SCHOOL

The school, if you can call it like that, is working the way, that the students have much more practical schooling than we do. I think this is very good, because they can become better at their jobs. They don’t have a lot of theory, just the important things. They also learn a lot of theory when they are working. There are also big differences in schooling in other ways. In Slovenia if you are a toolmaker, they expected of you that you know how to weld, turn, grind, drill, work with CNC and also be a bit of a maintenance person. Well, that’s not the case here, after finishing primary school you decide what you want to do in your life and you can also study for it. If you like to turn and mill, you become a machinist, if you like to weld, you become a welder and so on. They have a similar profession, but it is divided into many different specializations. For trainings, they have workshops like many of Slovenian companies could only dream about. There is a plenty of equipment. About safety, they are much stricter than we are. There is no entry into the workshop if you do not have appropriate work clothes and safety glasses. Most of the teachers themselves had worked in companies before they started teaching and they are really trying to pass on their huge knowledge to the younger generations. Students, who intend to learn for their profession, can become really good at it, but unfortunately there are not many of them.