Apprenticeship or work-study placements – the start of your career
Do you want to actively shape the future of Berlin? You’ll find the team doing just that here. Together, we can help to develop pioneering solutions for the energy sector.
An apprenticeship at Stromnetz Berlin is more than “just” an interesting introduction to a forward-looking company. Training young people is an important part of our company philosophy. We are there for you as a strong partner and will actively support your professional development. You will be part of an exciting, diverse working environment. Together with us, you can lay the foundations of your professional career.
Your entry in professional life with
- an apprenticeship or
- a work-study placement.
In German language only.
In cooperation with BEW Berliner Energie und Wärme AG, we offer apprenticeships in four vocations and two work-study programmes. Our apprenticeships and work-study participants benefit from excellent support from our qualified and engaged training staff. Their final marks are above average on a Berlin-wide comparison. And if it doesn’t go so well, we will make other offers to you – we won’t leave you hanging. The conditions of the apprenticeships, e.g. weekly hours, annual holiday, special bonuses, grants and post-apprenticeship employment possibilities are set by collective agreement. The remuneration we offer for apprentices is above the average: in the first year, they receive over 17,000 euros before tax. You can also benefit from attractive additional offers during your apprenticeship.
Our apprenticeship vocations
Our training staff will ensure, with great engagement and passion, that you get off to a good start in your professional life.
Apprentice electrical automation technician
Process automation is important today in many different technical areas. The core of modern production and distribution facilities is process control engineering, ensuring the frictionless interplay of individual components and systems. In our electrical distribution grid, automation of the diverse components is also relevant to ensuring a reliable supply of electricity.
Electrical automation technicians are responsible for the safe and continuous working of such complex systems. They install and maintain components, seek out and eliminate faults. Electrical automation technicians are employed to deal with automation technology in assembly workshops and the service field. Assuming a certain level of professional experience, you can subsequently take a qualification as an industrial foreperson, state-certified technician or bachelor of engineering.
After their basic instruction in metal processing and electrical systems, electrical automation technicians rapidly transfer to working with complex systems. Computers play a big role in training. Technology is always developing, making this field of work interesting and diverse. Already during the apprenticeship, therefore, great value will be placed on gaining new knowledge.
You can find apprenticeship offers on our German page Jobs.
If no positions are currently being advertised for this apprenticeship track, all places have already been taken for this year.
Duration of apprenticeship: 3.5 years
Start of apprenticeship: 1 September
What you should bring with you:
- Understanding of electronics and logic
- Skilled craftsmanship
- A good school leaving certificate (“mittlere Reife”)
- Communicativeness and ability to work in a team
Apprentice electrical operating systems technician
Practically nothing runs without electricity today. Everywhere, experts who know how energy can be transported, controlled and converted are in demand.
Electrical operating systems technicians have this ability. But they can also get down to work practically everywhere – on building sites, in workshops or the service field.
With suitable career experience, operating system electrical technicians can train further to become an industrial foreperson or certified technician in the field of electrical engineering.
After fundamental electrical and mechanical training, apprentices will get to know and master the functioning of more complex systems and components. Electrical control systems are becoming ever more important in this field. Training is practically oriented and requires independent planning and work.
Our 360° video on YouTube offers insight into this apprenticeship. It’s best viewed using a mobile device or VR headset.
You can find apprenticeship offers on our German page Jobs.
If no positions are currently being advertised for this apprenticeship track, all places have been taken for this year.
Duration of apprenticeship: 3.5 years
Start of apprenticeship: 1 September
What you should bring with you:
- Understanding of electronics and logic
- Skilled craftsmanship
- A good school leaving certificate (“mittlere Reife”)
- Communicativeness and ability to work in a team
Apprentice industrial electrical technician
The electrical grid is the backbone of Berlin life: without electricity no LED would shine, no desktop computer start up, no automatic door open, no EV or smartphone charge up. Gas and water supplies also rely on electricity. For this reason there is great demand for experts who know how energy is distributed, controlled and made usable.
This is what electrical technicians specialising in industrial engineering can do. They can also work on their own behalf, installing and maintaining mechanical components. They are well versed in the functioning of electrical equipment and are able to connect up such devices. Their profile also includes dealing with IT systems, because they use them to analyse electrical systems. What if, for example, an underground cable develops a defect? Local industrial electrical technicians will locate the fault and fix it. They do similar work on customer facilities. Customer support and quality management competences complete their job description.
Training to become an industrial electrical technician is practically oriented. We place value on independent planning and work. Short-form apprenticeships to become an electrical technician are also possible.
You can find apprenticeship offers on our German page Jobs.
If no positions are currently being advertised for this apprenticeship track, all places have been taken for this year.
Duration of apprenticeship: 2 years
Start of apprenticeship: 1 September
What you should bring with you:
- Understanding of electronics and logic
- Skilled craftsmanship
- A good school leaving certificate (“mittlere Reife”)
- Communicativeness and ability to work in a team
Apprentice industrial clerk
Industrial clerks deal with a wide range of topics, allowing you a great variety of options in your later career. You will not only work in the purchasing, accounting or personnel departments, but also in distribution and production. With an understanding for commercial matters, an independent attitude and personal initiative, you will organise a wide range of tasks. For example, industrial clerks order raw materials and equipment, or define new processes within project teams.
You will lead sales talks, calculate offer prices and independently handle customer orders. To this end you will need not only commercial and legal experience, but also good material and product knowledge in the field in question. Depending on your inclination and career experience, you can also later train to become a human resources officer or accountant, or take a bachelor of arts degree.
You can find apprenticeship offers on our German page Jobs.
If no positions are currently being advertised for this apprenticeship track, all places have already been taken for this year.
Duration of apprenticeship: 3 years
Start of apprenticeship: 1 September
What you should bring with you:
- University/polytechnic entry certificate, good school leaving certificate (“mittlere Reife”)
- Very good knowledge of German and good knowledge of English
- Interest in economic processes
- Flexibility, openness, independence
- Communicativeness and ability to work in a team
Apprentice IT specialist for system integration
Laptops, printers, screens, smartphones and much more - without IT and technical equipment, nothing works in companies today.
As an IT specialist for system integration, you make sure that IT runs smoothly. You are an allrounder and are able to provide users with the technical support they need to get everything up and running again quickly on the IT side.
The focus of the apprenticeship is on
- Development, introduction, operation and support of the hardware and software used
- Planning, setting up and maintaining networks and IT services
- Ensuring the stable and secure operation of all networked systems - taking into account a critical infrastructure
- Provision, maintenance and debugging of server services in our data centers
- Implementation of department-specific system integrations
You can find apprenticeship offers on our German page Jobs.
If no vacancies for this training occupation are currently displayed, then the training places have already been filled for this year.
Duration of training: 3 years
Start of training: September 1
What you should bring with you:
- A good school-leaving certificate
- Good written and spoken German (at least B2)
- A good understanding of mathematics and computer science
- An interest in programming and computer hardware and software
- Good analytical skills and logical understanding
- Open and respectful communication and the ability to work in a team.
Our work-study programmes
In work-study programmes, exciting weeks of training alternate with engaging study phases at your university. It is there that you will also receive your professional qualification. The theoretical knowledge gained during study can be directly put to use in professional practice at our company. You will receive financial support and gain all kinds of new experience.
The work-study programme is broken down into three-month phases of study and practical work.
In the practical phase, theoretical principles are expanded upon in our specialist departments and a focus of study formed. In the sixth semester (3rd year) you will write your dissertation here at our company.
Bachelor of Engineering, electrical technology course (Berlin/Bautzen)
This work-study programme is first and foremost a mathematical, scientific and technical course. In this, we cooperate with the Berufsakademie Sachsen (Staatliche Studienakademie Bautzen).
The course is divided into three-month phases of study and practical work at the vocational academy in Bautzen and in workplaces in Berlin. The study phases will transmit, among other things, knowledge of engineering and business management principles. Further content includes electrical grid safety systems, building service engineering, control engineering, network control technology, high-voltage technology and power electronics.
You can find apprenticeship offers on our German page Jobs.
If no positions are currently being advertised for this work-study track, all places have already been taken for this year.
Duration of study: 3 years
Qualification: Bachelor of Engineering
What you should bring with you:
- University/polytechnic entry certificate, GPA (mark in the “Abitur”): min. 2.5
- Flexibility, openness and independence
- Communicativeness and ability to work in a team
- Good psychomotor ability and colour perception
Bachelor of Science, business information technology course (Berlin)
Several partners will be involved in teaching you as a Bachelor of Science: Stromnetz Berlin, the site of practical training, and the Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Recht Berlin (HWR) where theoretical knowledge will be gained. In this way, you will combine scientific study at the HWR with its practical applications in the workplace.
During the study phases, the focus is on developing, introducing and operating IT systems and analysing and optimising business processes. Further tasks include marketing and sales, employee management, project management, support and IT management.
You can find apprenticeship offers on our German page Jobs.
If no positions are currently being advertised for this work-study track, all places have already been taken for this year.
Duration of study: 3 years
Qualification: Bachelor of Science
What you should bring with you:
- University/polytechnic entry certificate, GPA (mark in the “Abitur”): min. 2.5
- Interest in computer technology and economic matters
- Flexibility, openness, independence
- Communicativeness and ability to work in a team.
Dual study program Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Several partners will train you for a Bachelor of Science in the dual study program: Stromnetz Berlin as the place of learning for the practical part and the Berlin School of Economics and Law (HWR) as the place of learning for the theory. You combine practical application in the workplace with academic studies at the HWR.
During the study phases, the focus is on:
- Mathematical, technical and theoretical foundations of computer science
- Programming and software engineering
- Databases, networks and operating systems
- Social and legal aspects of computer science
- Comprehensive content such as business administration and project management
You can find apprenticeship offers on our German page Jobs.
If no positions are currently being advertised for this work-study track, all places have already been taken for this year.
Duration of study: 3 years
Qualification: Bachelor of Science
What you should bring with you:
- High school or university of applied sciences entrance qualification, Abitur average: at least 2.5
- Very good knowledge of German (at least B2) and good written and spoken English skills
- Good general education and a good understanding of mathematics and computer science
- Flexibility and openness to new ideas
- Independent working style and initiative
- Open and respectful communication and ability to work in a team.
Remuneration and benefits during apprenticeships and work-study placements
Remuneration:
- Year of apprenticeship: 1,361.98 Euro
- Year of apprenticeship: 1,431.92 Euro
- Year of apprenticeship: 1,501.85 Euro
- Year of apprenticeship: 1,571.79 Euro
Further benefits for you:
- Working hours are 37 per week and can, depending on the department, be flexibly arranged
- 30 days’ annual leave
- One-off learning materials grant of 200 euros at the start of training
- Reimbursement of the costs for the Germany ticket
- Rental supplement for our work-study employees in Bautzen of 322 euros per month
- Discount lunch in our canteen
- Own laptop for the apprenticeship
- Intensive onboarding phase with an introductory phase
- Employment after the apprenticeship (if recommended)
- You can decide your place of deployment after the apprenticeship
Cooperation with Enter Technik, the Year of Technology for Young Women
Enter Technik is a shared initiative of the Berlin Senate Administration for Labour, Social Affairs, Equality, Integration, Diversity and Antidiscrimination, cooperating companies and the charity LIFE Bildung, Umwelt, Chancen-Gleichheit e. V.
The initiative aims to foster a new generation of talented female specialists in the industrial and technical sector. The cooperating companies and coordinating charity LIFE offer young women targeted orientation in their professional lives and courses of study. In imitation of Germany’s “Voluntary Social Year” programme, women take internships at companies that offer industrial and technological training. The interns spend three months in the company, gaining career experience with an extensive practical component. They also come to understand and strengthen their own personal inclinations and abilities with a view to future dual vocational training or work-study placements.
Note
Please note that we are supported in handling applications by BEW Berliner Energie und Wärme AG. Your application will be viewed and handled by us and BEW together.
