Name of qualification Name of qualification: Geostrojnik rudar/geostrojnica rudarkaAdd to comparison
Translated title (no legal status) Translated title: Geo-Operator Miner
Type of qualification Type of qualification: Upper secondary vocational education
Category of qualification Category of qualification: Educational Qualification
Type of education Type of education: Upper secondary vocational education
Duration Duration of education:
3 years
Credits Credits: 180 credits
Admission requirements Entry conditions:
  • Elementary education or
  • lower vocational education and
  • a medical certificate stating that there are no health grounds preventing the candidate from following the programme (a healthy back, good eyesight and hearing).
ISCED field Field:
Engineering, manufacturing and construction
ISCED subfield subfield: mining and extraction
Qualification level

SQF Level: SQF 4
EQF Level: EQF 4

Learning outcomes:

Certificate-holders will be able to:

  • carry out the technological processes of drilling boreholes, extracting mineral raw materials, removing and storing tailings,
  • carry out the technological processes of blasting in mining and plan mining works,
  • store, handle and correctly use explosives in mining,
  • use tools and machinery in the construction of underground spaces, tunnels, shafts and boreholes,
  • use machinery to collect secondary mineral raw materials and tailings and separate them,
  • carry out basic visual inspections and maintenance of mining machinery,
  • identify the characteristics of geological earth structures and differentiate between minerals, crystals and rocks,
  • carry out measurements of ventilation, monitor parameters and analyse results,
  • study and use technical and technological documentation, technical regulations and standards and technical drawings when carrying out mining, geotechnical and geotechnological works,
  • implement protective measures for safe work and actively protect own health,
  • show a positive attitude towards pollution-reduction measures, environmental protection and the rational use of energy and materials,
  • use modern information technology and consumer software in the professional field,
  • demonstrate understanding of the roles of entrepreneurship, costs management and calculations,

Elective:

  • carry out technological processes in the construction, maintenance and liquidation of underground spaces, tunnels and shafts,
  • carry out the technological process of underground extraction of mineral raw materials with ventilation and drainage,
  • carry out technological processes and use machinery in the extraction and transport of extracted material (ore, coal) on the surface,
  • handle explosives and equipment for the extraction of a mineral raw material, develop excavation technology and assess the need to use a special method,
  • collect, separate, store, transport and process secondary mineral raw materials and construction waste.

Certificate holders build on their key vocational knowledge and abilities with key general knowledge in line with national standards.

Assesment and completion:

Students' vocational abilities and skills, and the fulfilment of conditions to obtain credits in accordance with the relevant education programme are established through verification and assessment. Assessment of students also takes into account non-formally acquired knowledge, which must be adequately demonstrated. Students are assessed using scores from 5 (excellent) to 1 (inadequate).

Progress:

Students may progress to the next year if at the end of the academic year they achieve passing grades in all general education subjects and relevant vocational modules set out in the school’s operational curriculum, and have completed all extracurricular activities and practical on-the-job training, or progress on the basis of a programme faculty decision.

Geostrojnik rudar/geostrojnica rudarka

SQF 4

EQF 4

The Career path tab shows the possible career path within the selected qualification area, which is not the only one and is not mandatory. The actual transition between qualifications, which is determined by law, is defined in the Transition tab.

Geotehnik/geotehnica

Geotehnik/geotehnica

SQF 5 / EQF 4

Inženir geotehnologije in rudarstva/inženirka geotehnologije in rudarstva

SQF 6 / EQF 5 

Diplomirani gospodarski geoinženir (un)/diplomirana gospodarska geoinženirka (un)

Diplomirani inženir geotehnologije in rudarstva (vs)/diplomirana inženirka geotehnologije in rudarstva (vs)

SQF 7 / EQF 6

Magister inženir geotehnologije/magistrica inženirka geotehnologije

SQF 8 / EQF 7 

Progression:

Secondary technical, vocational or vocational-technical education; master craftsman/foreman/shop manager examination (SQF level 5)

Conditions for obtaining a public document:

Students must successfully complete general education subjects, compulsory vocational modules, elective vocational modules and the open part of the curriculum. They must also complete extracurricular activities and work placement requirements and pass a school-leaving examination.
The school-leaving examination comprises a written and oral examination in Slovene, a product/service and an oral presentation.

Awarding body:

Vocational and technical secondary schools and adult education institutions. 

URL

Awarding body URL:
https://paka3.mss.edus.si/registriweb/ProgramPodatki.aspx
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