Betriebswirt/Betriebswirtin (Fachschule) für Verwaltung

The advanced training takes place at technical colleges (Fachschule) and other educational institutions. Learning locations include classrooms and computer rooms.

Occupation type: Advanced training occupation (Betriebswirt/in). Type of advanced training: Advanced training at administrative schools (regulated by state law). Duration of advanced training: Varies, approximately 1-3 years, depending on the educational offer and learning format. Tasks and activities: Administrative business economists coordinate and support the introduction of new control models in public administration. They prepare annual financial statements and balance sheets. They also assess the economic efficiency of business processes and calculate fees. Furthermore, they plan and supervise personnel deployment and selection, as well as the training and further education of employees. They also evaluate market research results and develop marketing strategies. Work areas and locations: Administrative business economists are employed in various departments of federal, state, or municipal administrations, for example, in district and health offices or in public personnel and finance departments.

Varies, depending on the educational offer and learning format: Part-time: approx. 1-3 years.

Distribution of hours (example): Subjects/modules: Legal forms of public enterprises: 44 teaching hours. Investment and financing: 36 teaching hours. Corporate taxation: 46 teaching hours. Commercial accounting: 88 teaching hours. Marketing: 54 teaching hours. Human resource management: 40 teaching hours. Project management: 16 teaching hours. Statistics: 20 teaching hours. Examination work: 16 teaching hours. Total hours: 360 teaching hours.

Course fees are incurred for attending preparatory courses, and examination fees for the examination itself. Additional costs may arise, for example, for work materials, travel to the training center, or external accommodation. Funding opportunities: Preparatory courses for the advanced training examination can be financially supported according to the Advanced Training Assistance Act (Aufstiegsfortbildungsförderungsgesetz). Further information: Aufstiegs-BAföG - Advancement with funding. Funding for particularly talented young professionals: Stiftung Begabtenförderung berufliche Bildung (SBB) - Advanced training scholarship.

Legal forms of public enterprises, investment and financing, corporate taxation, commercial accounting, marketing, human resource management, project management, statistics.

In-depth knowledge in the following areas is a good prerequisite for successfully passing the advanced training examination: Economics/Law (e.g., to implement labor and social security regulations) and Mathematics (e.g., to calculate operating costs and prepare annual accounts).

The advanced training consists of theoretical and practical lessons. Depending on the education provider, one should be prepared for the following conditions: Lesson times are usually part-time, on weekends or in the evenings. The learning format is typically in-person classes: instruction in a classroom setting at the educational institution (which may not be in the place of residence).

For advanced training abroad, the following options are available, for example: In Austria, there are advanced training offers from AMS - Arbeitsmarktservice Österreich - Weiterbildungsdatenbank (e.g., with the search term 'Public Management'), and in Switzerland, from wab - Die Weiterbildungsdatenbank der Schweiz (e.g., with the search term 'öffentliche Verwaltung'). The Europass offers the possibility to document learning periods completed abroad. Further information on Europass is available.

Participation in advanced training is not remunerated.

The following advanced training alternatives are available for the profession of administrative business economist (Verwaltungsbetriebswirt/in): In the field of Management and Corporate Leadership, there is the Business Economist (Fachschule) for Communication and Office Management/Bachelor Professional in Wirtschaft or the Business Economist (Fachschule) for Law/Bachelor Professional in Wirtschaft. Their commonality is taking on specialist and leadership tasks in management. In the field of Human Resources and Personnel Services, alternatives include the Business Economist (Fachschule) for Human Resources Management/Bachelor Professional in Wirtschaft or the Certified Human Resources Specialist (Geprüfter Personalfachkaufmann/Geprüfte Personalfachkauffrau). Their commonality is taking on specialist and leadership tasks in human resources.

In 2020, the Vocational Training Act (BBiG) and the Crafts Code (HWO) were amended. Among other things, this included the introduction of advanced training qualifications such as 'Geprüfte/r Berufsspezialist/in', 'Bachelor Professional', and 'Master Professional' to emphasize the equivalence of vocational and academic education. The use of professional titles depends on the enactment of corresponding new advanced training regulations.

This advanced training is legally regulated only in the mentioned federal states (Bundesland) and leads to the following qualification titles there: Bavaria: Administrative Business Economist (BVS), Hesse: Administrative Business Economist (HVSV), Thuringia: Administrative Business Economist (TVS). For internally regulated advanced training programs: Administrative Business Economist (VWA).

Administrative Business Economist is a professional advanced training (Weiterbildung). It is regulated by state law and takes place at administrative schools (Verwaltungsschule). The part-time (Teilzeit) training lasts approximately 1-3 years. There are also educational programs based on internal regulations.

Finding suitable employment after advanced training: Administrative business economists work, for example, in departments of federal, state (Bundesland), or municipal administrations, or in EU authorities. Securing employability: Through adaptive advanced training (Anpassungsweiterbildung), one can keep their specialized knowledge current, up-to-date, and expand it. The range of topics extends from public administration to controlling. Career advancement: With their advanced training qualification, business economists can gain access to a university degree (Studium) even without a school-based higher education entrance qualification and, for example, acquire a Bachelor's degree in administrative management or public management.

State level: Advanced training at administrative schools is regulated by state law in the following federal states (Bundesland): Regulation by the statutes of the Bavarian Administrative School, Examination Regulations for Administrative Business Economist (HVSV) from 01.01.2012, Course and Examination Regulations of the Thuringian Administrative School for the Advanced Training Course Public Management and Examinations for 'Administrative Business Economist (TVS)' (LPO-VWBW) from 02.05.2018. In the following federal states, there are no state-level legal regulations: Baden-Württemberg, Berlin, Brandenburg, Bremen, Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Schleswig-Holstein.

Admission to advanced training is generally granted to: Civil servants in the higher non-technical administrative service, employees in public administration with an administrative specialist (Verwaltungsfachwirt/in) qualification, public service employees with an equivalent level of knowledge or prior education, e.g., as an administrative assistant (Verwaltungsfachangestellte/r) in municipal, state, or federal administration.