Programme area for Automation - curriculum for common programme subject Vg3 (AUT3-01)

Basic skills are integrated into the competence aims for this course in areas where they contribute to the development of and are a part of the basic subject competence. In Automation, basic skills are understood as follows:

Being able to express oneself orally in Automation involves communicating with customers, colleagues and professionals from other trades. This involves participating in discussions about safety and the choice of professional solutions, planning, guidance and user training

Being able to express oneself in writing in Automation involves planning work tasks and documenting and reporting completed tasks and reporting deviations.

Being able to read in Automation involves understanding subject-specific text, including current rules, directives and customer specification requirements.

Numeracy in Automation involves planning, dimensioning equipment, evaluating measurement results and understanding the relationships within electrical, hydraulic and pneumatic circuits.

Digital and computer literacy in Automation involves communicating with help from automation systems, using digital tools to search for information and the production of technical documents for systems and devices, and searching for help with error rectification. This also involves programming, configuring and troubleshooting different management and control systems.