Training as an IT specialist specializing in system integration

At the time you start training, you should have an intermediate school leaving certificate (Realschulabschluss). Your grades in mathematics and English should be at least "satisfactory" or better on 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 the flexible working time, i.e. you can determine the start and end of the daily individual working time yourself within the framework of the applicable pre- and post-flexitime and the applicable core working time. Please note, however, that it makes sense for you to be present when your instructor is also on site.

Training as an IT specialist specializing in systems integration is a classic dual training program and lasts a total of three years. While classes are held in the form of block instruction, the knowledge learned is put directly into practice at the University of Kassel. In the third year of training, the training is concluded with an examination.

You learn theoretical and practical basics that are the same in all IT specializations and which are later supplemented by special expertise and company project work.

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

In principle, both training occupations are focal points of the training program for IT specialists specializing in application development. Although 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 training as an IT specialist specializing in application development deals mainly with web development and the development of plugins and patches for Typo3, Moodle and Mahara, IT specialists specializing in systems integration set up networks, install systems and are the first point of contact for problems in the technical field.

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

Cross-disciplinary knowledge is also learned, for example in the areas of vocational training, labor law 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 of the State of Hesse (TVA-H BBiG). This currently amounts to

• 1,126.85 EUR in the 1st year of training
• 1,181.43 EUR in the 2nd year of training
• 1,231.51 EUR 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 and users. Due to the complexity, errors can only be found if you don't lose track of them.

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

Resourceful: The requirements for modern IT systems today are complex and diverse. Sophisticated and good solutions are not available off the shelf. It is therefore often necessary to develop your own solutions in order to optimally solve the task at hand.

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