State certified technician
State-certified technician is a professional qualification in Germany .
In order to be allowed to use the protected state qualification , a corresponding advanced training at tertiary level must have been completed at a technical college and the final state examination must be passed. Most technical schools are state technical schools , but there are also private educational institutions that offer this further education.
A distinction must be made here that the qualifications for state-certified technicians are trained and tested according to a training and examination regulation designed by the state, while in the case of state-recognized technicians, the technical school itself creates the training and examination regulations, which are issued by the responsible school supervisory authority ( e.g. high school authority or state school authority) must be approved.
The qualifications for state-approved technicians are therefore technical college degrees that are obtained at private, state-approved technical schools (which are supplementary schools). They are to be equated with qualifications from state and private technical schools (which are substitute schools).
entry requirements
The following is required to attend a technical college in Germany:
- Completed vocational training in the respective subject of at least two years and a subsequent relevant professional activity of at least one year (including training at least 4 years)
- Vocational school diploma
- As an alternative to the completed training, proof of seven years of qualified activity in a profession corresponding to the subject area can be sufficient as access authorization (also at least secondary school )
- A job-related use in the Bundeswehr can be credited with a certificate from the BFD ( Vocational Promotion Service ).
Example: Regulation in Lower Saxony
The Lower Saxony Ordinance on Vocational Schools (BbS-VO) provides for the following admission requirements for the state technician examination:
- Secondary qualification 1 / secondary school qualification or an equivalent educational qualification, the vocational school qualification or an equivalent educational level and a relevant professional training as well as a relevant professional activity of one year
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- Secondary qualification 1 / secondary school qualification or an equivalent educational qualification, the vocational school qualification or an equivalent educational level and a relevant professional activity of seven years.
Duration, costs and funding
The advancement training comprises at least 2,400 teaching hours and can be full-time (2 years or 4 semesters) or part-time (at least 3 years or 6 semesters, depending on the subject and technical school but also 4 years or 8 semesters) as well as in the form of distance learning more flexible time management.
At state technical schools, advanced training may be free of charge, although these technical schools may incur training and examination fees of several hundred euros.
Especially in the full-time form, living costs arise which, due to the full-time education, can no longer be covered by the previous professional activity. There is therefore the possibility of funding through the Aufstiegs-BAföG in the form of a low-interest loan. Another possibility of funding is in the form of student BAföG , which (under certain circumstances) does not have to be repaid.
Training content
In addition to the subject-related training content of the respective subject, interdisciplinary teaching content that is important for everyday professional life is also conveyed. The specialist u. Focus-related content varies depending on the specialty of the technician.
Exemplary : The training content of the state-certified technician specializing in mechatronics with a focus on machine and system technology.
| Language and communication |
| Corporate communication |
| English |
| Responsible for society and the environment |
| Politics, economics, law and the environment |
| Personnel development area of responsibility |
| Vocational and work pedagogy I |
| Subject area and focus related area |
| mathematics |
| Process orders with methods of project management |
| Analyze and commission electrical, electromechanical and electronic assemblies |
| Analyze mechanical assemblies |
| Analyze, design and optimize controls |
| Communicate and present using different media and data processing systems |
| Manage and present company data |
| Automate complex mechatronic systems |
| Analyze, design, optimize and commission mechatronic systems |
| Plan, control and optimize production and work processes and organize quality |
| Project work |
| Elective area |
| Business management and business start-ups |
| University entrance qualification (additional examination in mathematics) |
| Elective area |
| Vocational and work pedagogy II |
| Additions and deepening of the compulsory area |
The following additional training courses are often offered:
- Training of Trainers
- Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) basic training
State examination
The advanced training ends with a state examination , which at technical schools consists of four general, four subject-related subjects and project work (technical work) including a colloquium. The four subject-related subjects must cover the various focuses from the specialist training. In some federal states (e.g. Bavaria), since 2011 the four subjects can be chosen from a selection made by the technical school. Depending on the type of school (recognized or tested) and the region, several subject areas can be combined in a state examination paper. To pass the examination, at least sufficient must be achieved in each examination subject ; If the performance is insufficiently graded 5.0, an oral re-examination will follow in this subject. In some federal states (e.g. Bavaria), the preliminary grades from the previous years of training are not included in the examination result for state-certified technicians. They are then only decisive for admission to the examination. In this case, an examination must be taken in all subjects. The forms of examination, like the subject-related subjects offered, are not uniform across the country and are co-determined by the technical school management of each technical school.
The technical training courses and exams are regulated by the individual federal states in their school and technical school regulations on the basis of the national framework agreement on technical schools .
Project work
According to the framework agreement on technical schools , part of the state examination can be project work (also called technical work ). Since a technician has to write or present technical reports and project reports in professional practice, the technical schools usually insist on such work. The amount of time required varies from approx. 160 - 240 hours.
The project work can either include a theoretical (preliminary study, concept, etc.) or a practical elaboration (e.g. development of a new product, introduction of a QMS , development of a new process).
In the project work, all necessary calculations and decisions must be comprehensively and clearly documented (as a rule, three written copies of the project work documentation must be submitted). The project work must be presented in front of the state examination board (this is usually done in a public event, to which interested parties from industry and crafts have access). This is followed by the (non-public) colloquium. Here the project work has to be defended before the state examination board. The project grade is listed in the final certificate, and depending on the federal state, the project topic as well.
General university entrance qualification
According to a resolution of the Conference of Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of March 6, 2009, holders of degrees from technical schools receive general university entrance qualifications in accordance with the framework agreement on technical schools of the Conference of Ministers of Education .
International classification
State-Certified Engineer or State-certified technical engineer
The professional title " State-certified technician " awarded by state technical schools is translated as " State-certified engineer or State-certified technical engineer " for better classification outside Germany . By defining the official language German, only the German professional title is legally binding in Germany. The English translation " State-Certified Engineer or State-certified technical engineer " is and may be used when translating the German professional title from state technical schools. The English translation has no legal validity, only an official technical school certificate with the award of the professional title " State-certified technician " is legally valid.
Skill level
In order to be able to classify the acquired competence level in the European Union and also in Germany , the state-certified technician was assigned to level 6 on January 31, 2012 as part of the creation of the European and German qualification framework EQR / DQR . This means that the degrees of state-certified technician , master craftsman , Bachelor and graduate engineer (FH) are on the same level.
The Association of German Engineers (VDI) published a position paper on this matter , which shows that the degrees technician, bachelor and master craftsman correspond to the same level of competence, but are not identical . According to the VDI, the competencies of bachelor graduates, state-certified technicians and masters differ considerably. According to the VDI, the classification of bachelor, technician and master should not be misunderstood in such a way that they could perform the same activities. On the other hand, after a long period of employment and further training with technicians and college students, the similarity is confirmed.
Subjects and specializations
The possible subject areas (with the focal points to be selected in the course of the training) are:
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Professional life and requirements
Working life
The qualification as a state-certified technician allows all trades of the same or equivalent subject area to be entered in the trade register , which is kept by the Chamber of Crafts . ( Amendment of the Crafts Code, Section 7.2 )
In the skilled trades, he takes on operational, personnel and corporate management and training of young skilled workers as trainers or training managers .
In industry he can be found in research , development or project management . Here he works as a project manager, designer, process planner or quality planner. Furthermore, his area of application includes work preparation in production as well as department, production and plant management. In addition, he has knowledge and skills that can be used in operational quality assurance and quality management . He is also used in purchasing, sales and controlling . He is also active in industry as a trainer or training manager for the training of young skilled workers .
In the German education system , he works as a technical specialist teacher at vocational schools.
Professional requirements
Exemplary : Excerpt from the "Hessen" curriculum for the state-certified technician specializing in mechatronics
As part of the operational areas of activity, the state-certified technician performs the following typical activities in compliance with specified rules, standards and regulations:
- Use methods of brainstorming and evaluation,
- Develop solution strategies, select solution procedures,
- Document planning and work steps,
- Create work instructions and operating instructions,
- Apply engineering knowledge and methods,
- Assess solutions technically and economically,
- Design technology in a humane, socially and environmentally compatible way,
- Develop and produce assemblies, plants and systems,
- Plan and implement plants and systems,
- Commission and maintain assemblies, plants and systems,
- Carry out cost accounting,
- Apply quality and environmental management
- Advise and sell,
- Education, training.
The breadth of responsibility ranges from the completion of defined, given orders, the participation in the execution to the independent planning and implementation of projects. In order to complete this responsibility framework, the state-certified technician must:
- Analyze, structure and solve problems,
- Obtain, evaluate and structure information independently,
- be able to work in a team, but also to take on management tasks,
- inform and communicate in a foreign language in a job-related manner,
- train themselves part-time.
Advanced course "State-certified economic technician"
Business School "for state-certified technicians"
Admission requirement is the qualification as a "state-certified technician"
Tasks and activities (short form)
The “state certified economic technician” stands at the interface between technology and business management. Based on technical and business expertise, he develops solutions to improve efficiency and reduce operating costs.
He works primarily in project management, product costing, marketing and sales, but also in materials management, human resources or accounting and controlling.
In sales, he advises customers, acquires new customers and orders, and maintains customer contacts. He observes markets and competitors and analyzes the market and competitive situation. In addition, the economic engineer prepares calculations, prepares offers, conducts price negotiations and draws up contracts.
Tasks and activities in detail
- Develop solutions to improve efficiency and reduce operating costs
- Prepare calculations and develop offers
- Conduct price negotiations and draft contracts
- Establish and maintain customer contacts at home and abroad
- Acquire and advise new customers
- Observe and analyze the market and competition
- Plan, control and monitor operational production
- Guide employees, take care of work planning and coordination
- Organize bookkeeping
- Coordinate / create balance sheets and annual financial statements
- Coordinate / carry out inventory and other tasks in controlling
- Coordinate / take over tasks in human resources
- Coordinate / take over tasks in materials management
Degree and eligibility
After passing a state final examination (state examination or technical school examination), the professional title "State-certified economic technician" is awarded.
The duration or compulsory lessons
- Full-time 2 years, part-time 3 to 4 years
- At least 600 teaching hours
- Project work
- State examination / technical school examination, 8 school hours / 6 hours
Extended courses
International welding technician
In welding technology, an advanced training course for professional welding supervision is offered with the international welding technician . The International Institute of Welding awards successful graduates with a globally valid Diploma International Welding Technologist . "State-certified technicians" are admitted to the examination and, as a rule, parts of the training content are credited. International welding specialists can also gain access to the international welding technician course without the state-certified technician with proven professional experience (career path).
The welding technician is qualified to take over welding supervision in the selected or restricted area up to EXC 3, while Bachelor and Master graduates with the supplementary course are also allowed to take on unlimited tasks and responsibility in EXC 4.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Resolution of the Conference of Ministers of Education of November 7, 2002 as amended on October 9, 2009 . Website of the Conference of Ministers of Education. (pdf, accessed January 25, 2010; 173 kB).
- ^ Ordinance on vocational schools (BbS-VO) . Chapter Additional and deviating regulations for the technical school § 3 Admission requirements
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from September 21, 2010 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. , bdvi.de
- ↑ Chemical technician, vdc-cta.de
- ↑ t-online.de: Student BAföG: Which BAföG do I have to pay back and how? March 24, 2015, accessed August 19, 2015 .
- ↑ University admission for professionally qualified applicants without a higher education entrance qualification (PDF; 22 kB)
- ^ Education Ministers Conference EUROPASS Certificate Supplements State-certified technical engineer
- ↑ Annual Report 2008 , eureta.org (pdf; 539 kB)
- ↑ VDI on the German Qualifications Framework April 2012 , vdi.de (pdf; 50 kB)
- ↑ Engineering
- ↑ TÜV
- ↑ Mechanical engineer appointed
- ↑ Technician for mill construction, grain and feed technology , appointed
- ↑ Milling technician , appointed
- ↑ Mill construction technician , appointed
- ↑ Foundry technician , appointed
- ↑ Technician for dairy farming and dairy industry , appointed
- ↑ Machine technology , appointed
- ↑ Automotive engineering , appointed
- ↑ Electrical engineering , appointed
- ↑ Print and media technician , appointed
- ↑ Technician (FS) for IT , appointed
- ↑ IT security management , TA-Weilburg
- ^ Information Technology and Business , Werner von Siemens School
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- ^ Structural engineering , appointed
- ↑ Geotechnics, drilling technology , appointed
- ↑ Holztechnik , appointed
- ↑ http://berufenet.arbeitsagentur.de/berufe/?dest=profession&prof-id=5795
- ↑ https://berufenet.arbeitsagentur.de/berufenet/bkb/6316.pdf
- ↑ Technician for gardening and landscaping , appointed
- ↑ Electroplating technician , appointed
- ↑ Technician in printed circuit board technology , appointed
- ↑ http://berufenet.arbeitsagentur.de/berufe/start?dest=profession&prof-id=5813
- ↑ http://berufenet.arbeitsagentur.de/berufe/?dest=profession&prof-id=5842
- ↑ Technician for monument maintenance and renovation of old buildings , appointed
- ↑ Textile technician , appointed
- ↑ Leather technology , appointed
- ↑ Technician in agriculture , appointed
- ↑ Glass construction technician , appointed
- ↑ Technician for viticulture and oenology , agriculture-bw.info (pdf)
- ↑ [3]
- ↑ [4]
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from November 19, 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.
- ^ Education in Hessen curriculum: State-certified technician specializing in mechatronics
- ↑ berufnet.de State-certified industrial technician
- ↑ DVS - German Association for Welding (Authorized National Body International Institute of Welding) and related processes eV, Aachener Strasse 172, 40223 Düsseldorf (Ed.): Guideline 1172 .
- ↑ https://www.gsi-slv.de/aus-weiterbildung/bildung/detail/109-schweisstechniker-st/
- ↑ Welding supervisory staff
- ↑ table
