STUDYING FOOD SPECIALIST IN GERMANY

FOOD SPECIALIST

What is your job in this profession?

Food specialist

• Meat quality assessment
• Cut the meat into portions
• Prepare for sale
• Further processing into meat and sausage products
• Cooked, cut or smoked
• Production of specialty products, processed and preserved foods
• Prepare grilled, fried or minced meat

What do you learn during your training?

During your apprenticeship you will learn the essentials of meat processing. You will learn how to evaluate and butcher meat and how to properly prepare minced meat. In addition, to make it easier for customers to cook with meat, you will have to produce ready-to-cook products that customers can cook at home. Of course, you will also learn the theory of important biological and mathematical knowledge. Finally, you will have to calculate the volume of sausages and determine the proportions of ingredients. Biology is obviously an important subject! Furthermore, you will have to be able to determine the age of an animal based on features such as bones or fat.

Where will you work?

Vocational training enterprises:

Food specialist in operation:

• In meat processing plants and the meat and sausage industry
• In retail stores and large wholesale food markets
• In the slaughterhouse and butchery

Place of study and work:

Food specialists first studied and worked at:

• Sausage factory, smoking house, meat cutting and bone removal house
• Cold storage and warehouse
• Training centers and vocational colleges

How long is your vocational training?

Vocational training lasts 36 months, usually starting on 01.09. of the school year. If started earlier the training period can be extended.

What qualifications do you need to meet?

You must …

• At least 19 years old, but not older than 25 years old,
• Be in good health and well-trained,
• Highly independent and
• Willing to live and work abroad for many years.

You must have …

• Graduated from high school with good or excellent results
• Successful completion of multi-week internship with positive results in the profession will be provided with training

Necessary conditions …

For a successful vocational training course, basic knowledge from high school in the basic subjects for this profession is required. During the apprenticeship, this knowledge will continue to be studied in depth and advanced.

• Mathematics:

With recipes for different types of sausages, the future food professional calculates the proportions of each ingredient and determines the weight. Basic calculations as well as percentages and cross-proportions learned during apprenticeship are often used in practice.

• Biology:

The future food worker will evaluate livestock based on characteristics such as cartilage, bone, fat and meat colour, as well as the age of the animal. A good knowledge of biology, particularly anatomy, is essential.

How are you paid during your apprenticeship?

Contact SHD now for details on monthly allowance. Ensure enough for your expenses, if you spend economically you can also save a large amount of money during 3-3.5 years of apprenticeship.

What are your prospects after graduating from vocational training?

After completing the food technician course you work in food processing plants, in the meat and sausage industry or in large food wholesale markets.

Through appropriate professional training courses you can always expand your professional knowledge to the most up-to-date standards. Your employer may sponsor such training if they see that you have the potential and drive to do so.

How can you continue to learn and improve your skills?

If you continue to study advanced courses, you can become a unit leader or progress to completing the exam to become a chief specialist.

You can also continue your studies at University with your university admission rights. For example, the course could be a bachelor of food technology.

What is your starting salary when you graduate?

According to the actual figures at the time of writing, the total annual salary including payroll tax can be up to 32,000 €. Since 2018 you will definitely be paid at the minimum wage of 8.84 € for 1 hour of work. But if you have a lot of professional experience and have the required qualifications, you will be paid more during your work.

After a few years of professional experience, you can continue to increase your annual income. Furthermore, if you choose to further your studies to graduate as a chief specialist, you can increase your average salary to approximately €38,500 a year. With initiative and hard work, you have the opportunity to grow and increase your average income. Basically, money is not everything, but above all, work gives you satisfaction and gives you direction for the future.

What is brutto and net?

Your apprenticeship has started and you are eagerly awaiting your first paycheck. But don't be surprised if the amount you receive is different from the amount stated in your contract. Because as an employee you are responsible for transferring a portion of your salary to the State in taxes. In addition, you have to pay various amounts into the social insurance system.

The contributions to the social insurance system include: compulsory pension insurance, health insurance, unemployment insurance and old-age insurance. The amount of your salary after payroll tax is deducted is your net salary.

In short, the gross salary minus taxes and social security contributions leaves you with the net salary. This is the amount that is actually paid into your account.

In addition, your business must also pay an amount identical to yours into your social insurance fund.

These contributions to the social insurance fund are beneficial to you because they are paid into insurance funds and various funds for you. That means: every time you are sick, you do not have to pay for your own doctor's fees and treatment costs. In addition, later in life, you will receive a certain amount of pension.

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Article reposted from duhocducshb.com, the official website of SHB Education Organization. September 13, 2024, SHB brand officially converted into SHD ecosystem towards comprehensive development Accordingly, the website https://shdacademy.vn/ will be the official website of SHD specializing in the field of Vocational Study in Germany.