Scientifically oriented specialist training

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The scientifically oriented specialist training (abbreviation: WOF ) was a training instrument of the Deutsche Bundespost . With the special qualification it was possible for the DBP to cover the expanded need for employees of the higher technical service (CFt) with civil servants of the middle career (BFt) . This has been commonly referred to as advancing from middle to senior career.

The background to this was the Federal Career Ordinance of January 1, 1987, in conjunction with the framework, career, training and examination regulations for careers in the higher service in the federal administration.

Main focus of the training

• Cross-career basic education
• career-related specialist training
• Description of objectives for courses and internships
• didactic coupling of courses and internships
• Performance assessments accompanying training
• Appointment of training leaders
• Promotion regulation with scientific training ( WOF )

Promotion regulations

An ascent from BFt to CFt usually took place once a year. The suitable officials had to undergo the so-called suitability assessment for the ascent to CFt. After passing the written and oral part of this examination, the civil servants were admitted to the scientifically oriented specialist training (WOF).

A total of 156 weeks were planned for the implementation of the WOF, which corresponded to 3 years.

• 26 weeks for part 1 of the WOF took place in the telecommunications schools of the Oberpostdirektion Hannover / Braunschweig, Karlsruhe, Cologne, Münster and Nuremberg.
• 52 weeks for parts 2–4 of the WOF (including the intermediate examination according to part 2) were carried out at the universities of applied sciences of the Deutsche Bundespost Berlin and Dieburg.
• 57 weeks for the subsequent practical training (57 weeks) included basic training courses, specialist courses and internships.
• 21 weeks were planned for the exam, exam preparation and vacation.
• As a conclusion, there was a promotion test for the higher-level telecommunications service with a written part that included six supervisory tasks and the oral part, for which admission was only granted if four or more of the written supervisory tasks had been given a grade of at least sufficient.