EUROPASS CERTIFICATE SUPPLEMENT (*)

Czech Republic
 
1. TITLE OF THE CERTIFICATE (CZ)(1)
Vysvědčení o maturitní zkoušce z oboru vzdělání:
29-44-M/001 Technologie potravin  zpracování masa (denní studium)
(1) In the original language
 
2. TRANSLATED TITLE OF THE CERTIFICATE(2)
Maturita Certificate in:
29-44-M/001 Food Technology  Meat Processing (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 technically processing raw materials for food products, especially in the meat industry;
  • apply one's knowledge about the chemical composition, storage, treatment and ways of using meat when processing it into meat products;
  • have a command of and uphold the technological processes and hygienic principles of processing meat and making meat products;
  • independently operate all of the production and additional operations relating to the pertinent meat industry operation, run a partial production section, resolve any technological problems during production, packaging and labelling the meat and meat products;
  • operate the machines and equipment in a meat industry plant;
  • uphold the health and safety norms and the technological procedures, ensure hygiene at the food plant;
  • be as economical as possible with the raw materials, intermediates, products and waste materials that can be reused;
  • carry out technological calculations and statistical assessments relating to meat processing and making meat products;
  • determine and assess the qualitative indicators of the input raw materials, intermediates and finished products of the entire technological process and know how to make rectifications;
  • keep the prescribed operational records of the given meat industry production, keep the technical and laboratory documentation;
  • be familiar with food industry legislation and also logistics, marketing and management in the area of the meat industry;
  • appraise food production from the standpoint of its possible negative environmental impacts.
 
4. RANGE OF OCCUPATIONS ACCESSIBLE TO THE HOLDER OF THE CERTIFICATE 
The graduate can find work in the food industry, particularly in the meat industry in functions such as secondary technical-economic workers, in the private sector and in services during the purchase, sale and distribution of food products, they can further work in food quality inspection laboratories or in operational and research laboratories concerned with the issue of foodstuffs.
Examples of possible jobs: technologist, foreman, head of production, task-setter, laboratory worker, operations economist, technician, trading officer, purchaser, sales worker.
 
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 4 years / 157 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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