Discuss Working in Germany in the Electrical Forum area at ElectriciansForums.net

Welcome to ElectriciansForums.net - The American Electrical Advice Forum
Head straight to the main forums to chat by click here:   American Electrical Advice Forum

U

User2013

I know multiple people have posted questions about this, but no one seems to have gotten a good answer. Does anyone know how to get qualified to work as an electrician in Germany, and how the necessary qualifications compare to qualifications in the UK?
 
They tend to want to see a full apprentice trained/qualified electrician with meaningful add on qualifications such as the C&G 2391 and 2392 or '''comp ex'' type certifications and the like!! There are no electrical trainee operating in Germany!!! lol!!
 
The equivalent to the 17th is called VDE, language is less of a problem, almost everyone speaks English.

If you are going to work in another country it is common decency to at least make an effort to learn the language. If it is a one off job fine but otherwise you should not presume that everyone will speak English.
 
To be fair this annoys me, it is the British way to expect the rest of the world to speak English because we are to lazy to learn!!.

I'm fairly sure that with all of the immigration into the UK of migrant workers, we expect all of them to learn English to be able to converse with us and we would never dream of learning their language, yet we do not do the same when we go to work abroad!.

I know that I personally would want to be able to speak German before going to work there!!, the coulour of their currency is good enough for your pocket then learn the lingo!.

Just my opinion.
 
I worked in a power station near me for a German company and their work was truly apaling, they isn't know how to make of an armoured at all, I even saw one of them using sidecutters to cut the armour, I was inspecting it all and completely tore the work apart. I got the impression that the specialise in different things, you had one team just doing tray, one team pulling and one team doing final connections, but if that is a true example of German workmanship you have nothing to worry about
 
I worked in a power station near me for a German company and their work was truly apaling, they isn't know how to make of an armoured at all, I even saw one of them using sidecutters to cut the armour, I was inspecting it all and completely tore the work apart. I got the impression that the specialise in different things, you had one team just doing tray, one team pulling and one team doing final connections, but if that is a true example of German workmanship you have nothing to worry about


I have no idea what happened there, but your experience is not the same as mine, not by a long chock!! lol!!
They do have their own way of working though, and they don't generally use too much in the way of metal containment (Conduit and Trunking) outside of heavy/medium industry installations.

All electricians however, go through apprenticeship training, which is often wholly subsidised by the government unlike the UK. In fact the Germans are very big on training investment for the future... And why the UK will eventually get left far behind our German cousins
 
Got to agree with E54 of this, I have worked with Sparks/Engineers from all over the world, literally all over the world and I would personally rate the German sparks and Engineers amongst the best trained, highly competent and professional I have ever come across. Like everyone there are good and bad in all, but the industry in Germany would appear to be very good at weeding out the poorly trained, lazy and incompetent.

There was a time when British Sparks and Engineers where sought after by German companies as they considered us even better than those from their own nation, that is not true anymore and has not been for at least 2 decades, and this should be seen as a national disgrace.
 
and don't forgetr the uniform, or you'll have that angela meerkat on your case.


Working in Germany {filename} | ElectriciansForums.net
 
that is not true anymore and has not been for at least 2 decades, and this should be seen as a national disgrace.

I think your spot on and Electrical Trainee and 7DW including part pee is too blame, the standard now is quite frankly appalling, seriously appalling
 
and don't forgetr the uniform, or you'll have that angela meerkat on your case.


Working in Germany {filename} | ElectriciansForums.net

Blooming heck Tel, you promised you would not put that picture into the public domain again after all that nonsense with prince Harry and Goebbels grandson!! Can I have no privacy!! :D
 
I've worked in Germany, France and Spain and I can tell you now they're all foreigners over there and most of them don't speak english, Best stay in Blighty where you can at least get a good cup of tea!
 
From what I have been told, it is very difficult for a foreigner to work as an electrician in Germany. They have a system which tries to get their school leavers trained and straight in to the areas they are needed. Their regulation is excellent too, but the description I got involved stuff about Trade Guilds - which I did not understand. The situation in industry may be different in that an experienced industrial electrician of whatever nationality should be able to pick up a normalised schema and get going (NO NC are in English). In France big electrical contractors on new building projects often get the floor/ceiling junction boxes (we call them un pieuve – octopus !) made up in Germany – because of the quality of the work they can expect.
 
From what I have been told, it is very difficult for a foreigner to work as an electrician in Germany. They have a system which tries to get their school leavers trained and straight in to the areas they are needed. Their regulation is excellent too, but the description I got involved stuff about Trade Guilds - which I did not understand. The situation in industry may be different in that an experienced industrial electrician of whatever nationality should be able to pick up a normalised schema and get going (NO NC are in English). In France big electrical contractors on new building projects often get the floor/ceiling junction boxes (we call them un pieuve – octopus !) made up in Germany – because of the quality of the work they can expect.

Wow!! the Octopus wiring method, now that brings back some distant memories! Not necessarily good memories either.... lol!!
 
From what I have been told, it is very difficult for a foreigner to work as an electrician in Germany. They have a system which tries to get their school leavers trained and straight in to the areas they are needed. Their regulation is excellent too, but the description I got involved stuff about Trade Guilds - which I did not understand. The situation in industry may be different in that an experienced industrial electrician of whatever nationality should be able to pick up a normalised schema and get going (NO NC are in English). In France big electrical contractors on new building projects often get the floor/ceiling junction boxes (we call them un pieuve – octopus !) made up in Germany – because of the quality of the work they can expect.

I agree I have worked in Germany a lot and they now regard anyone outside as taking there jobs and try to give work to native Germans first there standards are very high and there materials are normally 1st class all I can say is be up to the mark as they will use it as an excuse to get rid of you and can ban you from coming back on the black list ledger
 
Talking to someone who lives in Germany......to be self employed ( important trades) in Germany.. you have to be a master electrician.. to gain this, you have to be employed @ least 10 yrs as an electrician so as to gain experience etc. Not quit the same here... 5 mins is Ok!
 

Reply to Working in Germany in the Electrical Forum area at ElectriciansForums.net

OFFICIAL SPONSORS

Electrical Goods - Electrical Tools - Brand Names Electrician Courses Green Electrical Goods PCB Way Electrical Goods - Electrical Tools - Brand Names Pushfit Wire Connectors Electric Underfloor Heating Electrician Courses
These Official Forum Sponsors May Provide Discounts to Regular Forum Members - If you would like to sponsor us then CLICK HERE and post a thread with who you are, and we'll send you some stats etc

Electrical Forum

Welcome to the Electrical Forum at ElectriciansForums.net. The friendliest electrical forum online. General electrical questions and answers can be found in the electrical forum.
This website was designed, optimised and is hosted by Untold Media. Operating under the name Untold Media since 2001.
Back
Top
AdBlock Detected

We get it, advertisements are annoying!

Sure, ad-blocking software does a great job at blocking ads, but it also blocks useful features of our website. For the best site experience please disable your AdBlocker.

I've Disabled AdBlock