Application Developer

Training to become a software developer with a federal certificate of proficiency takes four years. 

Computer scientists carry out their assignments as part of a team. They manage simple projects or sub-projects independently. They develop their products and solutions in close cooperation with a wide range of stakeholders. This includes in particular customers, users, suppliers and external service providers. They also exchange knowledge and information in the community.

Computer scientists specializing in application development implement software solutions for products, processes or services in a wide variety of industries. You are responsible for ensuring that customer requirements are translated into functional technical solutions.

Coordination and cooperation of the learning locations (with regard to content, working methods, time planning, customs of the profession) are an important prerequisite for the success of basic vocational training. During the entire training, the learners are to be supported in bringing theory and practice into relation with one another. Cooperation between the learning locations is therefore essential, and imparting skills is a shared task. Each learning location makes its contribution taking into account the contribution of the other learning locations. Thanks to good cooperation, each learning location can continuously review and optimize its contribution. This increases the quality of basic vocational training.

The specific contribution of the learning locations can be summarized as follows:

• The teaching company: In the dual system, training takes place in professional practice in the training company, in the training company association, in training workshops, in commercial secondary schools or in other institutions recognized for this purpose, where the learners are taught the practical skills of the profession.
• The vocational school: it provides school education, which consists of teaching professional knowledge, general education and sport.
• The inter-company courses: they serve to impart and acquire basic skills and complement training in professional practice and school education where the professional activity to be learned requires this.

The interaction of the learning locations can be shown as follows:

Action competencies include technical, methodological, social and personal skills. In order for computer scientists to survive in the job market, the prospective professionals will acquire these competencies integrally and at all learning locations (apprenticeship company, vocational school, inter-company courses) in the course of basic vocational training. The following illustration gives an overview of the content and the interaction of the four dimensions of an action competence.