VOCATIONAL PROGRAMME LEADING TO PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION
Industrial Technology Programme
Do you want to contribute to the green transition? Are you interested in technology, mechanics and industry? This programme is designed for anyone who wants to work with the development of products in industry.
Video: This video provides a brief description of the Industrial Technology Programme (time: 4:55 min)
What you will learn in the Industrial Technology Programme
In the programme, you will learn how products are manufactured, from idea and design to finished product. You will learn how to use industrial technologies and advanced technological systems. You will also learn about how work is organised in different workplaces, product economics, the use of raw materials and energy, and how to ensure that products are of the right quality. The programme also looks at how the choice of materials, methods and technologies can affect society and the environment.
The programme centres around assignments that you complete individually or in a group. You will train your ability to take initiative and be creative. You will also learn how to plan, carry out, document and develop your work.
The programme places great emphasis on occupational health and safety issues to avoid work-related injuries and to build good health.
By far the most fun was a course where we started our own production. We pupils designed our own part, programmed the processing machinery and created drawings and production documents to make production as efficient as possible. Everyone really wanted our part, and production had to be the best. This made the product and the journey to create it good and entertaining.
Ella / studied on the Industrial Technology Programme
Diploma goals
The diploma goals describe what you should be capable of doing when you graduate from a particular upper secondary school programme.
Diploma goals for the Industrial Technology Programme (skolverket.se)
Programme structure
The programme structure shows you which subjects and levels are included in the programme. You can also see how many credits each subject and level covers.
Programme structure for the Industrial Technology Programme (PDF)
Orientations
Operational Reliability and Maintenance
- You will learn about strategic and systematic maintenance. This orientation prepares you to seek jobs in fields such as maintenance technology.
Process Engineering
- You will learn about mechanical industrial processes and quality control. This orientation can lead to work as a process operator in the chemical or food industry.
Product and Mechanical Engineering
- You will learn how to handle tools, industrial equipment and materials. This orientation can lead to work as a CNC operator, woodworking machine setter, graphic production worker, sawmill operator or locksmith.
Welding Technology
- You will learn how to weld using different methods. This orientation prepares you to seek jobs as a welder.
Diploma project
At the end of the Industrial Technology Programme, you will carry out a diploma project in your chosen professional field. Through this project, you will demonstrate that you have the knowledge required to start working in your chosen field.
Workplace-based learning
Parts of the programme take place at one or more workplaces for at least 15 weeks. This is known as workplace-based learning (arbetsplatsförlagt lärande, APL). This is an important element of the programme. APL gives you the opportunity to use the knowledge you gained through school and put it into practice. It gives you work experience and contacts you can use when looking for a job.
Apprenticeship education
If the school offers upper secondary apprenticeship education within the programme, you can choose this. This means that you gain the same knowledge, but spend at least half of the programme based at one or more workplaces.
About apprenticeship education in upper secondary school
Starting work after the programme and examples of professions
You can start working right after completing the programme.
The professional skills you gain will depend on the combination of subjects and levels you choose from the programme specialisation. Here are some examples of possible professions after completing the Child Recreation Programme.
- Automation technician
- CNC operator
- Graphic designer/production artist/graphic producer
- Welder
- Welder with IW qualification
- Locksmith
- Woodworking machine setter
- Machine operator in the rubber and plastics industry
- Machine operator in the chemical industry
- Machine operator in the food industry
- Machine operator in the metal industry
- Machine operator working with filling, packing and labelling
- Machine operator in the stone, cement and concrete industry
- Machine operator in the textile industry
- Machine operator in the wood product industry
- Process operator in the chemical industry
- Process operator in the pulp and paper industry
- Process operator in the steel and metal industry
- Sawmill operator
- Maintenance technician
- Toolmaker
For more information on the duties involved in the different professions and forecasts of future job prospects, see the “Hitta yrken A–Ö” (Find professions A–Ö) service.
Hitta yrken A–Ö (Find professions A–Ö)
Further studies after the programme and qualification
Do you want to continue your studies at a college or university after completing the programme? Through the programme, you will meet the general entry requirements for higher education studies. After the programme, you can also study a higher vocational education programme or a programme at a folk high school.
General entry requirements for upper secondary school vocational programme, skolverket.se
Qualification for higher education after the programme
Use the “Behörighetsvisaren” (Qualification indicator) service to see which higher education programmes you may be eligible to apply for after the programme.