Savings bank clerk
Savings bank clerk is the job title for a state-recognized training occupation that could be learned in parts of Germany from 1951 to 1995.
Education and activity
The profession of savings bank clerk could be learned in a two to three year dual training . The training consisted of a practical element at a savings bank , a lesson in a vocational school and in-house lessons within the savings bank organization .
The savings bank clerk works in all business areas of a savings bank. The focus of work depends on the respective field of activity. They cover all areas occurring in credit institutions . The profession of savings bank clerk is comparable to the profession of bank clerk , the activities within the respective credit institute are the same in both professions.
In contrast to the bank clerk, the profession of savings bank clerk could only be learned in a savings bank. The final exam was taken before the German Savings Banks and Giro Association, not before the Chamber of Commerce and Industry , as is the case with the banker . The profession of savings bank clerk was merged into the profession of bank clerk on April 20, 1995.
Since 1995, the savings bank clerk can be acquired by trainees as bank clerks who are trained within the savings bank organization at savings banks or Landesbanken as part of the final apprenticeship course at a savings bank academy . Successful graduates are entitled to use the term savings bank clerk in addition to the designation bank clerk within the savings bank organization. The prerequisite for this is passing the bank clerk exam at the IHK.
The savings bank clerk is no longer a recognized training occupation, but a title that is awarded by the savings bank organization and is dependent on the acquisition of the bank clerk. The content of the final apprenticeship course at the savings bank academies is based on the banker's training plan. However, special knowledge such. B. for building the savings bank organization or special products of the savings banks and Landesbanken.
To pass the final apprenticeship course and acquire a savings bank clerk, four written exams on the topics of account management, payment transactions, financial and asset investments, lending, or accounting & control must be taken. There is also an oral examination in the form of a customer consultation. The exams are based on the IHK final exam.
backgrounds
Presumably, the special role of the savings banks in public space was decisive for the establishment of this special apprenticeship as a distinction to the bank clerk. As an institution under public law , the guiding principle of the savings banks was the orientation towards the common good. It has remained so to this day, but the realization should have prevailed that no special training as a savings bank clerk is required to be able to work in a savings bank. The free movement of workers in the EU may also have played a role, because there was no equivalent to a savings bank clerk in Germany in Europe.