Bachelor Professional in Straßenbetriebsmanagement

Preparatory courses for the examination take place, for example, at educational centers of chambers of crafts and other educational institutions. For in-person events, the learning locations are classrooms, road or highway maintenance depots. For combined learning forms (e.g., blended learning), the learning locations are classrooms, road or highway maintenance depots for in-person events, and at home for online learning units.

Occupation Type: Advanced training occupation: Bachelor Professional. Type of Advanced Training: Examination according to nationwide uniform regulations. Participation in preparatory courses is not required. Duration of Advanced Training: Varies, approx. 7-22 months - depending on the educational offer and learning format. Tasks and Activities: Bachelor Professionals in Road Operations Management plan work processes, instruct skilled workers, and train apprentices. For example, they ensure that traffic areas are cleaned, road markings are professionally applied, or construction and accident sites are secured. They also coordinate surveying work as well as control and maintenance measures on traffic areas and engineering structures. They also monitor the laying of supply and disposal lines. They optimize the use of operating resources and control cost development in their area of responsibility. Work Areas and Locations: Employing Companies: Bachelor Professionals in Road Operations Management are employed in road or related organizations.

Varies depending on the educational offer and learning format: Full-time: approx. 7 months. Part-time: approx. 22 months.

Course fees are incurred for attending preparatory courses, and examination fees for the examination itself. Further costs may arise for work materials, travel to the training center, or external accommodation. Funding Opportunities: Preparatory courses for the examination can be financially supported according to the Advanced Training Assistance Act (Aufstiegsfortbildungsförderungsgesetz). Further information: Aufstiegs-BAföG - Advancement with Funding. Funding for particularly gifted young professionals: Foundation for the Promotion of Talented Vocational Education (Stiftung Begabtenförderung berufliche Bildung - SBB) - Advanced Training Scholarship.

Fundamental Qualifications: Legally Conscious Action, e.g.: labor law regulations, environmental law, occupational safety regulations. Business Management Action, e.g.: economic principles of action, organizational development, calculation methods. Application of Information, Communication, and Planning Methods, e.g.: recording, analyzing, and processing process and production data, creating technical documents, drafts, statistics, tables, and diagrams, applying project management methods. Cooperation in the Company, e.g.: applying leadership methods and techniques, solving operational problems and social conflicts. Action-Specific Qualifications: Technology: Road operations and green space management, construction and maintenance of roads and green spaces. Organization: Cost management, operational management, monitoring and customer orientation, occupational, environmental, and health protection, law. Leadership and Personnel: Personnel leadership and development, management systems. Professional and work-pedagogical qualifications.

In-depth knowledge in the following areas are good prerequisites for successfully passing the advanced training examination: Economics/Law: e.g., to calculate costs and create schedules and invoices. Mathematics: e.g., to consider economic principles of action. Technology: e.g., to professionally carry out road construction measures. Employee leadership and instruction: e.g., to apply leadership tools such as target agreements and feedback.

This advanced training consists of theoretical and practical lessons. Depending on the education provider, one should be prepared for the following conditions: For full-time instruction, lessons are full-day on at least four weekdays. For part-time instruction, it is typically a career-accompanying advanced training on weekends or evenings, or as block instruction. For in-person events, lessons take place in a classroom setting at the educational institution (possibly not in your place of residence). For combined learning forms (e.g., blended learning), there are in-person events in a classroom setting at the educational institution and self-directed learning from home via electronic learning platforms and systems.

Participation in preparatory courses is not remunerated.

The following advanced training alternatives are available for the profession of Bachelor Professional in Straßenbetriebsmanagement: Civil Engineering field: Geprüfter Polier/Geprüfte Polierin - Tiefbau (Certified Foreman - Civil Engineering) and Staatlich geprüfter Techniker/Staatlich geprüfte Technikerin Fachrichtung Bautechnik Schwerpunkt Tiefbau/Bachelor Professional in Technik (State-certified Technician in Civil Engineering with a focus on Civil Engineering/Bachelor Professional in Technology). Commonality: Performing specialist and leadership tasks in road and civil engineering. Office and Secretarial field: Geprüfter Technischer Fachwirt/Geprüfte Technische Fachwirtin (Certified Technical Business Administrator). Commonality: Managing, organizing, and monitoring commercial-business processes.

In 1998, regional regulations (landesrechtliche Regelungen) for the road maintenance foreman examination came into force. In 2020, the Vocational Training Act (BBiG) and the Crafts Code (HWO) were amended, introducing advanced training qualifications such as 'Geprüfte/r Berufsspezialist/in' (Certified Professional Specialist), 'Bachelor Professional,' and 'Master Professional' to emphasize the equivalence of vocational and academic education. The use of these professional titles depends on the enactment of corresponding new advanced training regulations. In 2023, the federally regulated ordinance for the recognized advanced training qualification Bachelor Professional in Straßenbetriebsmanagement came into force, replacing the regionally regulated advanced training to become a road maintenance foreman/forewoman. In 2024, the Vocational Training Validation and Digitalization Act came into force with adjustments to the Vocational Training Act (BBiG) and the Crafts Code (HWO), including the introduction of an assessment and certification procedure (vocational validation) for professional qualifications.

Qualification Title: Bachelor Professional in Straßenbetriebsmanagement.

Bachelor Professional in Straßenbetriebsmanagement is a vocational advanced training. The examination is uniformly regulated nationwide in Germany. It is not required to attend a course to be admitted to the examination. In some Bundesländer (federal states), there is also the possibility to complete a preparatory service to become a road master. For this, depending on the Bundesland, an Ausbildung (vocational training) as a road worker, for example, or an advanced training as a technician in civil engineering, for example with a focus on building construction or civil engineering, is required.

After completing this advanced training (Weiterbildung), Bachelor Professionals in Straßenbetriebsmanagement can find employment in road or highway maintenance depots, municipal construction yards, road construction administrations, and companies involved in highway construction and maintenance. To keep their expertise current and expand it, they can pursue adaptive training (Anpassungsweiterbildung) covering topics from road construction to surveying technology. For those looking to advance their careers, further training for career progression (Aufstiegsweiterbildung), designed specifically for advanced training graduates and building on existing qualifications, can broaden their competency profile. Taking the examination to become a Technical Business Administrator (Technische/r Betriebswirt/in) is a suitable option. With this advanced training degree, Bachelor Professionals in Straßenbetriebsmanagement can also gain access to university studies (Studium) even without a general higher education entrance qualification, for instance, by pursuing a Bachelor's degree in a related field.

For the examination: Ordinance on the Examination for the Recognized Advanced Training Qualification Bachelor Professional in Straßenbetriebsmanagement (Bachelor-Professional-in-Straßenbetriebsmanagement-Fortbildungsverordnung - StrBetrManBAProFV) of 12.07.2023 (BGBl. I Nr. 187). Also, the Instructor Aptitude Ordinance (Ausbilder-Eignungsverordnung) of 21.01.2009 (BGBl. I S. 88). Further regulations: Recommendation of the Main Committee of the Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung) on the Framework Plan for the Training of Instructors, dated 25.06.2009 (amended version of 20.06.2023).

The prerequisite for admission to the examination is generally one of the following: a completed vocational training (Ausbildung) as a road maintenance worker (Straßenwärter/in); or training in another industrial-technical vocational training occupation (Ausbildungsberuf) and corresponding professional experience; or at least 90 credit points in a related university degree program (Studium) and corresponding professional experience; or at least 5 years of professional experience. If a corresponding educational qualification is missing, a validation procedure (Validierungsverfahren) allows for the proof of professional knowledge and skills.