Vocational Training & Apprenticeships | Helmholtz Munich

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Start your career in a scientific environment in the public sector with vocational training at our research center.

Start your career in a scientific environment in the public sector with vocational training at our research center.

5 vocational training professions:
- Animal caretaker specializing in research and clinic
- Biology laboratory technician
- Management assistant for office management
- IT specialist for system integration
- Digital and print media designer specializing in design concept
Application: from 01.08. of the previous year
Start of training: 01.09.
Duration: 3 to 3.5 years
Basic requirements:
- Completed school education (secondary school, middle school, high school/A-levels, vocational baccalaureate diploma, or similar)
- Minimum B2 level German

Notebooks
Courses and Team Training (English, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint)
Various health services on our campus, such as sports, company doctor and courses for mental health
Flexible working hours
Childcare for parents with a child
Cafeteria and canteen
30 days vacation/year
E-charging stations for cars and bicycles

E-Laden Vektorgrafik mit Fahrrad

Training on learning and communication strategies
Team training days
Individual support
Specialized training
Office 365 application courses
English courses

E-Learning Vektorgrafik

Submit Application

Send your application via our online application tool → Please find the link below each job advertisement.

Confirmation

You will receive an email confirmation when you have successfully submitted your application.

Interviews

If your profile fits, we will invite you to an interview via telephone, video conference or in person. There might be further interviews or internship depending on the position you applied for.

Contract offer

If everything went well, we will offer you a contract.

Works Council Approval

Our Works Council will review and assess your future contract. As soon as it is approved, the hiring process continues.

Vocational Training Contract

We will create your training contract digitally at the IHK and send it to you by email. You confirm this and we have concluded a valid contract.

For those under the age of 18, the process runs parallel with the legal guardians.

Everything you need to know about your application:

Your application consists of...

A cover letter
It is important that you introduce yourself and briefly describe what you are currently doing. Then it is good to mention why you want to learn this apprenticeship and why you are really suited for it. Finally, you explain why you want to do the training with us. That way you have everything you need, and we look forward to receiving your application.
Your CV
Your CV should be chronologically backwards and contain all important personal data, such as your school/work history, as well as your skills and knowledge, which you can describe to us, for example, through internship certificates.
and enclosures
Your most recent school reports or your most recent report card
Your certificates (e.g. internships)
Your certificates

If you are shortlisted as an applicant, we will usually have a joint (virtual) interview. This is so that we can get to know each other personally and gain an impression of each other. Your open questions will be clarified in this interview.

Online application via our applicant portal

You will receive a confirmation as soon as your application has been successfully submitted.
If you are still a minor, please note that we need your parents' consent.

If your interview is positive, we will invite you to a further interview or to an internship. For office management assistants, there is a small "aptitude test" in the second round, which involves general basic knowledge questions, math and German tasks.

If you are a minor before you start your training, you must have a medical examination and submit the certificate of the initial examination to us. You must have the examination before you start your employment. Otherwise, the IHK cannot approve the vocational training contract.

The collective agreement for public service trainees (TVAöD) is an existing collective agreement that determines how an employment relationship begins, ends and is regulated.

The training period in the respective occupations…

Training as a management assistant for office management → 3 years
Training as a biology laboratory assistant → 3.5 years
Apprenticeship as an animal keeper — research and clinic → 3 years
Training as an IT specialist — system integration → 3 years
Training as a digital and print media designer — design concept → 3 years

You can shorten your training in consultation with us.

Questions about your future salary?

The collective agreement for public service trainees (TVAöD) is an existing collective agreement that determines how an employment relationship begins, ends and is regulated.

Your gross remuneration from 01.05.2026 will be...

1.368,26 € in your 1st apprenticeship year
1.418,20 € in your 2nd apprenticeship year
1.464,02 € in your 3rd apprenticeship year
1.527,59 € in your 4th apprenticeship year

How are things going when you're about to finish your training?

You will be informed of the exact date of your intermediate and final examinations about 2 weeks in advance. We will clarify all other questions about the exam when the time comes.

Once you have been through all the departments, you can think about which department/institute suits you best and where you can best imagine working after your training. As a trainee at Helmholtz Munich, you have a very good chance of being taken on. You should make sure you are taken on a few months before the end of your training.

Everything you need to know about your daily work routine:

Your probationary period with us is 3 months. During the probationary period, we want to find out together whether you can achieve the goal of the training and whether we fit together.
If we realize that, contrary to expectations, it is not a good fit, either of us can terminate the contract within this period without giving reasons and without observing a notice period.

Your daily training time is 7:48 hours, i.e. 39 hours per week. Your lunch break is 30 minutes (over 18) or 60 minutes (under 18).

We provide you with all the working materials you need in our company. This includes your personal laptop, consumables and for Biology lab assistants and animal keepers protective clothing and safety goggles.
School materials are provided by the school or you have to get them yourself. At the beginning of each training year, you will receive a teaching material allowance of 50 €.

The training period in the respective occupations…

Training as a management assistant for office management → 3 years
Training as a biology laboratory assistant → 3.5 years
Apprenticeship as an animal keeper — research and clinic → 3 years
Training as an IT specialist — system integration → 3 years
Training as a digital and print media designer — design concept → 3 years

You can shorten your training in consultation with us.

Thanks to the collective agreement, you have 30 days of holiday. You also have the 24th and 31st of December off. On Shrove Tuesday you have half a day off.

Your training certificate documents for you, for us and for the Chamber of Industry and Commerce what you have learned. You must sign and present this in full at the time of your examinations, otherwise you will not be admitted to the examination. With us, you create your training certificate digitally.