Vocational studies
The aim of the program of vocational studies TECHNOLOGIES OF FURNITURE AND WOOD PRODUCTS is to provide students with the necessary expertise and qualify them for professional activities in the field of technology of furniture and wood products. As wood products have a significant share in the GDP and exports of Serbia (in 2011 their share in the export of Serbia amounted to 3.2% and 1.4% of GDP), the achievement of this objective would contribute to the competitiveness of companies engaged in the design, production and trade of furniture and wood products.
The plan and curriculum of vocational studies Technologies of furniture and wood products provides basic theoretical and practical knowledge, which is the basis for understanding and development of critical thinking in the solving of problems in areas such as: fundamentals of construction and design, monitoring of technological wood drying processes, the production of panels from chopped and layered wood, monitoring of technologies in sawmill and final wood processing, monitoring of the process of wood products protection, participation in the preparation and organization of production and internal and external trade in furniture and wood products.
Knowledge and skills that students gain are necessary for inclusion in both the working process of production of furniture and wood products, as well as in the organization and management of individual plants in timber industry. In the design process, students are trained to work as subdesigners of certain parts of the project, as determined by the chief designer. In addition, students are trained for the jobs of analysis and market research of furniture and wood products, as well as jobs in the foreign trade in furniture and wood products and representation.
The academic title acquired by students who complete the basic vocational studies in the study program Technologies of furniture and wood products is Professional Engineer of Technologies of furniture and wood products.
Employment of professional engineers is possible in all companies dealing with wood processing, production of furniture and interior elements and trade in wood and wood products. Further educational development of professional engineers of technologies of furniture and wood products can take place within the area of specialist professional biotechnical science at universities and professional schools abroad with which the Faculty of Forestry has a signed agreement on cooperation.
CURRICULUM OF THE STUDY PROGRAM OF BASIC VOCATIONAL STUDIES
| Subject | Number of lessons | ECTS |
| I year | ||
| I semester | ||
| Мathematics | 2+3 | 8 |
| Physics | 2+3 | 8 |
| Chemistry | 2+3 | 8 |
| Foreign language1: | 4+0 | – |
| English | ||
| German | ||
| French | ||
| Russian | ||
| Elective subject 1: | 2+0 | 2 |
| Fundamentals of economy | ||
| Sociology | ||
| II semester | ||
| Тechnical mechanics | 2+3 | 8 |
| Аnatomy and wood chemistry | 3+3 | 10 |
| Foreign language 2: | 4+0 | 8 |
| English | ||
| German | ||
| French | ||
| Russian | ||
| Elective subject 2: | 3+3 | 8 |
| Descriptive geometry with technical drawing | ||
| Applied engineering graphics | ||
| Total number of lessons of active teaching and ECTS credits in the 1st year | 24+18 | 60 |
| II year | ||
| III semester | ||
| Fundamentals of mechanical engineering | 3+2 | 7 |
| Properties of wood | 3+3 | 9 |
| Materials science | 3+3 | 9 |
| Wood protection | 2+2 | 8 |
| IV semester | ||
| Wood constructions | 3+3 | 9 |
| Internal transport in wood processing | 3+3 | 9 |
| Drying and steaming of wood | 3+3 | 9 |
| Total number of lessons of active teaching and ECTS credits in the 2nd year | 21+21 | 60 |
| III year | ||
| V semester | ||
| Elective subjects 3 and 4: | 3+3 | 7 |
| Маchines and tools for wood processing |
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| Veneers, fiber boards and wood-plastic masses | ||
| Veneers and layered boards | ||
| Wood processing in sawmills | ||
| Elective subjects 5 and 6: | 3+3 | 7 |
| Оrganization of production in wood processing | ||
| Wood industry economics | ||
| Timber trade | ||
| Preparation of production | ||
| VI semester | ||
| Elective subjects 7 and 8: | 3+3 | 7 |
| Final wood processing | ||
| Surface wood processing | ||
| Preparation of production | ||
| Оrganization of production in wood processing | ||
| Elective subject 9: | 3+3 | 7 |
| Furniture design | ||
| Preparation of production | ||
| Professional practice | 3+3 | 5 |
| Final paper | 3+3 | 6 |
| Total number of lessons of active teaching and ECTS credits in the 3rd year | 27+27 | 60 |