VOCATIONAL PROGRAMME LEADING TO AN UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOL VOCATIONAL DIPLOMA
Electricity and Energy Programme
Do you like to solve difficult problems and interact with people? In this programme, you will learn about how electricity is generated and how electrical appliances work.
Video: Video briefly describing the Electricity and Energy Programme (runtime 4:03)
What you will learn in the Electricity and Energy Programme
In the Electricity and Energy Programme, you will learn how appliances and electrical machines work. You will learn about how to produce electricity, how to install electrical systems, and how electricity, energy and water are transmitted.
You will also learn about automated functions (tasks performed by machines) and computers and information and communications technology (infrastructure and components that enable modern computing), as well as IT networks and computer programming).
You will learn how to solve electrical problems in people’s homes and work with computers in industry.
You will study security issues such as standards and information security. You will also study work environment issues, with the aim of preventing occupational injuries and promoting good health.
The Computers and ICT specialisation goes far beyond simply playing around with computers. You get to learn about servers and how the internet works, as well as how to code your own systems and websites.
Magnus, who graduated from the Electricity and Energy Programme and specialised in Computers and Information and Communications Technology
Intended learning outcomes
The intended learning outcomes define what a learner will have acquired and will be able to do upon successfully completing their studies in a particular upper secondary school programme.
The intended learning outcomes for the Electricity and Energy Programme (skolverket.se)
Programme structure
In the programme structure, you can see which subjects and courses are included in the educational programme. You can also see how many credits are earned for each course.
Specialisations
Automation
- You will learn about electrotechnology, computer technology, and technology for operation and maintenance. This specialisation provides the opportunity to work as an automation technician in property management, industry or processing, as a few examples.
Computers and Information and Communications Technology
- You will learn how to install, administer and repair systems for computers and communications. The specialisation provides the opportunity to work as an electronics production technician, home service technician, or network technician, as a few examples.
Electrical Technology
- You will learn how to install and repair electrical installations, alarms and systems for televisions and computers. This specialisation provides the opportunity to work as an installation electrician, industrial electrician, or railway technician dealing with electricity and signals, to give a few examples.
Energy Technology
- You will learn about operations and service functions in the energy, environmental, water and processing industries. The specialisation provides the opportunity to work as a management operator in power and heating technology or water and environmental technology, as a few examples.
Diploma project
At the end of the Electricity and Energy Programme, you must complete a diploma project in your chosen professional field in which you show evidence that you have the knowledge necessary to start working in the area in which you have received your education.
Learning in a Work Environment
Parts of the educational programme are conducted at one or more workplaces and lasts for a period of at least 15 weeks. These elements are called Learning in a Work Environment (“APL”). This is an important element of your education. APL gives you experience and contacts that may be beneficial when you are looking for a job.
Through your APL in the Electricity and Energy Programme, you will learn how to use what you have read about in school. You get to use what you have learned in working life and meet new people.
Other things I learned in the course of the programme – which I didn’t think about before – include how to work in a proper company and what a working day looks like. And about being a customer service rep and computer repair person.
Magnus, who specialised in Computers and Information and Communications Technology
Apprenticeships
Click here to learn more about apprenticeships as part of an upper secondary school education
After the programme
You can start working immediately after your education or continue your studies at a polytechnic university. You can also choose to take courses to become eligible to continue your studies at the university level.
Entering the workforce after graduation and examples of career paths
You can start working immediately after completing the programme. Below you will find examples of career paths for graduates, i.e., the professions in which you can look for work after graduating from the programme. Next to each profession is a link to facts about the responsibilities of the position and average wages/salary.
The professional competence you acquire depends upon the combination of courses you choose within your programme specialisation. You will find examples here of possible career paths after graduating from the Electricity and Energy Programme.
Automation technician in property management, industry, or processing
Distribution technician
Management operator, general, power and heating technology, or water and environmental technology
Electronics production technician
Home service technician
Industrial electrician
- Additional information about working as an industrial electricianwebsite.
- Additional information about working as an electrician
Installation technician
Railway technician, electrical, signalling and network technicians
- Additional information about working as a signal technician
- Additional information about working as a network technician
- Additional information about working as a distribution electrician
Further information about the responsibilities of these professions and forecasts regarding the future prospects of each profession can be found in the “Hitta yrken A–Ö” service (“Find a profession, A–Z”).
Search various professions in the “Hitta yrken A–Ö” (“Find a profession, A–Z”) service
Eligibility to continue your studies after graduation
Do you want to continue your studies at a university or other higher education institution after completing the programme? This programme provides you with the general entry requirements for studying at an institution of higher education. After completing the programme, you also have the opportunity to continue your education at a polytechnic or independent adult education college (folkhögskola).