O curso técnico subsequente em agropecuária do IFRS – Campus Vacaria/RS: percursos em busca da profissionalização (2016-2018)

Abstract

This research sought to study the meaning of vocational training for graduates of the Technical Course in Agriculture and Livestock in the subsequent modality of the IFRS - Campus Vacaria, located in the city of Vacaria (RS), whose economy is based on agricultural and livestock production. The main objective of this study was to investigate how graduates of the first graduating class of the Subsequent Technical Course in Agriculture and Livestock Farming of IFRS - Campus Vacaria/RS. Rememorize their formative journey and from their memories identify the representations and meanings that were produced in the formative process between 2016 and 2018. The spatial and temporal cut of the research stems from the first agricultural and cattle ranching course in the subsequent modality, which was offered and made effective by the Vacaria Campus, after the authorization to operate. The Vacaria Campus, a public educational institution, emerges as a possibility of professional technical qualification, since there was no other similar public institution in the city. As for the theoretical framework, it is based on cultural history, which contributed to the understanding and historical analysis of professional education in Brazil and of the processes inherent to the institution of the IFRS - Campus Vacaria and to the production of culture present in the institution and in the formative processes. Oral history was used for the construction of oral sources, from the application of semi-structured interviews with five egresses of the subsequent course in agriculture and cattle ranching of IFRS - Campus Vacaria. The memories were analyzed and compared to other documents through the methodology of document analysis, composing the empirical research. This thesis is structured in six chapters, including the initial considerations, which contemplate the mobilizing aspects for the development of the research, through the establishment of the relationship researcher versus research object, and the literature review to support the study. As results, this study brings evidence of the resonance of professional training in the lives of the graduates. In the social dimension, by means of the establishment and expansion of the business network, it can be seen that there was the development of affective bonds (friendship, common interests, etc.) as of the institutional daily life, and this was collectively recalled in the interviews. The professional training generates a feeling of professional belonging with strong influences on the group's identity, leveled by technical knowledge. In the economic field, the results are promising, since all the interviewees are active in the training area and occupy leadership positions, either in private companies or by investing in their own businesses, which has generated a higher income. It is inferred that some of the graduates have been dedicated to applying the technologies learned during the course, which may have contributed to generate more investments and profits for themselves and their companies, which, consequently, also impacts the economy of the city of Vacaria, if not by the circulation of money, by the consumption of goods, services and inputs, by the expansion of the labor market. Furthermore, they contribute to the publicity of the course and the IFRS - Campus Vacaria, which attracts more and more students from other cities in the Campos de Cima da Serra region and stimulates the employability of the professionals graduated by IFRS. [resumo fornecido pelo autor]