Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung (BIBB)

Designation of occupation

Information technology specialist (m/f)

Duration of traineeship

3 years
Training is provided in one of the following specialist areas:

• applications development
• system integration

 
The venues for training delivery are the training company and the vocational school

Field of activity

Information technology specialists translate specialist requirements into complex hardware and software systems. they analyse, plan and produce information technology and telecommunications systems and introduce new or modified systems. They provide customers and users with technical advice, support and training.
Typical areas of applications development in which they work are commercial, technical, expert, mathematical and multimedia systems.
Typical areas of system integration in which they work are computing centres, networks, client/server systems, fixed networks and radio networks.

Occupational skills

Information technology specialists working in applications development

• design and produce customized software applications,
• test and document applications,
• modify existing applications,
• apply project planning, implementation and control methods,
• use software development tools,
• develop ergonomically designed user interfaces for specific applications,
• rectify faults through the use of expert and diagnostic systems,
• present applications,
• advise and train users.

Information technology specialists working in system integration

• design and produce complex information technology and telecommunications systems by integrating hardware and software components,
• install and configure networked information technology and telecommunications systems,
• commission information technology and telecommunications systems,
• apply project planning, implementation and control methods,
• rectify faults through the use of expert and diagnostic systems,
• administer information technology and telecommunications systems,
• present system solutions,
• advise and train users.

Last modified on: December 12, 2006