BERKOVITSA - SCHOOL

1. FORESTRY VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
BERKOVITSA, BULGARIA
I. School’s characteristics - Forestry vocational school in gr.Berkovitsa is one of
the oldest vocational schools in Bulgaria with 108- year old history and
traditions. It is the only vocational school in the Municipality of Berkovitsa. The
professions and specialties in which the students are taught are singular in
northwestern Bulgaria - for the districts Vidin, Vratsa, Montana, Sofia,
Kyustendil, Pernik.
II. Acquired professions: In FVHS the following professions are studied:
"engineerforester" for specialties "Forestry and Hunting" with teaching in
English and "Forestry and logging", "Technician-mechanic" in specialty
"Mechanization of forestry" and furniture designer in specialty “Furniture
manufacturing”. The location of Berkovitsa is at the foot of Western Stara
Planina - and the main livelihood of the population is Logging and wood,
silvicultural activities, gathering wild fruits, mushrooms and herbs, hunting
conducive years in FVHS to be carried intake in these professions. During
the academic year of 2016/2017 in the school are being trained 167 students in
daily training. FVHS has a license issued by the Ministry of Agriculture and Food
to work with portable forestry equipment and license for training candidates
for driver’s license - category "B" and "Tkt."
III. Personnel provision. In all subjects of the curriculum teachers are qualified.
The school employs three engineers in forestry, two engineers in
mechanization of forestry, an engineer in mechanical technology of wood, an
economist, 3 teachers of foreign languages - English, German, Russian, 8
teachers in general subjects – Bulgarian language and literature-2;
mathematics, computer science and information technologies - 2 Natural
Sciences 1; History and Civilization - 1; Physical Education and Sports-1;
philosophical cycle - 1; Geography and Economics -1. All the teachers hold a
teaching qualification and attend courses annually to maintain their
qualifications in universities, and in professional training at the University of
Forestry. Winners of First PKS- 2; second - 1; Third - 2; fourth -2; fifth - 1
teacher.

2. IV. Material and technical base: In general education students are trained in
specialized classrooms - in Bulgarian Language and Literature, Mathematics,
English, German, History, physics and chemistry, geography, 2 computer labs, a
sports hall.

4. - Material and technical base for "Forestry and hunting." In vocational training
are built special rooms for dendrology and botany, hunting economy, Forest
Use, plantations and selection. In the school yard there is arboretum with over
100 tree species, which are taught in the curriculum. Near the building of the
school is a hotbed of DGS Berkovitsa where students conduct educational and
production practices. The school has signed a contract with UOGS "Petrohan" -
Barziya for the whole material and technical base for students of faculty
"Forestry", to be used for training and students of FVHS. Students majoring in
"Forestry and hunting" conduct educational and production practices of real
jobs, which has contracts with DGS-Berkovitsa, UOGS "Petrokhan" - Barziya,
DGS-Montana and all other FMUs on the territory of
Northwest state enterprise - Vratsa. In conducting public examinations for
acquiring professional qualification degree in committee assessment there are
always representatives of the employers. The quality of the educational
process can be judged by the successful performance of our students at the
national competition in the professions - "Forest AA", where we conquer prizes
each year. We also have big percentage of students who continue their
education in universities.

6. - Material and technical base for specialty " Mechanization of forestry " -
specialized rooms for mechanization of forestry, ICE, operation and
maintenance of vehicles, vehicles repair, Safety roads, dendrology and botany,
Forest Use, workshops for metalworking, operation and maintenance of the
vehicle, EIC. The school has a bus, drive training vehicle, tractor, chainsaws – 7,
motorized brush cutters - 5, a drill motor and the necessary tools to maintain

7. them. - Material and technical basis for "Furniture manufacturing": Two
workshops for manual processing - each of them equipped with 14 job
countertops and all necessary hand tools and measuring instruments. The
workshops have a 1pc. band saw and 1pc. planer. - There are two Machine
halls equipped with: band saw, planer, shttrayhmus, milling machine, circular
saw, lathe, boring machine, grinding machine and others. All are equipped with
the appropriate cutting tools. - One room for sharpening cutting tools,
equipped with machines for gluing and sharpening of band saw blades,
machine for sharpening flat knives, sharpening machine for milling cutters,
emery apparatus and cheprazilo. - Storage for atmospheric drying of the
wood. The school has all the necessary personal protective equipment, hand
and power tools for installation and repair, control and measuring devices and
visual aids. The school has its own bus for transportation of students, also
for school workshops is able to transport students to school practices of real
jobs in compani.