EUROPASS CERTIFICATE SUPPLEMENT (*)

Czech Republic
 
1. TITLE OF THE CERTIFICATE (CZ)(1)
Vysvědčení o maturitní zkoušce z oboru vzdělání:
29-41-L/502 Potravinářský průmysl (denní studium)
(1) In the original language
 
2. TRANSLATED TITLE OF THE CERTIFICATE(2)
Maturita Certificate in:
29-41-L/502 Food Industry (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, use technical terminology;
  • educate themselves, work in an effective way and assess impartially results;
  • adapt themselves to the changing conditions of life and work, work well in a team and be responsible for assigned tasks;
  • work with information, use ICT;
  • use basic mathematics and the basic principles of physics and chemistry when needed;
  • know the present rights and duties of employers and employees and know how to conduct a job search;
  • 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:

  • know the principles of the technological processing of raw materials for food products, manage and choose suitable technological processes for a specific food product, apply knowledge about raw materials and auxiliary substances;
  • independently manage all of the production and auxiliary operations associated with the pertinent food operation and control the partial production section;
  • operate machines and equipment of the pertinent food operation;
  • resolve technological problems that arise, determine and evaluate qualitative indicators for input material, intermediates and finished products for the entire technological process and, if necessary, make rectifications;
  • adhere to the health and safety standards and the technological procedures, ensure the foodstuffs plant is clean;
  • keep the prescribed operations records for food production, keep the technical and laboratory documentation;
  • carry out technological calculations and statistical assessments related to the pertinent food production;
  • carry out the basic biological, microbiological, chemical and technological analyses, evaluate them and derive the necessary operational measure from the results;
  • be as economic as possible with all of the initial raw materials and products with the possibility of further using intermediates and waste materials in accord with environmental protection;
  • be familiar with economics, trade, logistics and marketing;
  • follow developmental trends in the food industry.
 
4. RANGE OF OCCUPATIONS ACCESSIBLE TO THE HOLDER OF THE CERTIFICATE 
The graduate can find work in the food industry in intermediate technical-economic functions, in the business sphere and services when purchasing, selling and distributing foodstuffs, they can find work in laboratories of food quality inspection agencies, in catering services in the occupational and business sphere.
Examples of possible jobs: technologist, technical worker, operator, head of production, foreman, quality controller of raw materials and food products, lab assistant, business officer, purchaser.
 
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 Maturita examination
ISCED 354, EQF 4
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 655/645/746, EQF 6 and EQF 7 (EQF7 only for Long first degree programmes at Master’s)
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 2 years / 77 weeks

stamp and signature

Done at Prague for the school year 2023/2024

Entry requirements

Upper secondary education completed by the final examination - Apprenticeship Certificate (ISCED 353, EQF 3)

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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