Vocational Training at IWH

Specialist in media and information services (m/f/x) [library]

Details and process of vocational training

The vocational education part in the company takes place at the specialised library for economics of the institute. The own in-house library mainly serves as a source of specific media and information to the institute's researchers but is also publicly available as well as organised in the Common Library Network (GVB).

In this environment with complementary internships the vocational education is completed. The main activities of a specialist in media and information service include procuring, preparing, sourcing and making available media, information and data as well as advising and attending to the needs of customers and users.

This means:

• co-create your vocational training actively
• acquire media competence
• provide media and information
• inform and guide users
• work at the stock
• field specialised indexing of media and information

Vocational school:

Full-time blocks four times a year.

Duration:

Three years, but shortening the training to two years is possible if certain requirements are fulfilled.

Perspectives after apprenticeship

• work at a city or administration library, public administration, university or museum or business library
• field of work: stock care
• further training: e.g. business administrator
• study
• self-employment: e.g. info-broker or other information and documentation services

Office management assistant (m/f/x)

Details and process of vocational training

The vocational education part in the company takes place in the research-supporting service area of the IWH, specifically in the administration of the institute which is responsible for  financial management, in particular budget planning and monitoring of budget implementation, accounting, procurement, facility management and human resources. It provides corresponding services and advises the research departments of the IWH.

Trainees learn to conduct corporate communications, organise office management processes, perform human-resources-related tasks, and apply operational accounting. Knowledge is deepened in accordance with the chosen specialisation.

This means acquiring the following competences:

• office and business processes
• controlling
• assistance and secretarial services
• public relations and event management

Vocational School:

The vocational school lessons take place at the vocational school IV "Friedrich List" in Halle (Saale).

Duration:

Usually, the vocational training takes three years. However, if certain requirements are met, a shortening is possible. 

Perspectives after apprenticeship

• employment in a wide variety of economic sectors, e.g. in public administration, commerce, the service sector or industry
• areas of employment: work in general administration, public relations, or as a commercial specialist
• possibilities for specialisation after completion of training, e.g. accounting
• further training: e.g. qualification courses to become a specialist or business economist
• study
• self-employment: e.g. as info-broker, other services in the field of information and documentation services

IT specialist for systems integration (m/f/x)

Details and process of vocational training

The practical in-company part of the vocational training takes place in the IWH service area  IT services which is responsible for providing the main IT services at the institute: security and access concepts, data provisioning and backup, disaster management/real-time monitoring, setting up and further development of active and passive network infrastructure, virtualisation technologies/server and data consolidation as well as introduction, migration and administration of operating systems and server services. In addition there are specific services that primarily support research: provision of specialised applications and high-performance computing systems, development of database and web applications, and remote access capabilities. Apprentices support the team and learn to identify and solve IT-related problems on both the software and hardware perspectives.

This means acquiring the following competences:

• setup and planning of networks
• support and maintenance of the whole IT infrastructure
• diagnosis and troubleshooting
• creation, integration and customisation of software
• application of programming languages and programming logic
• technical equipment and support of office and conference rooms
• consulting and user support

Vocational school:

The vocational school lessons take place at the vocational school "Gutjahr" in Halle (Saale). It takes up approximately 12 weeks per year.

Duration:

Usually, the vocational training takes three years. However, if certain requirements are met, a shortening is possible.

Perspectives after apprenticeship

• employment in nearly all economic sectors with a technical infrastructure
• areas of employment: public service; IT service companies (also field service); IT departments in various companies or educational institutions
• further education: Software developer, IT project coordinator, technician specialising in computer science, computer management specialist, business administrator for information processing, trainer
• studies: e.g. computer science, information technology or business informatics
• self-employment: becoming an IT service provider, freelancing, setting up an own IT business