Kainuu Vocational College and

Kainuu
Vocational

College and
electrical

sector



20.
-
21.3.2013



Kainuu
Vocational

College

K
ainuun
a
mmatti
o
pisto (KAO)


•
secondary

level

school

•
about

2130
young

students

and
about

420 in
adult

eduction

•
full

time

staff

about

430

•
budget

about

41

M
€


Kainuu
Vocational

College

Kainuu
Vocational

College

SCHOOL YEAR
: 190
days

Some

properties

about

KAO


•
LAN
since

1993

•
u
pdated

LAN:
fiber

connections

between

buildings

since

1996

•
o
n
-
the
-
job

learning

service

since

2002

•
Moodle2
–
platform

since

2011




Kainuu
Vocational

College

Study

sectors


•
Culture
sector

•
Social
sciences
, business and
administration

•
T
ourism
, catering and domestic services


•
S
ocial

services, health and sport

•
Technology,
communication

and transport

•
Adult

education


Kainuu
Vocational

College

E
lectrical

sector

in KAO



•
about

200
students

•
16
teachers

•
13
student

groups/classes

•
e
very

teacher

must

have

24,5
h/week

work


Kainuu
Vocational

College

Kainuu
Vocational

College

VOCATIONAL
QUALIFICATIONS

IN
ELECTRICAL
SECTOR:

•
electrician
,
3
years

•
a
utomation

assembler,
3
years

•
ICT
-
assembler,
3
years


•
ICT
-
assembler +
theoretical

upper

secondary

school
, 4
years


(
ICT =
Information

and
Communication

Technology)

Kainuu
Vocational

College

STUDY IN ELECTRICAL SECTOR

GOAL:



30
%
theorical

work


70 %
practical

work


Kainuu
Vocational

College

STUDY PLANS FOR ELECTRICIAN

(
electrician

and
automation

assembler)

MAIN PARTS OF STUDY PLAN:









(
credits
)

•

basics

of
electrical

and
automation

technology

900
hours

(30)

•

electrical

and
automation

installations


600
hours

(20)

•

electrical

and
energy

technology



600
hours

(20)

•

optional

parts

of
study

plan



600
hours

(20)

•

other

vocational

parts

of
study

plan


600
hours

(20)

•

free

optional

parts

of
study

plan




300
hours

(10)









(3600
hours

=







120
credits
)


Kainuu
Vocational

College

Basics
of
electrical

and
automation

technology
:

•
information

technology




120
hours

•
metal

works








120
hours

•
electrical

technology

(
basics
)


240
hours

•
electronics








180
hours

•
electrical

installations





240
hours

•
f
inal

project








1
work

exam














at
school














(900
hours
)



Kainuu
Vocational

College

On
-
the
-
job

learning
:

•
2
nd

school

year
: 8
weeks

(= 1
period
)

•
3
rd

school

year
: 16
weeks

(= 2
periods
)



Kainuu
Vocational

College

Some

achievements

in
electrical

sector
:

Skills

competition

(Finland):



* 2
nd
place

in
electrical

installations

2009


Vocational

mathematics

(Finland):



*
1
st

place

2004
, 2007, 2008



* 2
nd
place

2010



* 3
rd

place

2011


Skills

competiton

(the
whole

world
):



*
student

of
automation

engineering
was

the



finalist

in
Calgary Canada 2009


Kainuu
Vocational

College

Achievement

of Kainuu
Vocational

College:

Quality

Prize

for
Vocational

Training 2009 (
Finland
)



*
1
st

place

Kainuu
Vocational

College

FIN