensions of instruments in accordance with the process chart of the production of the part.
56. To set the machining work program on the numerical control metalworking machine-tool in manual mode.
57. To use data carriers to transfer the metalworking program.
58. To open the graphical representation mode of the numerical control metalworking machine-tool.
59. To open diagnostics windows to control the operation of the parts machining program.
60. To verify the operation of the program in 2D or 3D modes.
61. To visually check the trajectory of the instruments of the machining program.
62. To check the dimensions of a full-scale production part, applying appropriate measuring instruments and measuring devices.
63. To control the surface roughness.
64. To take measurements of parts for the control of the machining process.
65. To identify the degree of wear of cutting instruments in accordance with the outcomes of the measurement of the control part.
66. To correct the attachment of cutting instruments.
67. To respect the operating time of cutting instruments in compliance with the requirements specified in the process chart.
68. To plan the amount of parent materials and auxiliary materials.
69. To evaluate the accepted materials and auxiliary materials in compliance with the quality requirements.
70. To fill in the documentation for accounting of the produced part in accordance with the sample or in the resource management system of the company.
71. To fill in protocols on the measurements of the produced parts.
72. To pack the produced part in compliance with the requirements of the work task.
73. To apply anti-corrosion materials in accordance with the type of the produced parts and requirements for their storage.
GENERAL skills:
1. To communicate both orally and in writing in the official language and one foreign language.
2. To use professional terminology in the official language and one foreign language.
3. To use the basic principles and techniques of mathematics and physics while carrying out the professional work duties.
4. To mathematically substantiate the amount of the used material.
5. To calculate the amount of material necessary for full-scale production.
6. To use computer and office equipment.
7. To find specific information in internet resources and data carriers.
8. To communicate by using information technologies.
9. To use security programs.
10. To prepare documents in compliance with a sample by using application software.
11. To comply with labour legislation requirements.
12. To comply with the internal work procedure regulations of the company.
13. To perform work dutifully, according to the job description.
14. To be aware of own responsibility in the context of civil society.
15. To cooperate in a team, being aware of own responsibility when completing a joint task.
16. To cooperate effectively in different environments and situations.
17. To plan the working hours rationally.
18. To identify and remedy the causes of stress.
19. To become personally involved in the generation of new ideas, taking the initiative.
20. To define priorities by providing arguments, while planning own activity.
21. To independently take decisions on the solutions to problems within the scope of own competence.
22. To participate in professional training and upskilling activities.
23. To develop skills in the use of numerical control metalworking machine-tools.
24. To critically evaluate and use the obtained information in the professional activity.
25. To apply different learning strategies.

PROFESSIONAL competences:
1. Ability to use personal and collective protective equipment responsibly, while carrying out the professional work duties.
2. Ability to provide first aid and act in an emergency.
3. Ability to complete work tasks in compliance with the labour protection, electrical and fire safety, and environmental protection requirements.
4. Ability to apply harmless and safe work practices while carrying out the professional work duties.
5. Ability to keep the workplace of the operator of the numerical control metalworking machine-tools in order.
6. Ability to comprehend the work task of machining of metal or composite materials to be completed in accordance with the amount of work to be performed and time for machining of parts.
7. Ability to read the technical drafts and drawings of work to be performed, in accordance with the work task.
8. Ability to comply with the conditions of the instruction for use of numerical control metalworking machine-tools.
9. Ability to assess the compliance of the technical condition of the numerical control metalworking machine-tool with work to be performed.
10. Ability to get acquainted and comply with the conditions of the process chart of the production process of a metal or composite material part.
11. Ability to get acquainted with the program for machining of the specific part.
12. Ability to prepare materials and technological fluids appropriate for work to be performed.
13. Ability to prepare instruments, measuring instruments, and control instruments suitable for the metal and composite material machining work to be performed.
14. Ability to prepare technological facilities and auxiliary devices in accordance with the work task.
15. Ability to provide suggestions for setting up an ergonomic environment.
16. Ability to perform daily technical maintenance of the numerical control metalworking machine-tool.
17. Ability to prepare the numerical control metalworking machine-tool for manufacturing of specific production.
18. Ability to open a metal or composite material machining program appropriate for the work task and control the dimensions of instruments.
19. Ability to develop and enter a program for machining of simple parts appropriate for the work task.
20. Ability to check the metal or composite material part in graphical representation of the machining program (simulation).
21. Ability to check the quality and dimensions of full-scale production parts in compliance with the conditions of the work task.
22. Ability to make corrections of cutting instruments in accordance with the outcomes of the inspection of a full-scale production part.
23. Ability to determine the amount of materials and auxiliary materials for full-scale production of parts, verifying their conformity with the quality requirements.
24. Ability to fill in the documentation for accounting of the produced parts.
25. Ability to prepare the produced metal or composite material parts for handing over or storage in compliance with the requirements specified in the process chart.
GENERAL competences:
1. Ability to communicate and use professional terminology in the official language and one foreign language both orally and in writing.
2. Ability to apply the basic principles of mathematics and physics in the professional activity.
3. Ability use information and communication technologies while carrying out professional work duties.
4. Ability to respect employment legal relationship and be aware of own responsibility in the context of civil society.
5. Ability to cooperate effectively in different environments and situations, following the principles of positive interaction.
6. Ability to assume responsibility for own work outcomes while working in changing conditions.
7. Ability to plan and take decisions while making own professional career.