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REPORT FROM THE ROUND TABLE "A KINESIOLOGIST IN 
THE LABOUR MARKET"

Slovenian Association of Kinesiology,
Science and Research Centre of Koper, Institute for Kinesiology Research

Koper, 8th November, 2016

Kinesiology is a young science whose main content is the study of human move-
ment (physical activity). In a broader sense, kinesiology is the science that examines the 
nature principles and the management process of human movement and the effects of 
these processes on the human organism in relation with its living and working enviro-
nment. In Slovenia, the formal study of kinesiology is possible in two study programs, 
namely, the program of (Applied) Kinesiology at the University of Primorska and the 
program of Kinesiology at the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Sport. Kinesiology 
as the field of study has been in the constant development since 2010. Nowadays, first 
kinesiologists, B.Sc. and M.Sc. are successfully placed within the labour market. 

The profession of kinesiologist is one of the youngest professions in Slovenia. In 
the description of the Standard Classification of Professions (SKP-08) the profession of 
kinesiologist is described as a health expert / specialist. The content of kinesiology and 
the occupation of kinesiologist is placed among the fields of health, sports and safety 
and occupational health. Currently, the profession is systemically placed in the existing 
as well in the new draft to Sports Act. Thus, a kinesiologist is an educated expert in the 
field of sport and thereby a regulated profession in Slovenia. As an educated expert it is 
placed also in the Resolution on the national program on nutrition and physical activity 
for health in 2015 − 2025. Continuous efforts are being made to place the profession 
of kinesiologist also in the national system in health field and in the area of health and 
safety at work.

In accordance with the placement of kinesiology and kinesiologists in the content of 
modern society, their main competencies / skills are as followed:

 – Designing health promotion programs;
 – Planning and implementation of preventive health programs;
 – Planning, implementation, evaluation and analysis of programs of exercise / 

sport activity for health;
 – Participating in the implementation of therapeutic and rehabilitation programs;
 – Implementing the programs of exercise / sports activities for different age and 

target groups (children, adults, seniors, persons with disabilities, persons with 
chronic non-communicable diseases, like asthma, diabetes, ...);

 – Implementing the preventive measures of physical characteristics, motor abili-
ties, and their use in the preparation of the system and / or individually tailored 
prevention programs;

 – Designing and implementing a basic ergonomic analysis of the workplace and 
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 – Implementing programs of condition training in elite sport;
 – Participating in and advising on the procedure of planning physically and move-

ment stimulating environments.
With these and other specific competences and skills, kinesiologists are employable 

in the public sector (e.g. Collaborator and Referee for Sport in municipalities), as op-
erators of national projects (Healthy Lifestyle, Human Resources Development in the 
Sport, Together for Health, The National Program of Sport Discipline in schools...) or 
independently on the labour market, employed by companies (e.g. private retirement 
homes, spas, hotels or sports centers ...) or as self-employed.

On 8th November 2016, the Slovenian Association of Kinesiology together with 
Science and Research Centre of Koper, Institute for Kinesiology Research organized a 
round table titled "Kinesiologist in the Labour Market" in the library of the Scientific 
Research Centre of Koper in order to open a conversation on the topic of employability 
of kinesiologists between the representatives of different institutions and organizations. 
Official guests of the round table were Boro Štrumbelj, Ph.D., Director General of 
Directorate of Sport from the Ministry of Education, Science and Sport, Assoc. prof. 
Edvard Kolar, Ph.D., Secretary General of the Olympic Committee of Slovenia, prof. 
Rado Pišot, PhD., Director of the Science and Research Centre Koper and the President 
of Slovenian Association of Kinesiology, prof. Damir Karpljuk, Ph.D., vice-dean of the 
Faculty of Sport, University of Ljubljana, Mr. Marjan Plavčak, the President of the Slo-
venian Association of Physical and Sport Teachers, Vedran Hadžič, PhD., the Kinesiol-
ogy Study Program Coordinator at the University of Ljubljana, Matej Plevnik, Ph.D., a 
lecturer at the study program Applied Kinesiology at the University of Primorska, Anja 
Andrenšek, an undergraduate studentof applied kinesiology at University of Primorska 
and Maja Dakskobler, Univ. Sc. kin., a Kinesiology graduate from the University of 
Ljubljana.

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The contents of the round table was divided in four topics, namely, a kinesiologist’s 
competences, the current employment opportunities for kinesiologists, the relationship 
between  education programs and the training in the field of sport and an insight into the 
future directions and the development of kinesiology. Guests noted that a kinesiologist 
as an educated professional  is placed in the existing Sports Act, as well as in the draft 
of the new Act, which will be accepted in the near future. They shared the opinion that 
the society needs educated professionals from the field which covers kinesiology, but 
that it is also necessary to make further efforts to expand the knowledge of the profes-
sion and its fields of activity, especially in the area of health and safety and health at 
work. As examples of good practice they mentioned some cases where kinesiologists 
are well-placed in the labour market, as well as the projects and financial mechanisms 
through which they are incorporated into the labour market (Healthy Lifestyle, Human 
Resources Development in the Sport, Together for Health, The National Program of 
Sport Discipline  and others). The event was concluded with the decision that it is ne-
cessary to strive for greater integration of the institutions that educate kinesiologists in 
Slovenia and make further efforts for the spread of systemic arrangements in the field of 
employment for kinesiologists and the promotion of kinesiology as a professional field 
and a scientific discipline. Younger colleagues expressed their hopes for their older, 
already graduated colleagues, to help create new employment opportunities  through 
their good work and through setting the examples for them.

Matej Plevnik, Rado Pišot



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POROČILO Z OKROGLE MIZE »KINEZIOLOG NA TRGU 
DELA«

Društvo kineziologov Slovenije, 
Znanstveno-raziskovalno središče Koper, Inštitut za kineziološke raziskave

Koper, 8. november 2016

Kineziologija je mlada znanost, katere osrednja vsebina je preučevanje gibanja 
človeka. V širšem pomenu besede je kineziologija znanost, ki preučuje zakonitosti 
upravljanja procesov gibanja človeka in posledice delovanja teh procesov na človekov 
organizem, v odvisnosti in povezavi z njegovim življenjskim in delovnim okoljem. V 
Sloveniji je študij kineziologije mogoč na dveh študijskih programih, in sicer programu 
Aplikativne kineziologije na Univerzi na Primorskem ter programu Kineziologije na 
Univerzi v Ljubljani. Študijsko področje kineziologije je v razvoju od leta 2010 dalje, 
danes pa se na trg dela uspešno umeščajo prvi diplomirani kineziologi in magistri ki-
neziologije. 

Poklic kineziologa je v Sloveniji eden mlajših. V standardni klasifikaciji opisa po-
klicev (SKP-08) je poklic kineziologa opisan kot zdravstveni strokovnjak/strokovnja-
kinja. Vsebinsko se polje delovanja umešča med zdravstvo, šport in varnost ter varova-
nje zdravja pri delu. Sistemsko je trenutno umeščen v obstoječi, kot tudi novi predlog 
Zakona o športu. Tako je kineziolog tudi izobražen strokovnjak na področju športa in s 
tem reguliran poklic v Sloveniji. Kot izobražen strokovnjak je umeščen tudi v Resolu-
cijo o nacionalnem programu o prehrani in telesni dejavnosti za zdravje 2015 – 2025. 
Ves čas potekajo prizadevanja, da bi poklic kineziologa vsebinsko primerno sistemsko 
umestili tudi na področju zdravstva in na področju zdravja in varnosti pri delu.

Skladno z umestitvijo kineziologa, so njegove glavne kompetence/veščine naslednje:
 – Oblikovanje programov promocije zdravja,
 – Načrtovanje in izvedba preventivnih programov zdravja,
 – Načrtovanje, izvedba, vrednotenje in analiza programov gibalne/športne aktiv-

nosti za zdravje,
 – Sodelovanje pri izvajanju terapevtskih in rehabilitacijskih programov,
 – Vodenje programov gibalne/športne aktivnosti za različne starostne in ciljne 

skupine (otroci, odrasli, starostniki, osebe s posebnimi potrebami, osebe s kro-
ničnimi nenalezljivimi boleznimi – astma, sladkorna bolezen, …),

 – Izvajanje preventivnih merjenj telesnih značilnosti in gibalnih sposobnosti ter 
njihova uporaba pri pripravi sistemskih in/ali individualno prilagojenih preven-
tivnih programov,

 – Načrtovanje in izvajanje osnovnih ergonomskih analiz delovnega mesta in pri-
prava ukrepov za izboljšanje zdravja na izbranih delovnih mestih,

 – Izvajanje programov kondicijske vadbe v vrhunskem športu
 – Sodelovanje in svetovanje pri načrtovanju gibalno spodbudnega okolja.



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Kineziologi so z omenjenimi in drugimi specifičnimi kompetencami zaposljivi v 
javnem sektorju (npr. kot referenti za šport na občinah), kot izvajalci nacionalnih pro-
jektov (Zdrav življenjski slog, Razvoj kadrov v športu, Za boljše zdravje in zmanjšanje 
neenakopravnosti v zdravju, Program športnih panožnih šol…) oziroma samostojno na 
trgu dela, pri podjetjih (npr. zasebni domovi starejših, zdravilišča, hotelski ali športni 
centri…) ali kot samozaposleni.

Društvo kineziologov Slovenije in Znanstveno-raziskovalno središče Koper, Inšti-
tut za kineziološke raziskave, sta 8. novembra 2016 v knjižnici Znanstveno-razisko-
valnega središča UP organizirala okroglo mizo z naslovom »Kineziolog na trgu dela«. 
Osnovni namen okrogle mize je bil odprt pogovor med predstavniki različnih ustanov 
na temo zaposljivosti kineziologa. Uradni gostje okrogle mize so bili dr. Boro Štrum-
belj, generalni direktor Direktorata za šport, Ministrstva za izobraževanje, znanost in 
šport, izr. prof. dr. Edvard Kolar, generalni sekretar Olimpijskega komiteja Slovenije, 
prof. dr. Rado Pišot, direktor Znanstveno-raziskovalnega središča UP, prof. dr. Damir 
Karpljuk, prodekan Fakultete za šport, UL, g. Marjan Plavčak, predsednik Zveze dru-
štev športnih pedagogov Slovenije, doc. dr. Vedran Hadžič, koordinator študijskega 
programa Kineziologija na Fakulteti za šport, UL, doc. dr. Matej Plevnik, predava-
telj na študijskem programu Aplikativna kineziologijae UP FAMNIT, Anja Andrenšek, 
absolventka – študentka aplikativne kineziologije UP FAMNIT ter Maja Dakskobler, 
univ. dipl. kin. (UL FŠ). 

Študentje kineziologije in ostali poslušalci so napolnili prostor dogodka.

Vsebina okrogle mize je bila strnjena v štiri vsebinske sklope: kompetence kine-
ziologa, trenutne zaposlitvene možnosti kineziologa, razmerja med izobraževanjem 
in usposabljanjem na področju in pogled v prihodnost poklica kineziologa. Gostje so 



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ugotovili, da je kineziolog, kot izobražen strokovni delavec, umeščen tako v obstoječi 
Zakon o športu kot tudi osnutek novega zakona, ki bo predvidoma sprejet v bližnji 
prihodnosti. Enotni so si bili, da obstaja potreba po izobraženem kadru tega profila, da 
pa si je potrebno tudi nadalje prizadevati za širitev prepoznavnosti poklica in njegovih 
področij delovanja, predvsem na področja zdravstva ter varnosti in zdravja pri delu. 
Omenili so primere dobre prakse, iz katerih je razvidno, da se kineziologi kot strokovni 
sodelavci dobro umeščajo na trgu dela, kot tudi projekte in finančne mehanizme, sko-
zi katere so vključeni na trg dela (Zdrav življenjski slog, Razvoj kadrov v športu, Za 
boljše zdravje in zmanjšanje neenakosti v zdravju in drugi). Dogodek so zaključili s 
sklepom, da si je potrebno prizadevati za večje povezovanje inštitucij, ki izobražujejo 
kineziologe v Sloveniji ter si nadalje prizadevati za širjenje sistemske ureditve področja 
zaposlovanja kineziologov in promocije polja kineziologije. Mlajši kolegi pa so pripo-
ročili starejšim že diplomiranim, da s svojim zgledom in dobrim delom ustvarjajo nove 
zaposlitvene možnosti tudi za njih.

Matej Plevnik, Rado Pišot


