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Gabriele Herrmann
Head of education
AZAV under §§ 176–178 SGB IIICertificate 73010605Retraining · Electrical
Journeyman’s certificate (HWK) · Energy & building technology
BFI-Bildung gGmbH · Färberstraße 41, 90402 NürnbergContact: Gabriele Herrmann, phone 0911 94576-10AZAV certificate 73010605 · As of 7 Oct 2026In plain German: bfi-bildung.de/
BFI-Bildung gGmbH · Färberstraße 41, 90402 NürnbergContact: Gabriele Herrmann, phone 0911 94576-10AZAV certificate 73010605 · As of 7 Oct 2026In plain German: bfi-bildung.de/
Partial qualification · Electrical
Module exam
Within the Nuremberg qualification network
BFI-Bildung gGmbH · Färberstraße 41, 90402 NürnbergContact: Gabriele Herrmann, phone 0911 94576-10AZAV certificate 73010605 · As of 7 Oct 2026In plain German: bfi-bildung.de/
Partial qualification · Metal
Competence assessment (IHK)
Within the Nuremberg qualification network
BFI-Bildung gGmbH · Färberstraße 41, 90402 NürnbergContact: Gabriele Herrmann, phone 0911 94576-10AZAV certificate 73010605 · As of 7 Oct 2026In plain German: bfi-bildung.de/
BFI-Bildung gGmbH · Färberstraße 41, 90402 NürnbergContact: Gabriele Herrmann, phone 0911 94576-10AZAV certificate 73010605 · As of 7 Oct 2026In plain German: bfi-bildung.de/
BFI-Bildung gGmbH · Färberstraße 41, 90402 NürnbergContact: Gabriele Herrmann, phone 0911 94576-10AZAV certificate 73010605 · As of 7 Oct 2026In plain German: bfi-bildung.de/
In partnership with
German tutoring for all retraining courses
Teachers from the Study Up language school come to us on site. They practise technical language in electrical and metal work and prepare participants for the exams.
For example, the difference between
Building sites are part of the job, but not of every workplace. The trade also leads into planning offices, to the laptop and into the plant room.
Five fields of work in the job profile · Images: AI visualisations
Planning circuits, distribution boards and cable routes on screen, before the first cable is laid.
Programming on a laptop how lighting, heating, ventilation and blinds work together, for example with KNX.
From the kettle to the distribution board: testing devices and systems regularly and recording the results.
Measuring on site, tracing faults and fixing them, for example at a charging station in a car park.
Maintaining the controls for heating, pumps and storage tanks in the plant room, for example for housing estates.
Source: BIBB occupational profile (German) · Training regulation, § 11 (German)
What our graduates do
Electrical planning
Plans the electrics for a new building with 40 flats at an architecture office. Others lay the cables.
Building automation
Programs buildings with KNX: which switch turns on which light, when the blinds move, how warm a room gets.
Machine service
Keeps the bottle return machines of a supermarket chain running: tracing faults and fixing them.
E-mobility
Works in e-mobility at a car manufacturer. The qualification reaches beyond building technology.
Real examples, without names or companies.
To be honest
Before the fields of work comes the retraining. In our workshop in Nuremberg, people install, wire and measure; there is also a company internship and the practical part of the journeyman’s exam. The real question is: is that possible health-wise?
For the decision, we provide what only we know: what the retraining demands physically and how we take a limitation into account.
One or two days with a class before the decision, in lessons and in the workshop. It shows early on what day-to-day training demands.
A written description of what the workshop, work placement and exam demand physically. It can be attached to the referral to the Medical Service.
If your client tells us about the limitation, we take it into account when choosing the placement company. Sharing it is voluntary.
With a disability, even without a severe disability card, we help with the application, for example for extra exam time. The Chamber of Crafts decides.
Arrange taster days and the requirements profile directly with us. We do not need any health data for this.
The retraining with us can also be funded as a benefit for participation in working life, through the employment agency or the German pension insurance.
We teach in regular classes. Where the special support of a vocational rehabilitation centre is needed, we cannot replace it.
Your contactGabriele HerrmannHead of education
Sources
As of October 2026. Funding and exam adjustments are decided by the employment agency, the pension insurance and the Chamber of Crafts. The sources are in German.
Choose a programme, name your client and your office. We will prepare the cost estimate for you.
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Your client gets to know us on site. About 60 minutes, free of charge. Nobody needs to bring anything.
Step 1
Conversation
We clarify goals, prior knowledge and the right programme.
Step 2
Aptitude test
A short test at BFI. No school certificate needed.
Step 3
Tour
Seeing the workshops and classrooms.
or call us directly: 0911 94576-10
Together with chambers, guilds and regional partners, we guide adults to a recognised qualification.
AZAV-certified education providerCertificate 73010605
