VOCATIONAL TRAINING INSTITUTE (I.E.K.) CERTIFICATE (PISTOPOIITIKO EPAGGELMATIKIS KATARTISIS EPIPEDOU 1 –I.E.K.) (no longer awarded)

Description

The qualifications of this type belong to the initial vocational training that is offered after the completion of lower secondary education (gymnasio). It covers a range of professional qualifications. The training includes theoretical, laboratory and mixed classes, in the field of initial vocational training. A prerequisite for the award of the title is the successful participation in initial vocational training certification exams for the graduates of IEK. The internship is optional, lasts for 6 months and it should be completed before the certification exam results. The internship period is counted for the obtaining of professional rights.

Relation To Employment

Holders of qualifications that belong to this type may work as employees in their specialty, in accordance with the applicable legal framework.

Transitions

Access to this type of qualification have the students that have completed the lower secondary education (Gymnasio, level 2).

Holders of this type of qualifications do not have access to programs at a higher level.

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge

• Analyze information that enable them to understand their work field.
• Possess the content, the specific principles and concepts of their specialty.
• Understand the required procedures in their field of work and/or study.
• Possess at an adequate level the methods and procedures of the new technologies.
• Know the safety and hygiene requirements and the relevant actions for their specialty.

Skills

• Hold the cognitive and practical skills relevant to their specialty.
• Apply specialized techniques in their field of expertise.
• Solve specific problems that arise in their working environment.
• Have communication skills at a specialized level in subjects of their expertise.
• Handle adequately the required technological equipment of their specialty.

Competence

• Operate with autonomy in their field of work.
• Engage effectively in group work.
• Act within the scope of their specialty according to the principles of the professional ethics.