Real estate agent

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Immobilienkaufmann or Immobilienkauffrau is a nationally recognized in Germany and Austria training occupation of the real estate industry . Real estate agents work in the administration and management of real estate objects and the processing of real estate transactions.

job profile

In contrast to the specialized real estate agent , who mainly mediates between supply and demand, the field of activity of real estate agents is broader. They often support various real estate professionals in their work. They search, buy, sell, rent and manage real estate of all kinds (houses, apartments, business and office buildings, land). In doing so, they look after the owners as well as the possible customers, organize visits and valuations of properties. Other core tasks concern the processing of damage reports and the issuing of repair and maintenance orders. Real estate agents sometimes also create financing concepts and are in contact with banks and insurance companies.

The place of work is mainly the office, for certain tasks such as house or apartment visits for prospective buyers or renters, they also work in the field.

Real estate agents are employed in companies in the real estate industry, for example

In addition, they are used in real estate departments of banks, building societies, insurance companies as well as in commercial and industrial companies.

education

The training content corresponds to the activities described in the job description. Apart from the legal provisions, there are no major differences between Germany and Austria.

Germany

Since August 2, 2006, the profession of real estate agent has replaced the previous training profession in the real estate and housing industry . The training lasts three years and is regulated in Germany according to the Vocational Training Act. It takes place in the so-called dual system at training companies and in vocational schools and ends with the final examination . There are 16 suitable vocational schools in Germany for theoretical training.

Austria

Real estate agents in Austria also complete a three-year apprenticeship in the form of dual training and finish with the final apprenticeship examination. This examination also qualifies as the completion of an apprenticeship as an office clerk and administrative assistant . Related apprenticeships, such as accountants or insurance clerks and many other office and administrative jobs, can be completed with a shorter apprenticeship period.

Passing the final apprenticeship examination in Austria also enables access to the vocational school-leaving certificate (Berufsreifeprüfung) and subsequently to further higher qualifications at colleges, technical colleges and universities. If the qualification test is passed, the real estate agent can also work independently in the area of ​​the regulated trade of real estate trustees (real estate agents, property managers, property developers) .

Distance learning training

The school-based part of the training can also be completed in correspondence courses. As a rule, the IHK only allows people to take the final exams who, in parallel to participating in distance learning courses, have also gained practical experience in the housing and real estate industry, in house and residential property management, brokerage agencies or comparable areas. This makes distance learning especially an opportunity for lateral entrants and unskilled workers in the above-mentioned fields of work to equip themselves with a professional qualification parallel to their professional activity.

Distance learning course provider in Germany:

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Text of the ordinance on vocational training as a real estate agent
  2. ↑ Real estate salesman training ordinance ( Memento of the original dated December 24, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 229 kB) of the Austrian Ministry of Economic Affairs, valid since 2004  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bmwfj.gv.at
  3. ↑ Federal Law Gazette II No. 58/2003 : Trade Access Ordinance Real Estate Trustee of the Austrian Ministry of Economics, valid since 2003