Name of qualification Name of qualification: Vrtnar pridelovalec/vrtnarica pridelovalkaAdd to comparison
Translated title (no legal status) Translated title: Gardner/grower
Type of qualification Type of qualification: National vocational qualification, SQF level 4
Category of qualification Category of qualification: Vocational Qualification
Admission requirements Entry conditions:
  • at least elementary education 
  • a driving licence (category F)
  • a certificate of knowledge of phytomedicine for providers of plant protection measures
ISCED field Field:
Agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
ISCED subfield subfield: horticulture
Qualification level

SQF Level: SQF 4
EQF Level: EQF 4

Learning outcomes:

Candidates will be able to:

  • autonomously plan and organise their own work in the working environment in compliance with work quality standards in gardening,
  • make responsible and economical use of machinery, equipment, materials, energy and time,
  • ensure their own safety and the safety of other participants in the work process and protect the environment and the property of the company or customers,
  • work responsibly, enterprisingly and ethically,
  • communicate effectively with various stakeholders while observing the principles of successful communication,
  • use modern information and communication technology and software for the needs of a gardening activity,
  • prepare a growing area outdoors or in a protected space,
  • propagate herbaceous plants vegetatively and generatively,
  • cultivate and tend herbaceous plants,
  • perform protection of herbaceous plants,
  • prepare cultivated plants for sale and sell them.

Evaluator:

Verification and assessment are carried out by committees for the verification and validation of national vocational qualifications, appointed by the National Examination Centre (NEC). Committee members must be licensed by the National Examination Centre. Licences may be found here.

Assesment and completion:

VALIDATION

During the guidance process the candidate prepares a portfolio, which is assessed by a committee. If the portfolio submitted by the candidate contains authentic, valid and adequate proof of the knowledge, skills and competences defined in the occupational standard, the committee may:

  • validate the contents of the occupational standard in full,
  • validate the contents of the occupational standard in part and define the knowledge, skills and competence to be verified,
  • refuse to validate any of the contents of the occupational standard because the candidate has not provided proof of any of the knowledge, skills and competences defined in the occupational standard, in which case it will verify the occupational standard in full.

METHODS OF VERIFICATION OF VOCATIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

  • practical verification and oral presentation

Vrtnar pridelovalec/vrtnarica pridelovalka

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.

Hortikulturni tehnik/hortikulturna tehnica

Hortikulturni tehnik/hortikulturna tehnica

SQF 5 / EQF 4

Inženir hortikulture/inženirka hortikulture

Upravljalec/upravljalka zelenih površin za šport in prosti čas

SQF 6 / EQF 5

Magister inženir hortikulture/magistrica inženirka hortikulture

Magister inženir sadjarstva/magistrica inženirka sadjarstva

SQF 8 / SQF 7

Conditions for obtaining a public document:

Candidates demonstrate attainment of the knowledge, skills and competences defined in the catalogue of standards of vocational knowledge and skills.

Awarding body:

Providers of procedures for identifying and validating NVQs are entered in a register of providers maintained in the collection of the national information centre for vocational qualifications. These are: vocational schools, businesses, B2B training centres, adult education centres and chambers of commerce.

URL

Awarding body URL:
https://www.nrpslo.org/podrobnosti/npk/24535681
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