WOODWORK TECHNICIAN -
Vocational Technical Education (VTE)
Programme/ Opportunities after finishing education/ Curriculum/ Textbook Fund
In this programme, students acquire all the additional skills needed for the profession of woodworking technician.
Woodwork technicians are given more demanding tasks: planning and organising production, both in operational and technological terms, managing the work of large groups of people on various woodworking and processing lines, supervising the work of computer-controlled machines, taking a more active part in the design and development of new products, controlling the quality of work and products, taking part in all marketing, sales and after-sales activities, in the training of workers.... The training period for this programme is 2 years.
| Course of education | Number of weeks |
|---|---|
| Education in school | 69 |
| Practical training in the company | 2 |
| Extracurricular activities | 3 |
| Total | 74 |
Performance
In our experience, students who do well in Maths, Slovenian, Foreign Language and Physics in primary school and who have good working habits tend to perform better.
Matura or the Vocational Baccalaureate
Schooling ends with the Vocational Baccalaureate. It includes a compulsory and an elective part.
The compulsory part consists of a written and oral part of an exam in Slovene and Woodworking, while the optional part consists of Mathematics or a Foreign Language.
The Vocational Baccalaureate offers students the opportunity to find employment in the extremely wide and varied field of woodworking: sawmills, furniture industry, joinery industry, timber, laminated timber beams, panelling, veneer production, prefabrication of prefabricated timber houses, wood engineering, shipbuilding, production of specialised machinery for wood production, etc. Woodworking technicians are happily employed in furniture stores, building material shops, etc.
In addition to professional skills, the school also offers sufficient entrepreneurial skills to make it easier to set up and successfully run your own business.
The Vocational Baccalaureate also opens up a range of new opportunities for further study in all higher and higher education programmes.
University studies are also possible, but require an exam in one of the Baccalaureate subjects. The Woodwork High School provides good starting conditions for the fulfilment of professional ambitions and goals.
A - General education subjects
| Label | Name of the Subject | O/E | Number of lessons | Number of credit points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P1 | Slovene | Obligatory | 276 | 13 |
| P2 | Mathematics | Obligatory | 206 | 10 |
| P3 | Foreign Language | Obligatory | 276 | 13 |
| P4 | Art | Obligatory | 30 | 2 |
| P5 | History | Obligatory | 40 | 2 |
| P6 | Geography | Obligatory | 40 | 2 |
| P7 | Sociology | Elective | 40 | 2 |
| P8 | Psychology | Elective | 40 | 2 |
| P9 | Physics | Obligatory | 80 | 4 |
| P10 | Chemistry | Obligatory | 40 | 2 |
| P11 | PE | Obligatory | 150 | 7 |
| Total for A | 1178 | 57 |
B - Professional modules
| Label | Subject | O/E | Number of lessons | Number of credit points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M1 | Materials in Woodworking | Obligatory | 40 | 2 |
| M2 | Wood processing technology | Obligatory | 128 | 6 |
| M3 | Constructing wooden products | Obligatory | 100 | 5 |
| M4 | Woodwork machinery | Obligatory | 60 | 3 |
| M5 | Company and preparation of work | Obligatory | 102 | 5 |
| M6 | Production technique | Obligatory | 90 | 4 |
| M7 | Design | Obligatory | 220 | 10 |
| M8 | Economics of production processes | Elective | 60 | 3 |
| M9 | Interior furnishing | Elective | 60 | 3 |
| M10 | Sawmilling and drying | Elective | 60 | 3 |
| Total for B | 860 | 41 |
Other
| Programme | Number of lessons | Number of credit points |
|---|---|---|
| C -Practical lessons | 170 | 8 |
| Č- Practical training with work experience at an employer's premises | 76 | 3 |
| D - Extracurricular activities | 96 | 4 |
| E- Open part of the curriculum | 242 | 11 |
All together
| Programme | Number of lessons | Number of credit points |
|---|---|---|
| Lessons ( A+B+E) | 2280 | 109 |
| Practical lessons (C+Č) | 246 | 11 |
| In school education ( A+B+D+E) | 2376 | 113 |
| A+B+Č+D+E | 2452 | 116 |
The final examination (product/service and presentation) is worth 4 credit points.
Open curriculum content for Woodwork Technician
Textbook Fund/ Woodwork Technician (VTE)
Buying new textbooks is a significant expense for students and their parents, so we offer the possibility to borrow school textbooks. Our textbook stock includes all textbooks approved in the catalogue of textbooks for vocational, technical and other professional schools. We have sets of textbooks for all programmes in all years of study, and students can also borrow individual textbooks.
The loan fee is one third of the value of the textbooks.
The list of textbooks and the loan notices for the 2021/22 textbook fund and other teaching materials developed by the teachers' professional bodies are available at the links below:
