Theschoolhistory and present in brief

SecondarySchoolofMechanical, Constructional ad TransportationStudies in Liberec isanallowanceorganizationestablished by theDistrictof Liberec. Originallyitwasfounded as SecondaryVocationalSchoolofConstructiontheyear 1957, and itbelonged to thecompanycalled“Pozemní stavby Liberec“. Itprovidedtrainingmainly to apprenticesofbuildingproffesions.

Aftertheyear 1990 itintegradedwithseveralschools - Centre ofElectrotechnicTraining, IntegratedSecondarySchoolofTransportation and Construction and SecondarySchoolofTechnicalEngineering. Thementionedorganizationalchangescaused a considerableexpansionofthefieldsof study thattheschooloffersitsstudents. Alsothenumberofstudentsincreased. There are about 800 studentsattheschooltoday.

At thepresenttimetheschoolprovideseducation in thefollowingfieldsofstudiesfocused on machinery, building and transportationengineering:

Fieldsofstudiesprovidingsecondaryeducationfinished by maturita exam

36-45-M/01TechnicalEquipmentofBuildings

37-41-M/01 Transport Operationsand Transport Economics

23-45-L/01 Mechanic – ToolSetter (CNC Metal machining)

23-45-L/01 Mechanic – ToolSetter (CNCMolding)

39-41-L/01 Auto Electrician

39-41-L/02MechanicofInstallations in Buildings

64-41-L/51 Business enterprise (extensionstudies – full-timeoreveningclasses)

Fieldsof study providingsecondaryeducationfinished by vocationalcertificate

23-51-H/01 Mechanic (Locksmith)

23-52-H/01 Toolmaker

23-55-H/01 Tinner

26-52-H/01Electromechanic

33-56-H/01Joiner

36-52-H/01 Plumber

36-57-H/01Painter and Decorator

36-64-H/01 Carpenter

36-67-H/01 Bricklayer

Theschoolkeeps 120 employeesincluding 80teachersoftheoreticalsubjects, teachersofvocationaltrainingand dormteachers. Theheadmasteroftheschoolis Ing. Tomáš Princ.

Schoolpremises

Liberec II, Truhlářská 360/3 – school management, dormitory, schoolkitchen and canteen,

telephonenumber: 488880400, e-mail:

Liberec XII, Letná 90/30 –schoolincludinggym, mainworkshops, car workshop,

schooltelephonenumber: 48888440, workshop telephonenumber: 488880462,

e-mail:

Liberec VIII, Ještědská 358/106 – schooltelephonenumber: 488880410

Liberec VI, Řepná 1248/12 – machineryworkshops,telephonenumber: 488880490

Theschoolstarted to participate ininternationalprojects in themid 90´s ofthe last century. Thelongestprojectwasthe PHAREprogramme – thereformationofvocationaleducation. Ourschoolwasoneofthenineteenpilotschools in the Czech Republic. Thatprogramme had a significantcontributionfortheschoolboth in thepedagogical and materialfield. Consequentlytheemployeesoftheschoolsubmitteda lot ofsuccessfulapplications to anotherinternational and nationalprogrammes. These wereespeciallythemobility projectsoftheEuropean Union Leonardo da Vinci,later Erasmus+, theOperationalprogrammessof ESF, and thecooperationwiththe Czech-GermanFundoftheFuture. Thepedagogicalstaffhave made use ofthegainedexperience and knowledgeand haveuseditforexampleforcompletionand innovatinsoftheschooleducationalprogrammes.All these factscontribute to thehighlevelofeducation and expandingtheactivitiesoftheschool. A goodexampleistheWeldingSchoolwhichhas passedthe audit oftheEuropeanweldingfederation. Nowitoffersthestudents, and firstofalltheemployeesofcompaniesinLiberec region obtaining aweldingcertificateaccording to theEuropeanstandardsforwelding metals and plastics in a largenumberofmethods.

A part oftheschoolisalso adormitorywiththecapacityof 280 beds and aschoolkitchen.Despitetheabovedescribedsuccessesthe management oftheschoolfollowsrecentchanges anddevelopmentofthefieldsof study allthetime. Thatiswhytheschoolalsokeepsgoodrelations with many firms in Liberec region and withschools and institutionsin Germany, Great Britainn, Poland andSlovakia.