Why I'm considering the Industriemeister Elektrotechnik

Since finishing the training as an electrically skilled person for defined activities, one question has stayed with me. What do I do next?

On paper, things are clearer now. I can carry out electrical work within my defined scope if the tasks are clearly described, my employer defines them accordingly, and the responsible qualified electrician appoints me to that role.

That matters in my work with automatic sliding and swing doors.

I still run into situations where I reach the limit of that scope. I can’t just decide I’ll somehow handle the job anyway.

What do I do when I reach that limit?

During the IHK course, I started wondering how I could become more flexible in my work.

I’d like to be more useful to the company and build my technical knowledge. Coming up against the same limit keeps bothering me. Collecting titles doesn’t hold much appeal.

So I spoke to the IHK.

Their recommendation was fairly clear. If I wanted to head in that direction, I should look into the Industriemeister Elektrotechnik.

That sounded interesting.

The qualification would give me a different set of technical and organizational skills to draw on, and a basis for taking on more responsibility later. It wouldn’t automatically make me the responsible qualified electrician. That would still depend on my actual role and appointment within the company.

The course content gave me pause

As I understand it, a substantial part of the Industriemeister Elektrotechnik covers business administration, organization, leadership, and law. All useful stuff.

But right now, I want to get further into electrical engineering itself.

I want to understand why a circuit works and how the whole system fits together. That would also help me narrow down faults. Knowing what a document says won’t be enough for me forever.

Which brings me to the Techniker Elektrotechnik.

That goes deeper into the technical side, but it also takes considerably longer. Fitting that around a job is a serious commitment. A few evenings on YouTube won’t do it.

That would take a sizable chunk of my life.

I do want to learn

I’m 35.

Hardly old. But I’m past the point of telling myself I’ve got unlimited time and energy for everything at once.

Even so, I really want to learn right now.

The course set something going. That feeling when ideas that used to be separate suddenly start making sense together. I don’t want to lose that.

I want to keep my brain working and keep trying things I can’t do yet.

I’m still apprehensive, though.

Exam anxiety is a real issue for me. I can study and put the effort in. Sitting an exam feels different.

A video got me thinking about preparation

Then this video came up in my recommendations: Force exam success! How?

Its formula was simple:

Number of learning activities multiplied by quality of preparation.

At first, that almost sounds too simple. But that’s why it struck a chord with me.

Cramming everything into the three weeks before an exam, fueled by energy drinks, isn’t how I want to do this.

It might get something into my head for a little while. That won’t make me more confident, and it’s no use at work if I’ve forgotten it all afterwards.

If I take on the Industriemeister or Techniker, I want to study regularly. Every week. Well before the exam date starts breathing down my neck.

I can start learning before I’ve made the decision

I still haven’t chosen a route. Either one would take time and energy alongside my job. The course has shown me how much more I’d like to learn, though.

The video’s formula makes preparing for an exam feel more manageable to me. Lots of small learning activities and good preparation. If it holds up, passing an exam doesn’t have to seem like magic. That doesn’t make the anxiety disappear.

I want to start learning regularly anyway. I can decide which qualification to pursue as I go.