Accepted from today applications will be made at Public Agricultural Vocational Training Institutes(Diek) of ELGO-DIMITRAS.

Those interested can submit their applications through gov.gr until Friday, September 15.

For the training year 2023-2024, six DIEK will operate with morning hours in the Regional Units of Ioannina, Heraklion, Corinth, Larissa, Attica and Trikala.

Specifically, at Janina the Dairy-Cheese Technician specialty will operate, while in Heraklion, Crete, and specifically in Messara, the Greenhouse and Crops Technician specialty will be covered.

In its Board of Directors Larisa students have the possibility to choose one of two specializations, that of Farm Animal Breeding Systems Manager and Agricultural Machinery Maintenance and Repair Technician.

In the Estate of Syngrou in Attica the students will be trained in the specialty of Technician of Technological Applications and Installations in Landscape and Environmental Projects.

In Nemea there is the specialty of Viticulture and Oenology Technician, while in Kalambaka the possibility of training in the specialty of Wood Carving and Application Technician in Wooden Constructions will be provided.

Housing and feeding are provided free of charge, to a certain number of students per IEK. The provision does not concern IEK Attica.

Studying is free and lasts five (5) semesters:

  • 4 semesters of theoretical and laboratory training and
  • 1 semester of internship

The internship of the graduates is carried out by ELGO-DIMITRA structures with responsibilities and objects that are related to the specialties of the IEK.

After the successful completion of their training, IEK graduates are granted a Vocational Training Certificate (VEC) of Law 4763/2020, which gives its holder the right to participate in certification exams by EOPPEP, to obtain the level five title of the National Qualifications Framework.