Training as an IT specialist specializing in system integration

At the start of the apprenticeship, you should have an intermediate school leaving certificate (Realschulabschluss). Your grades in mathematics and English should be at least "satisfactory" or better in your school leaving certificate. An interest in data processing, especially network technology, is also an advantage. The ability to think logically and a sense of responsibility are desirable.

The working time is 40 hours per week. The employees of the IT Service Center and thus also the trainees of the IT Service Center participate in flexible working hours, i.e. you can determine the start and end of your individual daily working hours yourself within the framework of the applicable pre- and post flexitime and the applicable core working hours. Please note, however, that it makes sense for you to be present when your trainer is on site.

Training to become an IT specialist specializing in system integration is a classic dual training course and lasts a total of three years. While lessons take place in the form of block courses, the knowledge acquired is put directly into practice at the University of Kassel. In the third year of training, the apprenticeship concludes with an examination.

You will learn theoretical and practical basics that are the same in all IT disciplines and which are later supplemented by special technical knowledge and operational project work.

There is an extended final examination. Part one of the examination takes place after 1.5 years and is the same for all IT professions. The second part of the examination consists of job-specific tasks and a company project at the end of the training period.

In principle, both training occupations are focal points of the IT specialist training in application development. Although the trainees decide on one of the specializations at the beginning of their training, they have common basic subjects at vocational school during the first years of training.

While IT specialists specializing in application development mainly focus on web development and the development of plugins and patches for Typo3, Moodle and Mahara, IT specialists specializing in system integration set up networks, install systems and are the first point of contact for technical problems.

General subjects such as German, English and sport are almost always on the timetable. The core, however, is made up of job-specific subjects, in which prospective IT specialists specializing in system integration deal with IT systems, programming, technical English, controlling and accounting, among other things.

Interdisciplinary knowledge is also acquired, for example in the areas of vocational training, labour and collective bargaining law, the structure and organization of the training company, health and safety, environmental protection and networked collaboration using digital media.

A monthly training allowance is paid in accordance with Section 8 (1) of the collective agreement for trainees in the state of Hesse (TVA-H BBiG). This currently amounts to

• EUR 1,126.85 in the 1st year of training
• EUR 1,181.43 in the 2nd year of training
• EUR 1,231.51 in the 3rd year of training

Systematic/organized: Modern IT systems are not islands, but are connected to many other systems and not least to the users. Due to the complexity, errors can only be found if you don't lose track of things.

Curious: IT is fast-moving. Trends come and go, some stay. Products are improved. So you have to be prepared to constantly stay on the ball to know what's going on in the market.

Resourceful: The demands on modern IT systems today are complex and varied. Sophisticated and good solutions are not available off the shelf. It is therefore often necessary to develop your own solutions in order to solve the task at hand in the best possible way.

Communicative: Computer scientists today are no longer nerds who just stare silently at the monitor and are shy of contact (well... maybe some are...). In order to develop good solutions, it is necessary to know and understand the requirements. This is only possible in dialog with the customer. And communication is also necessary in order to be able to communicate well with colleagues, work together on solutions and pass on your knowledge.