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Further vocational qualification in Disability Services

Valid from 1.8.2021

Qualification holders who have completed the competence area of personal assistance are able to work as personal assistants of clients who need an assistant because of a disability or illness. They assist the person using personal assistance in the daily activities, work and studies, hobbies, participation in society or the maintenance of social interaction. When providing assistance, they know how to follow the instructions given by the person using personal assistance, respecting the right to self-determination and the choices made by the person. Depending on the units they have chosen, qualification holders who have completed the competence area of personal assistance know how to support the interaction and communication of a person with a disability in everyday situations, use plain language and communication methods that replace speech, and support cooperation with the family and other people close to the person with a disability.

Instructors of persons with intellectual disabilities (FQ) who have completed the competence area of intellectual disability services know how to work in different operating environments, promoting the right to self-determination in cooperation with the person with a disability, people close to them and a multiprofessional team. They can work focusing on the individual, enabling the person with a disability to make their own choices and decisions. Qualification holders who have completed the competence area of intellectual disability services know how to support social and societal participation and inclusion. Qualification holders who have completed this competence area support functional capacity and learning according to individual needs. They know how to promote the interaction and communication of a person with a disability in everyday situations and use plain language and communication methods that replace speech. Qualification holders who have completed this competence area promote wellbeing and safety at work with their activities. Depending on the units they have chosen, qualification holders who have completed the competence area of intellectual disability services have acquired in-depth competence in work with the families of persons with disabilities and other people close to them or in the use of sociocultural working methods.

Further Vocational Qualification in Mental Health and Intoxicant Abuse Welfare Work

Valid from 1.8.2018

The work of a holder of further vocational qualification in mental health and intoxicant abuse welfare work is professional work with clients in preventive work, rehabilitative work, or work involving treatment, promoting recovery, reducing harms, or supporting housing services in the social and health care sector.

The compulsory units of further vocational qualification in mental health and intoxicant abuse welfare work provide capabilities for professional work with clients in mental health, and intoxicant abuse welfare work with clients as well as their local community and family networks.

The optional units have been structured so that in order to complete them, students must have first mastered the contents of the compulsory units of the further qualification in mental health and intoxicant abuse welfare work. The optional units advance and expand the students' competence and provide capabilities for working with clients, actors and communities using different tools and approaches.

Qualification holders base their work on ethically sustainable principles. Qualification holders know how to work in a customer-oriented manner with respect to human beings. In their work, they are able to use the knowledge base and work methods of the field as well as utilise their knowledge of the legislation and service system of the industry.

Qualification holders are able to justify the decisions and choices they make in their work and assess the impacts of these decisions as members of a multiprofessional work community. Qualification holders know how to look after their well-being at work and use work instruction and training for support in their work. In order to develop the quality of their work, qualification holders need capacity and willingness to engage in continuous assessment of their own and their work community's activities, self-development, and internal entrepreneurship.

Vocational qualification in Equipment Maintenance

Valid from 1.8.2022

Prevention of infections, aseptic activities and compliance with good hygiene practices through different methods are the core competence of instrument technicians regardless of their working environment. Cleaning, disinfecting, checking, packing, sterilising, storage and transporting of equipment form the core content of the equipment maintenance process. Instrument technicians are able to use the maintenance management system manually or digitally in the different stages of the process. They are familiar with the equipment they service, their properties, special markings and service methods. They know how to handle the equipment correctly and safely.

Instrument technicians know how to act systematically in the different stages of the equipment maintenance process following the principles of quality work and sustainable development. They can work in multiprofessional cooperation and implement customer service in equipment maintenance tasks. Instrument technicians are able to use the machines and devices required in their work and keep them in working order. They can use information and communication technology, the automation enabled by the work environment and their language skills in their work. They participate in the development of the equipment maintenance processes as part of the operation of the work unit.

Instrument technicians who have completed the vocational qualification in equipment maintenance know how to observe the national and international rules, regulations, standards and instructions concerning the activities. They know how to promote patient, customer and occupational safety through their actions. In their actions, they comply with professional ethics, data protection, confidentiality and the consumer protection regulations. They work in an ergonomically correct manner and for their part contribute to wellbeing at work. Instrument technicians work equally and equitably in the work community.

Holders of a vocational qualification in equipment maintenance value and develop their own work and vocational field. They are able to assess their competence realistically and develop their vocational skills in accordance with the principles of continuous learning. They have the capabilities to continue to further studies.

Vocational Qualification in Pharmaceutics

Valid from 1.8.2022

Pharmaceutics is both part of the healthcare system and an industry. Pharmaceutics is responsible for the development, research, manufacture, logistics, and distribution of pharmaceutics and for the guidance for and monitoring of the correct use of pharmaceuticals. Mutual respect, cooperation, and expertise between different professional groups and actors are emphasised in pharmaceutics. Work is carried out in a client-oriented manner and for the benefit of the client.

Pharmaceutical technicians with a vocational qualification in pharmaceutics are able to work in multiprofessional cooperation in different tasks in the field of pharmaceutics, using their vocational competence in information technology, pharmaceutical logistics, and quality work. They have special expertise and the vocational skills required by working life either for working in a pharmacy, hospital pharmacy, the pharmaceutical industry, or pharmaceutical wholesale business and diverse special expertise, acquired through optional units, in the use of automation equipment, manufacturing of pharmaceuticals, marketing and display, application of information technology, maintenance of a product group, and working in the online service of a pharmacy. Pharmaceutical technicians are able to comply with the national and international laws and regulations on pharmaceutics. They are able to observe patient and client safety, their vocational ethics, ergonomics, and sustainable development and take care of their wellbeing at work. They are able to take into account the confidentiality and occupational safety regulations of the field, business objectives, and the company's profitability in their work. Pharmaceutical technicians are able to use information and communication technologies and their language proficiency diversely in their work in the different tasks of the field of pharmaceutics and in the customer service related to the work of pharmaceutical technicians.

Vocational Qualification in Social and Health Care

Valid from 1.8.2022

Holders of the vocational qualification in social and health care have wide-ranging basic capabilities for the different tasks in their occupational field and more specialised competence and the vocational skills required in the world of work in at least one competence area in working life activities. Practical nurses or emergency practical nurses (BLS) who have completed a vocational upper secondary qualification are able to carry out their work following the regulations, operating practices, values, and occupational ethics of their field. They are able to work in professional interaction and in multiprofessional and multicultural operating environments. They know how to plan, implement, and assess nursing and care that promotes the client's or patient's health, wellbeing, functional capacity, growth, and social inclusion in different social and health care or educational operating environments. They are able to provide client-oriented guidance on how to use the services, are able to use wellbeing technologies diversely, and develop their professional competence according to the principles of lifelong learning. They are able to take care of patient and client safety, work aseptically and ergonomically, and take care of their occupational safety and wellbeing at work.

In the competence area in children's and youth education and care, they know how to promote the child's growth, wellbeing, and learning in early childhood education and care and are able to promote the child's, the adolescent's, and the family's health and wellbeing. In the competence area in mental health and substance abuse work, they are able to do mental health and substance abuse work and work with the clients and networks in that field. In the competence area in care and rehabilitation of the elderly, they are able to work in home care in a manner that enhances the client's functional capacity and promotes the social inclusion of the elderly. In the competence area in nursing and care, they know how to promote the client's health and are able to work in home care and nursing. In the competence area in care for the disabled, they know how to enhance the social inclusion of individuals with disabilities and to maintain and enhance their functional capacity. In the competence area in podiatric care, they know how to promote the podiatric health of their clients and are able to work in podiatric care. In the competence area in oral health care, they are able to work in oral health care and know how to promote oral health. In the competence area in basic life support (BLS), they are able to enhance health, safety, wellbeing and the functional capacity and are able to work in emergency and acute care.

The optional units provide practical nurses or emergency practical nurses (BLS) with competence required for profiling themselves in the different sectors of activities in social and health care. These sectors include the use of wellbeing technology in the maintenance of functional capacity, terminal care, taking samples, supporting living at home and life management, mental health and substance abuse work for different client groups, patient immobilisation, perioperative care, acting in situations with multiple patients and in disasters, terminal care, use of functional methods, enhancing children and adolescents' mental health skills, oral health care, and podiatric care.