Vietnam: Introduction to Machine tool cold repair, Level 5 of VQF

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According to the regulation on the minimum knowledge volume and required competencies for graduates from intermediate and college levels in Machine tool cold repair issued together with Circular 47/2018/TT-BLDTBXH, Machine tool cold repair, Level 5 of VQF is a profession where practitioners perform repair work with specialized skills on details, part sets for overhauling, major repairing mechanical tools to restore them to operational condition or to be reused in a standard state; maintaining details and part sets as well as assembly and adjustment of mechanical tools following repairs, significantly contributing to ensuring the productivity and quality of products, in line with requirements level 5 in the Vietnamese National Qualification Framework.

The works of this profession are mainly carried out in workshops, factories, and production companies using mechanical tools and processing machines in the mechanical field with relatively stable, less changing workplaces. The working environment follows standards to ensure safety, hygiene, and health; the working intensity is not high but requires workers to be careful, meticulous, skillful, and creative in diagnosing failures of details and machine parts.

During the performance of works, practitioners shall use some types of materials and generate industrial dust that may negatively impact humans and the environment: industrial oil, grease, iron dust, etc. Therefore, occupational safety and industrial hygiene must be taken into account.

To practice, employees must have good health, professional ethics, adequate professional knowledge, and professional skills suited to the job position. Additionally, continuous learning is necessary to improve foreign language communication abilities, broaden social knowledge; cultivate carefulness, detail orientation, and clarity; and foster a professional awareness and a passion for the job.

Minimum knowledge volume: 2,500 hours (equivalent to 90 credits)

Detailed regulations are specified in Circular 47/2018/TT-BLDTBXH effective from February 10, 2019.

Le Vy

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