Agricultural service specialist
Agricultural service specialist has been a recognized training occupation in Germany since 2005 according to the Vocational Training Act , which covers the job description of contractors . An agricultural service specialist produces plant-based products in agriculture . To do this, she operates and guides agricultural machines, which she also looks after and maintains.
education
The training lasts three years. It is organized by the Federal Association of Contractors , the Chambers of Agriculture and the federal states. The practical part is usually completed in an agricultural contractor and only rarely in larger farms and the theoretical part in a vocational school.
During the training, the management, use, care and maintenance of machines and equipment is taught. In addition, the apprentices must acquire agricultural knowledge, starting with soil cultivation, through sowing, fertilizing and plant protection up to harvesting.
In 2017, around 270 agricultural service professionals graduated. The proportion of women in training is less than 2%.
Professional profile
The tasks of agricultural service specialists in the cultivation of arable land are to work the soil depending on the type of soil and crops, to check the seeds and plants and to spread them with the help of machines, to fertilize the crops and to treat them with pesticides and also to take measures to maintain the landscape . In addition, agricultural service specialists harvest crops with the help of harvesting machines such as combine harvesters or maize choppers and transport the crop. Their main task is to operate and guide agricultural machines, for which they have to adjust and set up the machines depending on the work order and weather conditions. The on-board instruments, which are computer-controlled in modern machines, have to be adjusted and the resulting data evaluated.
Since there is little work to be done on the farmland, especially during the winter half-year, one of their tasks is to look after, maintain and maintain the agricultural technology. They should be able to recognize and eliminate errors and malfunctions. During the training they should also learn to carry out repairs and maintenance work.
Training locations
Theoretical lessons are offered at nine vocational schools.
- Wurzen vocational school center
- Vocational schools in Wittenberg
- BBS Ammerland
- Vocational school in Güstrow
- Justus von Liebig School Hanover
- Vocational college of the Kleve district
- Rendsburg State Vocational School
- State vocational center, Triesdorf branch
- Oberstufenzentrum Werder
- Ev. Heimvolkshochschule Loccum e. V.
Training opportunities
- Agricultural service master
- Agricultural master
- Technician specializing in agricultural engineering
- Agricultural economist