The information about recent trends in the development of qualifications is of major importance for the formation of technical and vocational education programmes. Qualification requirements have been changing very fast and it is therefore very difficult to estimate and describe such development.
Field groups' experts have tried to sum such developments through the joint task The Monitoring of Development Trends in Related Occupation Groups, resulting in the creation of 21 papers produced by individual field groups.
The resulting texts were subsequently used to create a comprehensive study: Kadlec, M.: Sledování vývojových trendů ve skupinách příbuzných povolání. Praha, VÚOŠ 1999. [Monitoring of development trends in related occupation groups]
However, the aforesaid monitoring remains a continuous process. Since 2004, the Institute has started a new wave of monitoring of the development of qualification requirements in related occupational groups.
So far, following studies have been processed:
- Automotive sector
- Building of ships and boats
- Chemicals, pharmaceuticals, rubber and plastic products
- Computer, electronic and optical products
- Defence industry
- Distribution, trade
- Electricity, gas, water and waste
- Electromechanical engineering
- Financial services
- Furniture
- Health and social work
- Hotels, restaurants and catering
- Non-metallic materials
- Other services, maintenance and cleaning
- Post and telecommunications
- Printing and publishing
- Textiles, apparel and leather products
- Transport
Partial papers were used in 2006 to create a synthetic study (Doležalová, G.: Vývoj profesních nároků ve vybraných odvětvích národního hospodářství a náměty pro jejich reflexi v odborném vzdělávání. Praha, NÚOV 2006, [Development of occupational requirements in selected industries and economic sectors and proposals for the incorporation of ascertained data in technical education.).
The above study is intended mainly for the staff of field groups, experts at the Ministry of Education and in the National Institute, education system managers and administrators and for the representatives of social partners.
Monitoring the development of qualifications in the context of the development sector councils has been transferred into their competence. Within the field groups project the emergence of third-wave studies (about 2010) is not being planned.
The third-wave studies may be temporarily replaced by relevant European materials. Within the Sector’s New Skills for New Jobs a total of 18 sector - focused studies have been published. Their full texts are available here.