Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung (BIBB)

Designation of occupation

Façade erector
Recognized by ordinance of 19 May 1999 (BGBl. I, p. 997)

Duration of traineeship

3 years

The venues for training are company and part-time vocational school (Berufsschule)

Field of activity

Façade erectors cover buildings with curtain walling applying ventilated, primarily large-format façade elements, in particular of metal, fibrated concrete, ceramic, glass and natural stone as well as timber materials and plastics. They construct substructures and anchor these to building bodies, mount insulation and attach façade elements. They assemble fitments, for example photovoltaic elements and solar collectors or for façade landscaping. Their workplaces are primarily in residential, industrial and commercial construction as well as in the construction of administrative, sports and cultural facilities.

Occupational skills

Façade erectors carry out this work independently on the basis of technical documents and job orders either alone and in cooperation with others. They plan and coordinate their work, coordinate with others involved in construction, set up building sites, take measures to secure the work process, safety and health protection at work as well as environmental protection on the building site. They carry out quality assurance measures, check their work for correct execution and document the job which they have done.

Façade erectors

• erect ladders, protective scaffolding, staging and support racks as well as cranes and mechanical platforms and operate them,
• check, transport and store building materials and constructional elements for façade erection,
• calibrate buildings and constructional elements with various measuring instruments,
• regulate the installation conditions in preparation for erection and improve erection undersurfaces,
• prepare building materials and constructional elements for façade erection and treat their surfaces,
• install anchoring, fastening and mounting elements,
• make insulation courses as well as isolation, protective and parting layers,
• create substructures and anchor them,
• mount and fasten façade elements and constructional elements,
• erect lightning protective systems within the framework of their field of activity for exterior lightning protection and
• determine damage in connection with maintenance and renovation work, determine the causes and carry out maintenance and renovation work.

In addition, façade erectors carry out adjoining work on buildings of stone, concrete and reinforced concrete as well as timber elements.

Last modified on: December 12, 2006