Leistungen A-Z

• Forms: Dependent on the type of advice; not required for registration
• Online procedures possible: No 
• Written form requirement as per German Civil Code Art.126: No
• Appearance in person required: Possibly, depending on the type of advice involved

Training employers, retraining institutions and providers of pre-vocational training schemes as well as trainees, retrainees and those undergoing pre-vocational training preparation – all receive advice and support from the relevant competent authorities.

You can contact the authority responsible for your training regarding topics such as conflicts between trainees and businesses, issues concerning schemes to prepare trainees or opportunities for periods spent abroad. Depending on the profession and region this may be, for example, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IHK) or an alternative chamber.

As a company, retraining organisation or vocational training preparation provider, you provide advisors with all the necessary information and documents and also grant them access to training establishments.

If you want to spend part of your vocational education and training abroad, the chamber will advise you on this. If you wish to be abroad for longer than eight weeks, your training employer and the chamber will coordinate to draw up a special training plan.

• None

• Sometimes, depending on the type of advice involved, contact your local authority for more details

As a rule, no fees apply for the advisory services.

If you have any questions or queries regarding training, retraining or vocational training preparation schemes, you should contact the advisor at the relevant authority directly.

• The advisor will then make an appointment to meet you for an initial discussion.
• Usually you will then have a more detailed meeting with the advisor as soon as possible on site at your training location.
• If the advisor decides that further discussions, site visits, documentation or supporting documents are necessary, another appointment will be arranged with you soon after.
• Alternatively, the advisor can also arrange for you both to remain in contact by telephone, email or in writing.

Once both you and your advisor agree that all outstanding issues have been clarified, the procedure is complete.

• As specified by the competent authority

• § Section 76 of the Vocational Training Act (BBIG)
• Section 29, 30 Third Social Code (SGB III)

The procedure can only be carried out in German.  

Further information is available from the competent authority via its website or from its training advisory service.

Deutscher Industrie- und Handelskammertag