Access requirements Description
- Completed secondary vocational education in the "Bricklayer" progamme or a pass in the master craftsman examination in bricklaying; or at least completed secondary vocational education including the technical part of the final examination (product with oral presentation) for the vocational qualification "Bricklayer" (Zidar/zidarka) and
- three years' work experience, demonstrated by proof of works carried out in the bricklaying field, and
- proof of at least three interventions in architectural heritage properties completed and documented in accordance with the occupational standard that forms part of this catalogue and approved by a restorer who has passed the professional examination in the protection of cultural heritage.
Programme learning outcomes
Candidates will be able to:
- undertake all phases of works in cooperation and agreement with experts from the cultural heritage protection service and other contractors working in a property,
- pay due heed in their work to experts responsible for the protection and conservation of cultural heritage and consistently observe cultural heritage protection legislation,
- accept and review technical documentation and normative acts and other requirements of the cultural heritage protection service and plan their work accordingly,
- prepare a structure before a repair intervention,
- protect segments of architectural heritage from damage during work and transport,
- repair and build masonry structures from various materials using historical technologies, repair damage and insert missing parts,
- repair and make historical plasterwork and stuccowork, protect them before and during transport, install and protect them following installation,
- repair and make concrete and reinforced concrete structures of architectural heritage, protect them before and during transport, install them and protect them following installation,
- draw attention to unexpected finds and changes during the planning, preparation and implementation of the intervention,
- document photographically all key phases of the intervention.
Required qualification of teachers/trainers in the core subjects
A licence to become a member of the Commission for the Verification and Certification of National Professional Qualifications may be obtained by anyone who meets the conditions laid down in the National Vocational Qualifications Act.
