3. Adult Career Student
education guidance Workshop
4. Career guidance
Career guidance became a part of our activity in August
2009
Career guidance is an offer to inhabitants over 20 years
of age, and also for companies/enterprises in the 5
municipalities Ringerike, Hole, Sigdal, Modum og
Krødsherad
A part of the EU agreement
5. Career guidance (2)
Individual:
Information about education, profession and about our
community
Describe possibilites
Subscribe self understanding
Subscribe competanse of selecting
6. Adult rights - from the year one turns 25
Adults who are seeking adult education and has completed
primary school or equivalent, will from the year they turn
25 have the right to free prior learning assessment and
secondary education if they have not previously completed
such training. The right is enshrined in the Education Law
§ 4A-3
The training is free, but each pupil must cover costs of
materials with the exception of the loan of textbooks and
digital tools (depending on the course of training)
7. Validation of competense
From the Norwegian Education law – «Opplæringslova»:
” The assessment will show whether the prior learning
is equivalent to a competence that is defined in the
curriculum of each subject”
8. Offers by OPUS Ringerike Autumn 2011
We have started:
1 class in the Health Worker course (Hønefoss) (12 pupils)
1 class in the Health Worker course (Rosthaug) (17 pupils)
1 class in Children and Youth work (joint VG1) (12 pupils)
1 class VG3 General Studies (43 pupils)
1 class of General subjects in the vocational branch (28 pupils)
In addition, we offer online courses to our pupils. Important that the
pupils make a lot of effort to make this work.
Basic education in reading, writing, numeracy and ICT for adults in
collaboration with their employer ( VOX program, Norwegian Agency for
Lifelong Learning, is an agency of the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research.)
10. Career advising/-guidance(3)
Public and privat sector:
Information about the education system
Assist in competanse diagnostics og competanse
development of the employees
Cooperate in network
11. Career advising/-guidance (4)
OPUS Ringerike Career Centre will also:
Contribute to fewer wrong choice in education
Encourage lifelong learning
Encourage flexible vocational training and
education services
Contribute to an inclusive workplace
Participation and operation of collaborative
networks
12. Student Workshop
Cooperate with libraries in municipalities
Career guidance
Support of self-study
Literature searching
Writing diploma
Borrow a PC
Training - basic skills (VOX)
General information about community services (rights
and duties)
13. Higher education-NOKUT
NOKUT - recognition of higher education from abroad - the
application process is now - 3-4 months processing time
NOKUT = Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education
www.nokut.no - there are separate application forms
14. General University admissions – 23/5 rule
6 subjects:
Norwegian, Be at least 23
Social, (samfunnsfag) years old and
have 5 years of
Mathematics, documented
Science,(naturfag) experience
English and
History
+ Documented work experience
Good knowledge is essential, especially in
Norwegian and English
15. The «road» to Craft sertificate - Practice
Candidate
Craft examination – Craft sertificate
Written exam
Theoretical Practical training in the
teaching is discipline of working in 5
voluntary, but years (60 months)
an advantage
Elementary school
16. The «road» to Craft sertificate - pupil
Craft examination – Craft sertificate
Written exam
The practice of the subject Practical training in the
as an apprentice the 3. and discipline at work the
4. year 3., 4. and 5. year
In addition to teaching
and the requirements
Secondary school 2. year
for passing the exam
/ positions in
Secondary school 1. year Norwegian, social
studies, mathematics,
science, English and
Elementary school Physical Education
