Entry requirements: basic general education (up to 9th grade)

Course duration: 17 months for professional qualification / 46 months for specialist professional qualification

Specialist vocational subjects covered:

• Equipment for mercantile business
• Theoretical fundamentals of merchandising
• Informational technologies in professional settings
• Organization of commercial activity
• Merchandising of food
• Commercial calculations
• Specialist subject - Merchandising of non-food commodities:
  
  • Merchandising of non-food commodities
  • Microbiology, sanitary science and hygiene of non-food commodities
• Optional subjects:
  • Foreign language
  • Life safety
  • Sports

General vocational subjects covered:

• Economics of the industrial sector
• Marketing
• Management
• Management documentation
• Accounting
• Legal support for professional activity
• Taxes and taxation
• Statistics
• Advertising
• Standardization and certification
• Labour protection
• Business culture

The course also covers general education subjects in languages, mathematics, science, technology, humanities and arts.