This course provides you with theoretical and practical knowledge from key business fields. You’ll apply and deepen your understanding of the technical terms and professional communication skills required in a workplace setting through hands-on exercises. You’ll then learn how to confidently use and manage the Linux operating system. You will also become familiar with artificial intelligence in a professional setting.
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Certificates: Goethe-Test PRO" certificate
Linux Administrator" certificate (LPIC-1) -
Examination: Praxisbezogene Projektarbeiten mit Abschlusspräsentationen
Goethe-Test PRO
Linux-Zertifizierungsprüfungen LPI-101 und LPI-102 -
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)
Linux Administrator (LPIC-1)
System architecture (approx. 2 days)
Determining and configuring the hardware settings
Accompanying the system start-up process
Stopping or restarting the system and changing the runlevel/boot target
Linux installation and Linux package management (approx. 5 days)
Designing a disk partitioning scheme for a Linux system/planning a hard disk layout
Selection, installation and configuration of a boot manager
Management, determination and installation of shared libraries
Debian package management
RPM and YUM package management
Linux virtualization and cloud concepts
Using GNU and Unix commands (approx. 8 days)
Working with shells and commands via the command line
AI-supported command optimization
Processing text streams with filters
Use of basic Linux commands for file management
Use of streams, pipes and redirects for efficient processing of text data
Process management
Managing the execution priorities of processes
Searching text files with regular expressions
Editing files with "vi"
Devices, Linux file systems, file system hierarchy standard (approx. 5 days)
Configuration of disk partitions, creation of file systems
Managing a standard file system, ensuring the integrity of file systems
Mounting and unmounting file systems
Controlling file access through the use of rights and ownership
Creating and managing symbolic and hard links
Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS), typical file locations and directory classifications
LPI-101 certification
Shells and shell scripts (approx. 3 days)
Customizing and using the shell environment
Customize or write simple scripts
AI-supported scripting
User interfaces and desktops (approx. 2 days)
Installing and configuring X11
Graphical desktops
Accessibility
Administrative tasks (approx. 3 days)
Manage user and group accounts and associated system files
Automate system administration tasks by scheduling jobs
Localization and internationalization
Basic system services (approx. 3 days)
Managing the system time
System logging
Basics of Mail Transfer Agents (MTA)
Managing printers and printing
Network basics (approx. 3 days)
Basics of internet protocols
Persistent network configuration
Basic network troubleshooting
Configuring client-side DNS
Security (approx. 3 days)
Perform administration tasks for security
Securing a computer
Protect data through encryption
Project work (approx. 3 days)
To consolidate the content learned
Presentation of the project results
Certification LPI-102
After passing the LPI-101 and LPI-102 exams, you will be a Linux Administrator.
Changes are possible, the course content is updated regularly.
After the course, you will be able to work confidently with Linux systems. You will be able to carry out installations, enter commands, manage files and create simple scripts. You will have mastered the safe handling of small networks and be able to manage them professionally.
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.
People with initial practical experience in the IT sector (including career changers), IT specialists, IT specialists (including university dropouts), programming specialists, database and network specialists.
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.
With the globally standardized and recognized LPIC-1 certificate, you will improve your career prospects on the job market across all industries. Linux specialists are in demand from both large and medium-sized companies.
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.
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).