EUROPASS CERTIFICATE SUPPLEMENT (*)

1. TITLE OF THE CERTIFICATE (CZ)(1) Výuční list z oboru vzdělání:
31-59-E/01 Šití oděvů (denní studium)
(1) In the original language

2. TRANSLATED TITLE OF THE CERTIFICATE(2) Apprenticeship Certificate in:
31-59-E/01 Sewing Clothes (full-time study)
(2) This translation has no legal status.

3. PROFILE OF SKILLS AND COMPETENCES

General competences:

  • cooperate with others in solving simple problems and situations; 
  • understand task assignments or identify the core of a problem, obtain the information needed to solve it, and propose a solution independently or under the guidance of others; 
  • express oneself clearly and independently in Czech, and justify one’s opinion;  
  • apply basic mathematical skills to solve simple practical tasks;  
  • work safely with digital technologies and their basic software;  
  • search for basic information in texts and other sources, understand task assignments, solve simpler problems, identify the information necessary for the solution;  
  • distinguish between different information systems and use them at the user level, enter data and search for and use them for one’s work;  
  • be prepared for lifelong learning and adapt to changing working conditions; 
  • strive for the highest quality of one’s own work;  
  • act economically and ecologically, in accordance with the principles of sustainable development;   
  • observe the principles of occupational health and safety, and fire protection.  

Vocational competences:

  • carry out preparatory work for the production of clothes, read the technical documentation, have knowledge of clothing materials; 
  • operate commonly used machinery and equipment in the sections of connecting, shaping and finishing process, and take care of them; 
  • work in accordance with prescribed technological processes; 
  • sew on a sewing machine the different parts of clothes products, perform assemblage of parts and components of clothes, manufacture garments or their parts, sew by hand when finishing products; 
  • shape clothes using reinforcing materials, perform inter-operational and final ironing; 
  • identify material defects, check seams and ironing, and correct faults; 
  • control separate parts and components of clothes products and control finished products; 
  • assess quality of the unfinished and finished products, assemble clothes products; 
  • ensure occupational safety and health at work, including fire prevention and stand out for quality of the work and products.

4. RANGE OF OCCUPATIONS ACCESSIBLE TO THE HOLDER OF THE CERTIFICATE

The graduate is employed in performing specific work in the production of clothes in clothing companies. 

Examples of possible jobs: dressmaker, seamstress of garment and piece products.

5. OFFICIAL BASIS OF THE CERTIFICATE

Name and status of the body awarding the certificate

Name and status of the national/regional authority providing accreditation/recognition of the certificate
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports
Karmelitská 7
118 12 Praha 1
Czech Republic
Level of the certificate (national or international)

Upper secondary education completed by the final examination (Apprenticeship Certificate)
ISCED 353, EQF 3
Grading scale / Pass requirements
1 excellent (výborný)
2 very good (chvalitebný)
3 good (dobrý)
4 satisfactory (dostatečný)
5 fail (nedostatečný)
Overall assessment::
Prospěl s vyznamenáním: Pass with Honours (the average mark is ≤ 1,5)
Prospěl: Pass (an examination mark is not worse than 4)
Neprospěl: Fail (the examination mark in one or more subjects is 5)
Access to next level of education / training
ISCED 354, EQF 4
International agreements
Legal basis:
Law No. 561/2004 on Pre-school, Basic, Secondary, Post-secondary and Other Education (School Act) as amended by later regulations

6. OFFICIALLY RECOGNISED WAYS OF ACQUIRING THE CERTIFICATE

Description of vocational education and training received Percentage of total programme Duration
School- / training centre-based The ratio between theoretical education and practical training is defined by education providers themselves with regard to the respective educational programme and the employers´ needs.
Workplace-based
Accredited prior learning
Total duration of the education / training leading to the certificate 3 years / 3 072 lessons
Entry requirements
Completed compulsory school education
Additional information
More information (including a description of the national qualifications system) available at: EQF, EURYDICE, NPI
National Pedagogical Institute of the Czech Republic – National Europass Centre Czech Republic, Senovážné nám. 872/25, 110 00 Praha 1
stamp and signature
Done at Prague for the school year 2025/2026

(*)Explanatory note
The Certificate supplement provides additional information about the certificate and does not have any legal status in itself. Its format is based on the Decision (EU) 2018/646 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 April 2018 on a common framework for the provision of better services for skills and qualifications (Europass) and repealing Decision No 2241/2004/EC.
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