Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung (BIBB)

Designation of occupation

Brewer and maltster (m/f)
(recognised by ordinance of .22nd 2007, BGBl. part I, no. 6, page 186)

Duration of traineeship

3 years
The venues for training are the company and part-time vocational school (Berufsschule).

Field of activity

Brewers and maltsters work in breweries, malt factories and operations manufacturing non-alcoholic beverages

Occupational skills

Brewers and maltsters

• Produce malt and brew beer 
• Produce mixed beer beverages and non-alcoholic beverages
• Control and regulate technological processes
• Operate and maintain equipment and machines for producing and filling beverages
• Evaluate, treat and store raw materials and auxiliary materials
• Grow and multiply yeasts and conduct microbiological tests
• Conduct sensory inspections and chemical and technical analyses
• Conduct personnel, product and operational hygiene measures
• Package, store and load beverages
• Commission beverage dispensing machines, conduct hazard analyses and induct operators in using the equipment
• Apply quality assurance measures
• Present products, dispense beverages and advise customers
• Conduct their work either independently or as part of a team, taking into account environmental protection, work safety and health protection requirements
• Plan their work and check, assess and document their work results
• Apply communication and information technologies, using foreign language specialist terms 

Last modified on: August 15, 2007