This course provides you with theoretical and practical knowledge from key areas of business. You’ll apply and deepen your understanding of the technical terminology and professional communication skills required in a professional setting in a practical context. You will then learn 2D and 3D design as well as visualization using ALLPLAN. You’ll also discover how artificial intelligence is used in the workplace.
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Certificates: Goethe-Test PRO" certificate
Original ALLPLAN certificate -
Examination: Praxisbezogene Projektarbeiten mit Abschlusspräsentationen
Goethe-Test PRO -
Teaching Times: Full-timeMonday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:35 p.m. (in weeks with public holidays from 8:30 a.m. to 5:10 p.m.)
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Language of Instruction: German
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Duration: 16 Weeks
Job-related German language support for the commercial and technical sector
Professional Communication in the Workplace (approx. 1 day)
Communication in Typical Professional Situations
Using job-related technical terms in a work context
Understanding job-related texts, work instructions, and company information
Understanding Conversations and Meetings in a Professional Context
Business Correspondence (approx. 2 days)
Layout and Design of Business Letters
Modern salutations and opening lines
Writing Customer-Focused Letters and Emails
AI-powered writing assistance for emails and letters
Reporting in the Workplace
Creating Cover Letters in Accordance with DIN 5008
Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Professional Communication (approx. 1 day)
Overview of AI Tools in the Professional Workplace
Using AI to Support Professional Correspondence
Creating and Optimizing Professional Texts with AI
Opportunities and Limitations of AI in Everyday Work
Professional field of communication management (approx. 3 days)
Communication in the company
Forms of communication in teams
Meetings and presentations
Conflict management
Conducting appraisal interviews
Conducting job interviews
Sales and consultation meetings
Writing offers
Trade fairs and product presentations
Processing complaints
Business Field (approx. 6 days)
Fundamentals of Human Resources, Management, and Labor Law
Fundamentals of Finance and Controlling
Structure and Content of Payroll Processing
Understanding and Interpreting Operational Analyses, Charts, and Statistics
Professional field of marketing (approx. 6 days)
Basics of advertising
Market analysis and market research
Online marketing and e-commerce
Marketing communication
Use of AI in the creation of marketing texts
Business Processes (approx. 7 days)
Restructuring and Process Management
Process Changes Within the Company
Digital Transformation
Energy Management and
Environmental Protection in the Company
Project Management
Occupational field logistics and trade (approx. 8 days)
Production and
Purchasing and procurement
Delivery and transportation
Retail trade
Project work, certification preparation and certification exam "Goethe-Test PRO" (approx. 6 days)
ALLPLAN
User interface (approx. 1 day)
Menus, action bar, dialog boxes, options
Construction 2D (approx. 3 days)
First steps: line, circle, polygon course, measuring
Point snap, tracking, track lines, track points
Editing functions, modification functions
Layer use and format properties
Modifying format properties, layer palette
Hatching, pattern, fill area
Modify 2D surface elements
Pattern line, direct modification via object handles
Modify points, 2D dimensioning, text input
Project Organization (approx. 2 days)
New Project, Level Model
Building structure, section views, labeling section views, adjusting the level model
3D Rough Model (approx. 5 days)
Window settings and view modes, walls/settings, import site plan, set up axes
Walls, windows, doors: Properties and connection behavior
Layer linking/spacing layers
Modifying Properties
3D modification and editing functions
3D dimensioning, copy across documents
Handle modification Modify components/points
Multi-layer ceiling modeling, floor editing, height adjustment
Exterior walls, parapets, floor slabs
Openings, Parametric Components, and Wizards (approx. 1 day)
Window and door objects (“OpeningParts”), offset planes, height adjustment, stops, corner windows
Parametric
Save variants and newly created opening objects to the library
Use and configuration of wizards
Staircase Modeler (approx. 1 day)
Straight stairs, quarter-turn stairs, stair components, and customization options
Railing Designer (approx. 1 day)
Balcony construction, as well as railings on balconies and stairs
Railing Settings and Variants
Railing modification functions
Roof Shapes (approx. 2 days)
Roof plane, roof plane geometry, roof sheathing, variant creation, offset plane at the top edge of the parapet
Roof layout, roof surface windows, skylight SmartPart
"Through Point" Input Option for Creating Roof Planes
Dormers
Roof construction (approx. 2 days)
Rafter laying/purlins
Posts, tongs, collar beams, beam laying
Changing roof windows, report evaluation
Moving rafters, fixing rafters
Derivatives (approx. 3 days)
Create structural levels
Defining section lines and generating and editing sections
Generate and edit views
Modify views/sections; remove/add elements and axes
Additions to the foreground: elevation dimensioning, terrain connection lines, 2D library elements
Background additions: Sample areas, fill areas
Deriving a horizontal section
Plan layout (approx. 2 days)
Plan structure levels, page layout, plan elements
Plan frame and plan header
Editing plan elements
Plan window, project and plan attributes, labeling images, add plan header
Pixel areas, plan template
Print settings, plan output, exporting plans as PDF
Interior Finishing (approx. 3 days)
Room definition, finishing, and surface area parameters
Special wall and floor areas
3D furnishing, modifying macros
Assign, modify, and scale *.surf files
3D surface objects, 3D solids, 3D modeling
Analyses (approx. 2 days)
Floor Plan Visualization
Living Space and DIN 277 Analyses
Quantities and Masses
Reports derived from the building structure
Visualization (approx. 2 days)
Environment variables, outdoor area, 3D objects (trees, paths etc.)
Rendering with Cineware: outdoor area, render settings, background
Rendering with Cineware: Interior, render settings
Project light, 3D lamp, macro light,
AI Visualizer
Project work (approx. 10 days)
To consolidate the content learned
Presentation of the project results
Changes are possible, the course content is updated regularly.
Once you have completed this course, you will be able to use ALLPLAN quickly and confidently.
In addition, the course provides you with theoretical and practical content from key business fields such as economics, marketing, business organization, and logistics. You will learn to draft business correspondence in accordance with current guidelines and to communicate confidently in both internal and external business settings. You’ll apply the technical terms and professional communication skills you learn in a practical setting and deepen your understanding of them. The combination of specialized subject areas and job-related language practice will help you further develop your technical and communication skills in a professional context.
The course is aimed at people with a degree in architecture and engineering, technicians, draughtsmen and technical draughtsmen as well as specialists from related industries with appropriate professional experience.
The course is also aimed at international professionals with a business or technical background who wish to improve their technical and job-related communication skills in order to enter the German job market.
The ALLPLAN software (formerly: Nemetschek) is the market leader in the field of architecture and is used in architecture and engineering offices of all sizes.
In addition, the course provides you with job-specific German language training so you can draft business correspondence in accordance with current guidelines and communicate confidently with both internal and external stakeholders. With the “ alfatraining ” certificate, you can demonstrate the professional skills you’ve acquired, making it easier for you to enter the workforce and advance in your career.
Your meaningful certificate provides a detailed insight into the qualifications you have acquired and improves your career prospects.
Didactic concept
Your lecturers are highly qualified both professionally and didactically and will teach you from the first to the last day (no self-study system).
You will learn in effective small groups. The courses usually consist of 6 to 25 participants. The general lessons are supplemented by numerous practical exercises in all course modules. The practice phase is an important part of the course, as it is during this time that you process what you have just learned and gain confidence and routine in its application. The final section of the course involves a project, a case study or a final exam.
Virtual classroom alfaview®
Lessons take place using modern alfaview® video technology - either from the comfort of your own home or at our premises at Bildungszentrum. The entire course can see each other face-to-face via alfaview®, communicate with each other in lip-sync voice quality and work on joint projects. Of course, you can also see and talk to your connected trainers live at any time and you will be taught by your lecturers in real time for the entire duration of the course. The lessons are not e-learning, but real live face-to-face lessons via video technology.
The courses at alfatraining are funded by Agentur für Arbeit and are certified in accordance with the AZAV approval regulation. When submitting a Bildungsgutscheinor Aktivierungs- und Vermittlungsgutschein, the entire course costs are usually covered by your funding body.
Funding is also possible via Europäischen Sozialfonds (ESF), Deutsche Rentenversicherung (DRV) or regional funding programs. As a regular soldier, you have the option of attending further training courses via Berufsförderungsdienst (BFD). Companies can also have their employees qualified via funding from Agentur für Arbeit (Qualifizierungschancengesetz).