1- Description of the profession, the competencies required for the labor market and the required skills:
1- Description of the professions related to the specialization of handicrafts :) that the graduate will practice upon graduation from vocational education and training institutions)
The activities of professionals working in work related to handicrafts are different and varied, as they include:
- Olive wood craftsman: Forms antiques and statues and manufactures traditional wooden products using olive wood, wood turning and wood carving, finishing and painting wooden products, repairing traditional wooden products, and applying public safety procedures.
- Mothership craftsman: Forms antiques and statues and manufactures traditional mother-of-pearl products, and inlays wood with mother-of-pearl, where he prepares equipment and transfers the design onto the wooden works and implements them, repairs traditional mother-of-pearl products or products inlaid with mother-of-pearl, and applies public safety procedures.
- Glass craftsman Ceramics: They form decorative porcelain products from plates, utensils, and various traditional and touristic antiques using manual and wheel forming, preparing gypsum molds, decorating, coloring, drying, and firing in the oven, and applying general safety procedures.
- Craftsman: Manufactures silver and gold jewelry by melting and forming, and manufacturing jewelry from gold and silver strips and wires, and using hand tools and a flame workshop, and forming jewelry and implementing decoration and drawing operations on jewelry, and installing jewelry and precious stones and finishing jewelry and cleaning and storing it, and repairing jewelry, and applying general safety procedures.
2- Description of the specialty: The competencies required to perform these tasks: (The competencies and skills that are trained in vocational education and training institutions to be able to practice the professions related to the specialty of handicrafts according to the description above)
To perform the previous tasks, workers in olive wood, mother-of-pearl and ceramics need to obtain the competencies of knowledge, skills and necessary trends, starting from general competencies in the field of knowing the materials used and the different forms of formation and using the tools for each of them, to specialized competencies in the field of sawing wooden pieces and using the copying machine, rope saw, lathe equipment, drilling, perforation and grooving to shape wood and cut, prepare and implement various wooden pieces, and master the skills of perforation, grooving, formation and manufacturing, and using mother-of-pearl equipment in forming and inlaying from the cutting machine Polishing machine, lamination industry, engraving, perforation, drilling, burling and painting, and for ceramics and glass, decorative shaping, preparing gypsum molds, coloring, drying and kiln firing, and for crafting, shaping and using various grinding, milling and polishing machines, and skills in decoration and inlaying with jewelry. Vocational education and training also provide him with knowledge of the tools and equipment used, different colors and how to mix them, and general safety procedures. English language skills, especially those related to the profession, and his perusal of catalogs related to the profession, and skills in using computer programs specialized in handicrafts. And the necessary life skills and building the personality necessary to carry out the required tasks. And the competencies that enable him to perform the work mentioned in the job description (which are the qualifications required for the labor market), in addition to mastering the modern technology skills that the labor market needs, and the entrepreneurial and administrative skills necessary to open his own project, and the trainee acquires these skills and competencies through education and vocational training that the trainee receives in the Vocational Training and Education Institution.
2- Professional development
The possibility of starting as a professional assistant in olive wood, mother-of-pearl and ceramics after graduation. The period varies according to previous experience and the ability to develop, and then work as a professional in olive wood, ceramics and mother-of-pearl. His/her work can also develop over time to become a specialist with experience. In medium and large workshops, it is possible to develop to work as a supervisor of workers in this field, and many craftsmen create their own work. Income develops and doubles according to development, gaining experience and demonstrating the ability to develop, and this is what distinguishes a graduate of a vocational education and training institution from someone who joins the labor market without a profession.
In addition, income and employment are linked to the general economic situation, but statistics showed a high ability for vocational graduates to find work or open their own business.
3-Qualification for the profession: (training locations, forms, admission requirements, and the possibility of completing education)
2- Admission requirements
- Vary according to the Vocational Education and Training Institution
- Most of them focus on students who have completed the basic stage of education (tenth grade) and are between the ages of 16-20 or graduates of the twelfth grade, and completion of the Tawjihi is not required.
There are short courses on demand in these centers to develop the skills of workers in the profession and the unemployed or according to the target group.
There are multiple options for completing education in professions:
- The certificate acquired from these centers qualifies its holder to work as a professional in the labor market without the need to complete his/her studies.
- Those who have completed vocational guidance can complete their education in colleges and applied universities.
There is a possibility of joining the vocational guidance private study if the student meets some conditions (completion of the ninth grade as a minimum, age at least 19 years, two years of practical experience in the profession).
