Metallurgist

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What can be expected?

The school leaver is trained so that he or she can:

• be skilled in crude iron and steel production from the raw material charging up to the produced steel;
• prepare the charge and admixtures, charge the furnace, tap (both the metal and slag) and cast, prepare casting sets and ladles and repair the tapping spouts;
• operate and perform regular maintenance of metallurgical equipment;
• check product quality and sorting;
• carry out regular maintenance of equipment and components efficiently cooperating with the relevant operators.

Opportunities for the school leaver

• The student successfully passing the final examination is qualified for professions such as a steel metallurgist, blast furnace metallurgist, furnace operator, rolling mill operator, wire drawing mill operator or ropemaker.
• Depending on the study results achieved he or she can continue studies in follow-up courses (e.g. focused on business) in order to pass the “maturita” examination (similar to GCE examination).