Nursing Apprenticeship

This three-year training programme includes 2,100 hours of theory and 2,500 hours of practical training and ends with a state examination. Subjects include nursing, nursing and health sciences, natural sciences, medicine, humanities, social sciences, law, politics and economics. Lessons combine knowledge with practical exercises. Training starts each year on 1 March and 1 September.

• Care for and support sick people around the clock, observe their physical and emotional health and support their medical treatment.
• Provide basic and medical nursing care, such as washing and positioning patients, changing dressings and giving medicines as prescribed by a doctor.
• Plan nursing care and keep care records.
• Advise and support patients and their families in dealing with health and illness.
• Help with medical examinations and operations.
• Operate and monitor medical equipment and accompany doctors on their rounds.
• Help with organisational and administrative work.

• This profession requires skill, empathy, a willingness to help and care for others.
• You must be medically fit and provide proof of immunity to measles.
• An intermediate school leaving certificate, or an equivalent certificate recognised in Germany if obtained abroad; alternatively, a lower secondary school leaving certificate with successfully completed vocational training lasting at least two years, nursing assistant training, or state-regulated nursing or elderly care assistant training lasting at least one year.
• Very good spoken and written German, at least level B2.
• An application cover letter.
• A CV in table form with no gaps.
• Copies of all school leaving certificates, or your half-year report if you are in your final school year, or proof that your school leaving certificate is recognised if obtained outside Germany.
• Certificates from previous jobs, training and internships.
• Written consent from a parent or legal guardian for applicants under 18.
• Proof of a B2 certificate if German is not your first language.
• Proof from your family doctor that you are medically fit for the profession.
• Proof of immunity to measles.