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

You should be

• 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
  See all vocations and competences

Workplaces

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

More education

Vocational education and training lead to vocational competence (with or without a trade or journeyman’s certificate). After completing vocational education and training you can start working or take further education:

• You can take further education at a tertiary vocational college. A is a short vocational further education meant for those who have taken vocational education and training. 
  
• 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.
• You can take a
  – 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.
• 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.