EUROPASS CERTIFICATE SUPPLEMENT (*)

Czech Republic
 
1. TITLE OF THE CERTIFICATE (CZ)(1)
Výuční list z oboru vzdělání:
36-56-H/001 Kominík (denní studium)
(1) In the original language
 
2. TRANSLATED TITLE OF THE CERTIFICATE(2)
Apprenticeship Certificate in:
36-56-H/001 Chimney Sweep (full-time study)
(2) This translation has no legal status.
 
3. PROFILE OF SKILLS AND COMPETENCES
General competences:
 
  • be well informed about culture, history and the present of the Czech nation within the European and world context;
  • formulate views and attitudes verbally and in writing, communicate in at least one other foreign language;
  • effectively organize and manage and participate in a team, including the ability to lead a team and cope with problematic situations;
  • know how to use information and ICT, have basic ICT skills;
  • use basic mathematics and the basic principles of physics and chemistry when needed;
  • act in an environmentally-conscious manner and in compliance with strategies for sustainability;
  • apply the fundamentals of health, occupational safety, and fire prevention and safety.

Vocational competences:

  • read building plans and be well versed in the design and technical documentation, prepare simple sketches;
  • know the types of materials used in the field and their certification, their technical qualities and the ways they are used;
  • manage the technological processes and organization of work when cleaning chimney and waste gas flues, when firing up chimneys, and when installing and cleaning fuel-burning heating devices for local heating;
  • create plans for and carry out plans to connect appliances to the smoke ventilation system, including calculation of the parameters of the smoke ventilation;
  • clean and perform technical examinations of appliances and smoke ventilation on commercial premises and manufactories including factory chimneys;
  • clean and perform technical examinations of furnaces for central heating systems;
  • measure chimney draught, eliminates impediments and blockages in ventilation ducts;
  • perform examinations for building approval inspections and look into smoke ventilation systems, and give reports about their results;
  • perform fire safety inspections;
  • measure the composition of gaseous products of combustion and evaluates the measured values, also including their enumeration;
  • perform minor repairs to heating systems;
  • construct multilayer chimneys, including a calculation of their parameters;
  • line chimneys, including calculating the parameters of the linings;
  • repair and fix up chimneys on rooftops and set up supplementary constructions;
  • have basic knowledge of the construction and maintenance of hearths and fireplaces.
 
4. RANGE OF OCCUPATIONS ACCESSIBLE TO THE HOLDER OF THE CERTIFICATE 
The graduate can carry out the profession of chimney sweep. He or she is able to independently perform activities connected with the construction and reconstruction of chimneys, and can handle some of the basics of masonry, tinsmithing, and simple metal work by hand. After gaining appropriate experience, he or she may go into business in this field independently.
 
5. OFFICIAL BASIS OF THE CERTIFICATE
Name and status of the body awarding the certificate
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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 / 120 weeks

stamp and signature

Done at Prague for the school year 2023/2024

Entry requirements

Completed compulsory school education

Additional information

More information (including a description of the national qualifications system) available at: www.npicr.cz and www.eurydice.org

 

National Pedagogical Institute of the Czech Republic – National Europass Centre Czech Republic, Senovážné nám. 872/25, 110 00 Praha 1

 
(*) 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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