The Gold and precious metals processing technician intervenes independently, within the established framework of action and assigned specifications, contributing to overseeing the production process of precious, related or alternative metal artefacts by participating in the identification of material and technological resources and monitoring results with a view to continuous improvement. He/she possesses functional skills in preparing technical documentation, designing and making models, setting stones and finishing objects.
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Gold and precious metals processing technician
Who are they
Workshop activities and time frame
The knowledge and skills for each professional role are developed through teaching based on practical and workshop experience, built on the project-based method, simulation, role playing and orientational teaching with the possibility of activating Transferable Skills and Orientation Courses (PCTO) that allow students to enrich their personal assets with a set of knowledge, abilities and attitudes (soft skills) that enable them to adopt appropriate behaviours for the different situations in which they may find themselves as workers but, above all, as citizens.
In IeFP courses, an attempt is also made to hone skills "in the field" through apprenticeship contracts whereby students are hired and placed directly in the host company, receiving a wage and continuing to study and train in the workplace.
The total number of hours is between a minimum of 990 and a maximum of 1056 hours per year, depending on the regulations adopted by individual regions, and educational and training institutions can decide independently on the timetable of the course (which includes theoretical lessons for basic and technical/vocational training, workshop activities and practical activities in the workplace), ensuring compliance with certain percentages by area of competence.
After a professional qualification (four-year)
After obtaining a professional diploma, students may choose to:
- directly enter a profession;
- undertake an 800/1000-hour Higher Technological Education and Training (IFTS) course that will later enable them to enter a Higher Technological Education (ITS) course;
- take a year-long course to become eligible as internal candidates for the State Examination;
- apply for a transfer to a Professional Institute course for secondary school graduation.