As Escolhas Profissionais dos Egressos do Curso Técnico em Mineração Integrado ao Ensino Médio do Instituto Federal Goiano - Campus Avançado Catalão

Abstract

The construction of the young person's identity is linked to his moment of choosing a career that offers personal satisfaction when he is inserted in the World of Work. The search for quality education and its relationship with Vocational Education take the young student to Integrated High School, to acquire theoretical and practical knowledge, which contribute to their professional choices, whether in the job market and / or entering the job market. University education. This study had, as a general objective, the knowledge of the professional choices of the graduates of the year 2017 of the Technical Course in Mining Integrated to High School at the Federal Goiano Institute - Advanced Campus Catalão. Considering the process of singular, social and historical professional choice, a qualitative research was carried out with the 18 graduates, who followed paths according to each reality experienced. As specific objectives, the work analyzed whether the training proposal for the Technical Course in Mining Integrated to High School is adequate to the professional perspectives of the area, with the application of interviews with the Course Coordinator and also with the Coordinator of a local mining company. Our participants were approached with the application of semi-structured interviews, carried out online via the messaging application, and, based on their answers, they pointed out the option for higher education was made by 16 graduates (of the 18 interviewees), with only 3 entering in a higher education course in the area of verticalization of the knowledge received by the course. The analysis of the Pedagogical Course Project and the interviews with the coordinators pointed to the absence of a specific discipline that deals with the local mining market that guides students in approaching the World of Work.