Course for Higher Technician for the production of diagnostic, therapeutic and rehabilitative devices.
City: Palermo
Department: Biomedical Field
Language of the course: Italian
Link to the course: https://www.itsvoltapalermo.it/tecnico-superiore-per-la-produzione-di-apparecchi-e-dispositivi-diagnostici-terapeutici-e-riabilitativi/
The Higher Technician for the production of diagnostic, therapeutic and rehabilitative devices works in the field of research, design, development, production and maintenance of biomedical devices, and devices for diagnosis, therapy and rehabilitation.
ACTIVITIES
• Ensuring the quality, compliance and safety of systems and devices
• Planning and organization of production processes
• Managing the technical specifications to be applied to ensure the operation of the product Follow the steps to obtain product compliance and certification
• Carry out product testing, technical assistance, after-sales monitoring, collaborating in the promotion and marketing of products
The “Diploma of Higher Technician” is issued by the CABINET of Education and is recognized by the Italian State.
The competences acquired correspond to the fifth level of the European Qualifications Framework (EQF).
The course is biennial, it is divided into 4 semesters (2,000 hours) and is structured by skills rather than by subjects. Competence is the ability to make use of what you know to accomplish something. Learning-by-doing, project work, problem solving, design thinking are just some of the most used teaching approaches by ITS.
The teaching staff, at least 60%, is made up of industry professionals made available by companies that collaborate with ITS: they bring into the classroom the skills and technologies they use every day in their work. The rest of the teaching staff comes from the University and the School.
Two tutors follow you and support you both in the classroom and company, throughout your training: they interface with the teachers to speed up and facilitate learning and to align the different interventions.
REQUIREMENTS TO ACCESS TO AN ITS COURSE :
Diploma in upper secondary education
Diploma of 4 years of vocational education and training + an annual course IFTS
Passing the entry test
What are ITS?
The Higher Technical Institutes are post-high School graduates Institutes, with high specialization, created to meet the demand of companies for new and high technical and technological skills.
These are two-year (or three-year) courses that offer highly qualified technical training, to allow you to enter the world of work immediately.
The ITS courses, in fact, are realized in collaboration with enterprises, universities, research centers and local authorities in order to develop new competences in technological areas considered strategic for the economic development and the competitiveness of the Country.