IT technician

Since the 2001/2002 school year, education / advanced training for IT technicians has been offered in Bavaria . This is a professional training course.

meaning

The IT technician has a more extensive training in the IT area than the graduates of an IT apprenticeship such as B. the IT specialist . The IT technician is increasingly filling engineering positions due to his practice-oriented skills.

Training goals

According to Article 15 of the Bavarian Law on Education and Instruction (BayEUG), the technical school serves for in-depth professional training or retraining and promotes general education.

The aim of the training is to enable specialists with professional experience to take on tasks in the middle functional and management area. The curricula are based on the knowledge and skills of initial vocational training as well as the experience of professional activity. The training is practice-oriented. In addition to in-depth specialist knowledge, training at the technical school is also intended to impart method and problem-solving skills as well as social and leadership skills. Through this professional training, the students should be able to meet complex requirements in professional situations competently and professionally and acquire skills in the field of management such as leading employees, working in a team, orientation to customer needs as well as effective and cost-conscious design of business processes to be able to.

Course content

The teaching content in Bavaria can be found on the website of the State Institute for School Quality and Educational Research Munich. In addition to general subjects such as English, German, mathematics, etc., the training is based on the pillars of operating system administration, communication and network technology, structured and object-oriented programming, databases and business processes.

entry requirements

As a rule, the technical college can only be attended if you have completed vocational training in a recognized occupation for the subject and you can prove that you have worked in this occupation for a long enough period (usually 12 months).

qualification

The technical college for IT in Bavaria leads to the qualification of state-certified IT technician or state-certified technician specializing in IT . The qualification as a state-certified IT technician is somewhere between an IT apprenticeship and a technical college degree. The advanced technical college entrance qualification can be acquired in connection with the supplementary examination in mathematics. There may be additional elective courses for specific schools.

In other federal states, one can find the designation of state-certified computer scientist for corresponding training .