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Healthcare, childhood and youth development

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Healthcare, childhood and youth development

In Healthcare, childhood and youth development, you learn how to support people’s health, well-being and development at different stages of life and in different situations. You develop practical skills in communication, care and teamwork. You also learn about physical and mental health, food and nutrition, first aid, infection prevention, ethics and the use of technology. This programme is suitable for you if you want to work with people and help them feel safe, cope with everyday life and have a good quality of life.

You learn

  • about health-promoting work
  • about physical and mental health
  • about the anatomy of the body
  • about communication and interaction
  • about the development of children and young people
  • about diet, nutrition and hygiene

Suits you if you are

  • caring and considerate when dealing with other people
  • good at communication
  • good at interacting with others

You can become

a health worker, an ambulance service technician or a hospital orderly

an occupational therapist or a childcare and youth worker

a pharmacy technician, a medical secretary or a dental assistant

a skin care worker, a chiropodist or an orthopaedic technician

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Relevant workplaces

hospitals, nursing homes or the home nursing servicekindergartens or day care facilities for school childrenpharmacies, dentist’s or doctor’s surgeriesfoot clinics or skin care salons

More education

More education 1

You can take further education at a tertiary vocational college. A tertiary vocational education is a short vocational further education meant for those who have taken vocational education and training.

More education 2

You can take the master certificate examination if you have the trade or journeyman’s certificate in a trade that comes under the master craftsman’s programme, and have sufficient experience. The master course of studies qualifies you for a management or middle-management position within your trade area, and gives you the competence to start up your own company.

More education 3

You can take a Vg3 supplementary programme for general university admissions certification – after Vg2 or – after achieving vocational competence. You will then have the option to take higher education at a university college or university. Remember that some study programmes, such as for instance engineering, science and medical studies, require you to have certain science subjects.

More education 4

You can also apply for admission to higher education after a preliminary course or by the Y-path, the vocational pathway to higher education. The Y-path is intended for those with relevant vocational experience. Preliminary courses and the Y-path are most commonly used for science and engineering studies.