Courses
Two retraining courses with a recognised qualification from the chamber and four shorter routes into a trade. Find what suits you.
What interests you more?
What is your goal?
Two questions, and your courses move to the front.
Journeyman’s or skilled worker’s certificate from the chamber. Funded with an education voucher.
Energy and building technology
Control technology, smart home, building management and renewable energy. In our own electrical workshops up to the journeyman's certificate.
Production technology
Turning, milling, pneumatics, electro-pneumatics and hydraulics, troubleshooting machinery and CNC basics. In 24 months to a sought-after skilled worker with the IHK certificate.
Shorter routes into a trade, to a first qualification or alongside your job.
Partial qualification · Electrical
Content from the first year of the electronics technician apprenticeship, in six months.
Partial qualification · Metal
Making parts on machines. A step towards the industrial mechanic qualification.
Preparation · Metal and electrical
Metal, electrical, maths and job-related German: the start before retraining.
Further training · Electrical
Carry out electrical work at your company on your own responsibility, under DGUV Regulation 3.
The same details in the same order, so you can compare.
 RetrainingElectronics technicianEnergy & building technology |  RetrainingIndustrial mechanic | Partial qualificationELAQ electronics technician, module 1 | Partial qualificationIndustrial mechanic, module 3 | PreparationPreparatory course | Further trainingIndustrial electrician | |
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| Qualification | Journeyman’s certificate (HWK) | Skilled worker’s certificate (IHK) | Module exam | Competence assessment (IHK) | BFI certificate | IHK certificate |
| Duration | 28 monthsfull time | 24 monthsfull time | 6 monthsincl. 5 weeks in a company | 6 monthsincl. 1 month in a company | 6 weeksbefore retraining | 420 hoursalongside work |
| Next start | 1 Mar 2027 | 15 Feb 2027 | on request | on request | 11 Jan 2027 | 5 Feb 2027 |
| Cost | €0 with an education voucher100% fundableEmployment agency & job centre | €0 with an education voucher100% fundableEmployment agency & job centre | €0 with an education voucher100% fundableEmployment agency & job centre | €0 with an education voucher100% fundableEmployment agency & job centre | €0 with an education voucher100% fundableEmployment agency & job centre | €4,995per person, usually paid by the employer |
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| Requirements | No school certificate neededAptitude test at the consultation | No school certificate neededAptitude test at the consultation | We clarify togetherat the consultation | Modules 1 and 2completed | We clarify togetherat the consultation | Technical trainingor work experience |
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Both are trades with a future. At the consultation you see both workshops.
Power, circuits and building technology.
Machines, components and production.
Yes. With an education voucher, the employment agency covers the course fees. The employment agency decides whether you get a voucher. Everything about money during retraining is on the funding page.
Retraining as an industrial mechanic starts on 15 Feb 2027, as an electronics technician on 1 Mar 2027. After that, both retraining courses start every year in the first and the third quarter. We clarify the dates of the shorter courses at the consultation.
The route is different, the qualification is the same. An apprenticeship is usually the first route into a trade. Retraining is further training for adults who change careers. It prepares you for the final exam at the IHK or the Chamber of Crafts. You hold the qualification once you pass the exam.
Retraining as an electronics technician prepares you for the journeyman’s exam in a recognised trade. Industrial electrician is further training alongside your job for technical specialists: 420 hours with an IHK certificate. It is not a full vocational qualification.
We find out together at the consultation. With a short aptitude test and a tour of both workshops.