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MIQR Erfurt

Heinrichstrasse 89, 99092 Erfurt
Phone: 0361 511503-0

Fax: 0361 511503-20
Mobile: 0160 9740257
E-mail: erfurt@miqr.de

MIQR Leipzig

Landsberger Strasse 23, 04157 Leipzig
Phone: 0341 900410-0

Fax: 0341 900410-20
E-mail: leipzig@miqr.de

MIQR Dresden

Loescherstrasse 16/18, 01309 Dresden
Phone: 0351 314600-0

Glashütter Str. 101/a, 01277 Dresden
Fax: 0351 314600-20
e-mail: dresden@miqr.de

MIQR Suhl

Puschkinstrasse 1, 98527 Suhl
Phone: 03681 455143-0

Fax: 03681 455143-20
E-mail: suhl@miqr.de

MIQR Chemnitz

Parkstrasse 28, 09120 Chemnitz
Phone: 0371666509-0

Barbarossastr. 2, 09112 Chemnitz (language courses)
Fax: 0371 666509-20
Telephone language courses (Barbarossastr.):
037140466520
E-mail:
chemnitz@miqr.de

MIQR Berlin South

Trachenbergring 93-93a,
12249 Berlin / Germany
Phone: 030 63412883-0

Fax: 030 63412883-20
E-mail: berlin@miqr.de

MIQR Berlin North

Prenzlauer Promenade 28, 13089 Berlin

Phone: 030 2592 448-0

Fax: 030 2592 448-20
E-mail: berlin@miqr.de

MIQR chub

Bahnhofstrasse 8,
04720 chub
Phone: 03431 6259414

Lecturer Office: 03431 7047142

E-mail: doebeln@miqr.de

MIQR Riesa

Lauchhammerstraße 20, 01591 Riesa

Phone: 03525 – 5185163

E-mail: riesa@miqr.de

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Vocational Advancement Service| Bundeswehr | BFD | Promotion | career orientation internship

Bundeswehr Vocational Advancement Service (BFD) – Vocational advancement

The Central German Institute for Qualification and Vocational Rehabilitation (MIQR) opens up various opportunities for soldiers to reintegrate into the civilian labor market. If you would like to complete a training measure with us for this purpose, you are also entitled to financial support from the under certain conditions Vocational Advancement Service (BFD). This means that a large part or even the entire cost of your retraining, further training or work experience will be reimbursed. In the following, we will provide you with detailed information on the conditions for financial reimbursement from the Federal Promotion Service and on our attractive educational offers for (former) soldiers.

Information on the Federal Promotion Service (BFD)

The Vocational Advancement Service (BfD) is a part of the administration the Bundeswehr. The career advancement service is divided into a total of 16 departments and 86 location teams, in which you can receive advice on site. With the help of the career advancement service, servicewomen and men are to be looked after from the start of their service so that it can then be ensured that integration into the civilian job market takes place. To this end, an extensive range of support and services is used, which is intended to help the servicewomen and men to retraining and Further developments return to the civilian labor market.

Services of the professional development service

The Federal Armed Forces Vocational Advancement Service offers various services to support you as a soldier after the end of your service. To this end, various measures are taken with which integration into the civilian labor market is achieved.

Consulting

Active servicewomen and men are already being prepared for the end of their commitment during their employment with the Bundeswehr. This is to ensure that a smooth transition to the civilian labor market is possible. At the locations you will advice on funding and service offers and thus receive your personal perspectives for professional life after the Bundeswehr.

Promotion of further training and retraining

During, at the end of and after the period of service, the costs for further training and retraining are covered up to a certain cost rate. the Maximum amounts depend, among other things, on the respective length of service.

It is important that you pay for the costs incurred in advance payment have to kick. After completing the measure at an external educational institution, you will be reimbursed for the costs. Especially for longer training measures, it makes sense to negotiate installment payments with the training provider. In addition to the course costs, you have the option of taking a semi-annual Learning material flat rate to apply.

career orientation internship

An career orientation internship You are entitled to it if you have committed yourself to service in the Bundeswehr for at least four years. In addition, you must have an increased need for career orientation because you do not yet know where you want to orientate yourself professionally after the Bundeswehr or for which profession you are actually suitable. In this case, you can do a one-month career orientation internship. If you have a commitment of more than 12 years, you can take advantage of a three-month commitment. However, this only applies if you were not hired on the basis of your civilian professional qualifications with a higher rank or have received recognized civilian professional training or further training during your period of service.

Funding Goals

The Objective of the Federal Armed Forces Vocational Advancement Service consists of preparing professional soldiers, soldiers and conscripts doing voluntary military service for leaving the Federal Armed Forces. Vocational and school education and further training should be offered for this purpose. In this way, it is ensured that after leaving the armed forces, you have the opportunity to advance professionally and socially. The offer does not only apply to active Bundeswehr soldiers, but can also be used after the active period for a period of 6 years after the end of service.

entitlement to funding

In order for you to be able to claim funding from the Bundeswehr Vocational Advancement Service, certain requirements must be met.

You must be both mentally and physically able to complete a corresponding further training or retraining in full. You should be assessed accordingly. The desired retraining or further training must also offer appropriate career prospects after the period of service. In addition, you should make use of the BFD’s obligation to advise you no later than six years after the end of your service period. Because up to this point in time, the budget for the promotion of vocational or school education expires. However, the most important factor is that you are a soldier whose military service is coming to an end and who would like to gain a foothold in the civilian job market after serving in the armed forces. This includes volunteers doing military service (FWDL), career officers up to the age of 41 and temporary soldiers (SAZ).

Temporary soldiers (SAZ)

So-called temporary soldiers commit themselves voluntarily to the Bundeswehr for a limited time. A distinction is also made here between SaZ "old type" and SaZ "new type". The latter includes all regular soldiers who were appointed after the deadline of July 26.07.2012, 25. The commitment period can be up to a maximum of 62 years. However, military service may not be completed beyond the age of XNUMX. The minimum period for a temporary soldier is two years. When the commitment period expires, the vocational advancement service supports them in their integration into the civil labor market.

Voluntary military service (FWDL)

The period of voluntary military service (FWD) is at least seven and at most 23 months. The "voluntary military service as a special civic commitment" has existed since 2011, since conscription was abolished in that year. In summary, this is an employment relationship for soldiers within teams of the Bundeswehr. Here, too, the professional development service provides support

Career officers up to the age of 41

Career officers exercise management and leadership functions in military operations. In addition, the area of responsibility also falls into training and service in the army.

Application for BFD funding

The Promotion of an educational measure must be applied for electronically or in writing at the Bundeswehr Career Center. For this purpose, all documents must be submitted so that the funding case can be assessed. The Bundeswehr Career Center decides individually which documents are involved. The application for funding must be submitted before the start of the training measure, so that there is enough time to be able to decide on the funding.

Start your civil career with the MIQR – All educational offers

The Central German Institute offers for members of the armed forces and members of the armed forces with rehab status various training and further education opportunities. We always offer work psychological and socio-educational support. With the (Chamber of Industry and Commerce) qualifications that can be acquired here, you can safely start your civil working life.

Vocational and retraining preparations

Finding a job/work trial

After the Bundeswehr career, an aptitude test for the civilian job market and the planning of a suitable professional field may be necessary. We support you in this measure in determining your personal strengths and interests. In individual tests in a wide variety of professional fields (e.g. commercial, media/advertising, crafts, security or care) it is determined where the most prospects lie. If required, you can also take advantage of work psychological and socio-educational support.

Start: steady entry

Duration: 2,4, 6 or XNUMX weeks full-time

Application and career coaching

With our application coaching, we prepare you optimally for the civil job market. With the goal-oriented competence and professional training, you can start with confidence after your time in the armed forces. Depending on your needs, you will also receive socio-pedagogical and work-psychological support as well as therapeutic help.

Start: steady entry

Duration: individual arrangement

Preparatory courses/rehab preparatory courses

The (rehab) preparation course prepares you for our commercial retraining. In this way, you can prepare yourself for training in a civilian profession and possibly compensate for some deficits. In terms of content, basic commercial and business management topics are addressed and general key qualifications are trained. Depending on your needs, you will also receive socio-pedagogical and work-psychological support as well as therapeutic help.

Start: in April and November

Duration: 3 months full time

Retraining with IHK qualification

Clerk for office management (IHK)

This retraining will train you as an office worker and will help you to obtain a recognized Chamber of Industry and Commerce qualification, which will open a secure door to the civil job market. Contents to be trained include communication, work organization, office management, business English and commercial processes, management and control. Depending on your needs, you will also receive socio-pedagogical and work-psychological support as well as therapeutic help.

Start: in February and July

Duration: 24 months