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						| 3. PROFILE OF SKILLS AND COMPETENCES |  
						| General competences: 
 
	be familiar with various methods of learning, use sources of information well, show functional literacy;understand assignments or identify the cores of problems, exert variable solutions, work both independently and within a team;communicate in one foreign language at the level of at least B1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages; cope with changing socio-economic conditions, be financially literate; be aware of the labour market mechanisms, and of the employee-employer relationships, act on career decisions responsibly, understand the significance of lifelong learning;use basic mathematics and the basic principles of physics and chemistry when needed in daily situations; work with the means of information and communication technologies, exploit adequate sources of information, handle information effectively;act in an environmentally-conscious manner and in compliance with strategies for sustainability;support values of local, national, European and world cultures, recognize the value of life;exert fundamentals of health protection, occupational safety, and fire prevention and safety;exert norms and prescriptions in the field. Vocational competences:
 
 
 
	train riders and horses for particular sport and racing disciplines and other kinds of use of horses;conduct the basic rider coaching, use the appropriate instructions and aids;participate in organizing and preparations of riding competitions, adhere to the rules of show jumping competitions, dressage competitions, eventing competitions, harness racing competitions and equestrian vaulting;ensure the welfare of the horses and their protection against ill-treatment;carry out and organize treatment, rearing and breeding including feeding individual categories of horses;ensure reproduction and breeding work in horse breeding;assess the state of health of the animals and implement preventive measures in horse breeding;operate and take care of technical equipment and stable machinery;keep documents about movements of financial means in companies;carry out business activities in the sphere of training racehorses and sport horses, in horse breeding and agritourism. |  |