WORTH KNOWING ABOUT THE GENERAL EDUCATION SYSTEM WORTH KNOWING ABOUT FURTHER EDUCATION & TRAINING In Dansk Laborant-Forening/HK(DL-F) we are working on creating a transparent way through the education system. It can be in relation to mem bers, employers as well as the political system. In Dansk Laborant-Forening/HK (DL-F) we are working for our members getting the best opportunities to develop their skills through the whole of their working lives in collaboration with their employers and according to their own wishes. This is the general education system The laboratory technologist' as well as the environmental technologists' education and training are so-called short-cycle higher education programmes. The laboratory technologist' education programme (Academy Profession Graduate in Chemical and Biotechnical Science) is of 212 years duration where 112 years takes place in college and is based on a State Educational Grant and Loan Scheme - afterwards there is 1 year of paid practical training. The environmental technologist education (Academy Profession Graduate in Environmental Technology) is of a 2-year duration and is Youth education/training General upper secondary education or relevant EUD based wholly on a State Educational Grant and Loan Scheme. A Bachelor of Chemical and biotechnical technology and food technology can be chosen as a superstructure to the laboratory technologist' education. The education programme is of 112 years' duration and is based on a State Educational Grant and Loan Scheme and is a medium-cycle higher education programme. Or you can choose a diploma degree in biotechnology, process technology and chemistry. The education is paid by the user and can be taken whilst one is working. Finally, there is also the opportunity of taking graduate and masters degrees. Dansk Laborant-Forening/HK (DL-F) recommends that you make enquiries at the study centers in order to hear more about the opportunities for constructing a programme in relation to graduate and masters' level. KVU Laboratory Technologist (212 years) This is how to use the further education and training system As an employee within the laboratory science labour market it is important that you keep abreast of development. Therefore, Dansk Laborant-Forening/HK (DL-F) recommends that annually employees and employers discuss the needs and wishes for the development of skills for the individual employee. There is a wealth of course providers which can be private or public. As a member of Dansk Laborant-Forening/HK (DL-F) you have the possibility of getting a career adviser, thus being able to find your way to the right course. MVU Bachelors degree (112 years of full time study) Or If your workplace is covered by a collective agreement, there is a possibility of applying for funding for skills development via the collective agreement's education fund/skills development fund. Dansk Laborant-Forening/HK (DL-F) also arranges courses for members, which are often free of charge, whilst the employer in some cases is expected to pay for time off. Finally, you can choose to pay for your courses you could attend an evening class course or participate on an online course at home in the evening. The future labour market will mean a need for new skills. Consequently, participation on courses in one way or another is a good investment to give yourself as an employee and it certainly is for the employer as well. Graduate education (3 years of part-time study) Youth education/training KVU High school or relevant EUD Environmental technologist (2 years of full time study) EUD: Vocational upper secondary education KVU: Short-cycle higher education MVU: Medium-cycle higher education 22 23 MEET 9 SPECIALISTS WHO ARE CREATING THE FUTURE THE DEV ELOPER THE IT SUPER USER DITOR THE QUALITY AU THE TECHNOLOGIST THE COORDINATOR THE LOGISTICIA N THE ANALYST THE TRAINER LABORATORY TECHNOLOGIST EDUCATION THE WORLD CITIZEN CONTENTS A PROFESSION UNDERGOING CHANGE In Dansk Laborant-Forening/HK (DL-F) we know that our profession contains a vast number of exciting job opportunities. 03 Preface: A profession undergoing change 04 The Analyst: Guarantor for consumer safety 06 The Quality Auditor: Ensures that quality THE ANALYST ANALYTIKEREN 1 GUARANTOR GARANT FOR FOR CONSUMER SIKKERHED FORBRUGERNES SAFETY THE ANALYST Eva Jørgensen has been a laboratory technologist since 1989 and has worked at the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration's laboratory in Ringsted since 2006. At that time, she was, together w THE QUALITY AUDITOR ANALYTIKEREN 1 ENSURES THAT GARANT FOR QUALITY IS OF THE FORBRUGERNES SIKKERHED HIGHEST ORDER DITOR THE QUALITY AU When laboratory technologist, Susanne Jeppe sen, is doing her job at Novo Nordisk A/S in Bagsværd it is done for the most part at a desk and in front of a compute IT SUPER USER BRIDGE-BUILDER BETWEEN RESEARCH AND IT DEVELOPMENT Since Mads Molich completed his education as a laboratory technologist in 2006, he has for the most part not had two working days that are the same. Today he works at Novozymes A/S in Bagsværd as a scientific laboratory technologist o THE COORDINATOR FLAIR FOR ORGANISING AND GATHERING KNOWLEDGE THE COORDINATOR As a working environment and emergency and security coordinator Henriette Lerche no longer works in the laboratory. Her workplace is the long corridors and offices at the Niels Bohr Institute at Copenhagen University on THE LOGISTICIAN SAY WHAT YOU NEED AND I'LL GET HOLD OF IT Laboratory technologist Heidi Irming is a buyer at DTU Biosustain, Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability (CFB) in Hørsholm. She has recently been extremely busy in connection with the moving of DTU Biosustain to a completely THE TRAINER ANALYTIKEREN 1 THE LABORATORY TECHNOLOGIST TEACHES THE DOCTORS OF THE FUTURE Thousands of young medical students have over the years become acquainted with Helle Dyhrfjeld Jensen's professional guidance in the laboratories of the Panum Institute in Copenhagen. Helle is employed as a pr THE DEVELOPER I LEARN SOMETHING NEW EVERY DAY Lene Odgaard Kamstrup is a laboratory technologist with the Danish-American company CMC Biologics A/S, CMC, in Søborg. The biotechnology company is a customer-based company. This means that they have many different customers which they undertake develop THE TECHNOLOGIST FROM ALARM CLOCKS TO ROBOTS Inge Lise Stripp Petersen has always enjoyed technology, IT and programming. Since she was little she has taken everything apart from alarm clocks to sewing machines. Today she is a laboratory technologist at Novo Nordisk A/S in the API Bio Analysis depa THE WORLD CITIZEN I participate in weekly Skype meetings with the Indian and Polish development departments ALL-ROUND JOB WITH AN INTER NATIONAL PROFILE Weekly Skype meetings with Indian engineers, visits to factories in Germany, France and India, courses in England and meetings with Japanese cust WORTH KNOWING ABOUT THE GENERAL EDUCATION SYSTEM WORTH KNOWING ABOUT FURTHER EDUCATION & TRAINING In Dansk Laborant-Forening/HK(DL-F) we are working on creating a transparent way through the education system. It can be in relation to mem bers, employers as well as the political system. In Dansk L ABOUT DANSK LABORANTFORENING/HK (DL-F) Dansk Laborant-Forening/HK (DL-F) is a cross-union association in HK. We organize approx. 10,000 members whose primary educational background is laboratory assistant, laboratory technologist, environmental engineer or environmental technologist; they are employ