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Crafts, design and product development

You learn

  • handicraft techniques
  • about different materials
  • about sustainable design and product development
  • about sketches and production blueprints
  • handicrafts and cultural history

Suits you if you are

  • interested in working with your hands
  • interested in designing and making objects
  • precise and persevering

You can become

  • a watchmaker, a goldsmith or a silversmith
  • a dressmaker, a costume maker, a national costume maker
  • a cabinetmaker, a woodcarver or an organ builder
  • a potter, a shoemaker or a blacksmith

Workplaces may be

  • design and handicraft companies
  • dressmaker–s shop
  • theatre or opera
  • your own company

More education

  • More education 1: You can take further education at a tertiary vocational college. A tertiary vocational education is a short vocational further education meant for those who have taken vocational education and training.
  • More education 2: You can take the master certificate examination if you have the trade or journeyman’s certificate in a trade that comes under the master craftsman’s programme, and have sufficient experience. The master course of studies qualifies you for a management or middle-management position within your trade area, and gives you the competence to start up your own company.
  • More education 3: You can take a Vg3 supplementary programme for general university admissions certification – after Vg2 or – after achieving vocational competence. You will then have the option to take higher education at a university college or university. Remember that some study programmes, such as for instance engineering, science and medical studies, require you to have certain science subjects.
  • More education 4: You can also apply for admission to higher education after a preliminary course or by the Y-path, the vocational pathway to higher education. The Y-path is intended for those with relevant vocational experience. Preliminary courses and the Y-path are most commonly used for science and engineering studies.