Road Maintenance Worker Training

The City of Pforzheim's Technical Services department ensures safety and cleanliness throughout the city. The training provides practical skills in areas such as winter maintenance, green-space care, road construction and street cleaning within the individual work crews and lasts three years.

Setting up, securing and clearing work sites; securing and clearing accident sites; construction and maintenance work on roads; creating and maintaining green spaces; installing and maintaining traffic signs and traffic control equipment; handling and maintaining tools, equipment, machinery and technical facilities; driving and maintaining specialist vehicles such as Unimogs, trucks and excavators.

Lower secondary school certificate; obtaining a truck driving licence in the third year of training is mandatory and required for admission to the final examination.