Who are counsellors?

In Slovenia, counsellors involved in the National Vocational Qualification procedure did not become accepted as an independent profession, but they represent a work task segment for different profiles, such as school counsellors, adult education organisers, teachers of different subjects and many other individuals acting in education, training and adult counselling service, and completing a necessary training programme provided either by the National Institute of the Republic of Slovenia for Vocational Education and Training (CPI) or the Slovenian Institute for Adult Education.

They are usually employed at organisations examining individual National Vocational Qualifications or at counselling centres for adult education.
The National Vocational Qualification assessment and award procedure gives every applicant a right to counselling in the registration procedure and portfolio elaboration. Every provider has to offer counselling to the applicant throughout the National Vocational Qualification acquisition process.

It is important to note that the main idea is not to offer assistance to the applicant, but to create the environment in which the applicant becomes the key player in the new situation, i.e. the National Vocational Qualification assessment and award.