PRACTICAL TRAINING ON THE JOB

Under current legislation, vocational and professional education is delivered by a company and a school, which jointly run the education programme. Practical training is an integral part of every training programme.

Practical training is divided into: practical training at school and practical student training through work with employers (PST).

Practical education in schools is delivered as practical classes and consists mainly of the acquisition of those basic vocational skills that would facilitate the student's direct integration into the workforce and those skills that cannot be acquired in the company or factory.

Practical student training is based on facing real-life situations. It must enable the acquisition of knowledge, alongside professional socialization and the development of personal capabilities and professional competences relevant to the quality of work and the successful development of a professional career through direct work experience.

The programme shall be implemented on the basis of individual or collective learning contracts.

Woodwork Technician

Students enrolled in the Woodwork Technician programme will complete 152 hours of practical training over the course of their four years of schooling.

Year Number of hours
1. 0
2. 76
3. 76
4. 0
Total: 152
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Woodwork Technician VTE

Students on the Woodwork Technician - VTE programme will complete 76 hours of practical training over the two years of their schooling.


Year Number of hours
1. 76
2. 0
Total: 76
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Carpenter

Students on the Carpentry programme will complete 912 hours of practical training over the three years of their education.




Year Number of hours
1. 304
2. 304
3. 304
Total: 912
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Woodworker

Students on the Woodworker training programme will complete 152 hours of practical training over the two years of their education.



Year Number of hours
1. 76
2. 76
Total: 152
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The employer who takes on the role of mentor ("educator") must have:

-       a master's, foreman's or manager's qualification in a relevant discipline, including teaching and pedagogical training; or

-       a relevant vocational or secondary professional qualification and at least five years' relevant work experience,

-       a higher education qualification in a relevant discipline and at least one year of relevant professional experience.

For practical training to be carried out by working in a factory or company, the workplace must be equipped in accordance with the requirements of the specific training programme. The equipment must meet the minimum conditions necessary to ensure that the quality of the products and services is satisfactory and that the objectives of the practical work-based training for the particular occupation are achieved. Safety at work must be ensured!

Documentation:

Information for employers




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Announcing a training position




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Practical training through work

(Centre of the RS for Vocational Education)

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Timetable of classes and practical training with employers (PTE):

PTE ( 40 days)

3.C- 3.Č- 3.D

Dates:

 Lessons: 1st September 2022

Practical training (40 days): 2nd September 2022 - 28th October 2022

Classes: 7th November 2022 - 19th May 2023

Certificate distribution: 22nd May 2023

Preparation for the Final Examination: 22nd May - 26th May 2023


PTE ( 40 days)

2.C-2.Č-2.D

Dates:

Classes: 1st September 2022 - 28th October 2022

Practical training (40 days): 4th November 2022 - 6th January 2023

Classes: 9th January 2023 - 22nd June 2023

Certificate distribution: 23rd June 2023


PTE ( 40 days)

1.C-1.Č-1.D

Dates:

 Classes: 1st September 2022 - 17th March 2023

Practical training (40 days): 20th March 2023 - 19th May 2023

Classes: 22nd May 2023 - 22nd June 2023

Certificate distribution: 23rd June 2023

 

PTE (10 days)

1.K-1.L-1.G

Dates:

9th January 2023 - 20th January 2023

PTE (10 days)

2.A-2.B-1.H

Dates:

23rd January 2023 - 3rd February 2023

PTE ( 10 days)

3.A-3.B-2.G

Dates:

13th February 2023 - 24th February 2023

Project work (10 days)

4.A-4.B

Dates:

27th February 2023 - 10th March 2023

Project work (10 days)

2.K-2.L

Dates:

13th March 2023 - 24th March 2023

Rights and obligations of the parties to the contract:

  • Duties of the student

    - To fulfil their learning obligations regularly, to provide themselves with work clothes and appropriate footwear,

    - to follow the employer's instructions and the school regulations for training,

    - inform the employer of the reason for his/her absence from the place of learning within 24 hours at the latest and provide evidence of justified absence from the place of learning within three days of the cessation of the reasons for the absence at the latest,

    - protect the employer's business confidentiality,

    - comply with the rules on health and safety at work,

    - keep up-to-date the prescribed documentation (report or practical training diary).


  • Student rights

    - practical training with work in accordance with the educational programme and the relevant examination catalogue,

    - insurance against accidents at work and occupational disease for the duration of the practical training at work,

    - protection at work in accordance with the law and other regulations.


  • Duties of the school

    - To ensure the ongoing cooperation of the school's professional staff with the tutors who are leading the PTE ( Practical Training with Employer) ; the school shall designate a professional staff member for this purpose in accordance with the norms and standards,

    - to remedy, in the school workshops, any shortcomings in the practical skills of the pupils due to objective circumstances of the employer (production disruptions, etc.),

    - provide the pupil with a PTE if the employer's activity referred to in this contract ceases or if there are serious disruptions in the provision of practical training through work which would jeopardise the pupil's practical training and thus his/her progress in education.


  • Duties of the employer

    - Provide the student with practical training at work in accordance with the training programme and the relevant examination catalogue; to this end, assign a mentor,

    - ensure the student's occupational safety and health and provide him/her with special protective equipment,

    - inform the student of the regulations on health and safety at work,

    - ensure appropriate relations between students and colleagues,

    - assign the student only work that is specified in the examination catalogue,

    - inform the school if a pupil is absent without justification for more than 48 hours,

    - cooperate with the professional designated by the school,

    - review the reports or logbook of the practical training with the work conducted by the student and confirm the review of the report or logbook at the end of the training.


PTE organisers at WHS

Stanislav Lemut

( carpenter programme)

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Sebastian Pagon

( Woodwork Technician, Wood work Technician ( VTE), Woodworker programme)

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Office hours

Monday: 8:00 - 10:00

Tuesday: 9:00 - 11:00

Friday: 9:00 - 10:00

Location

Ljubljana School Centre ( ŠCL)

Woodwork High School

Aškerčeva 1, 1000 Ljubljana

School workshops