28. January 2025
Career step ÖSD examiner: How the training works
Do you teach German as a foreign or second language? Then take your expertise to the…
Are you interested in a job in nursing ? Then you need a good nursing training, enjoy working with people and have qualities such as compassion and patience as well as a good knowledge of German.
Good knowledge of German improves cooperation with colleagues, facilitates communication with patients and relatives and helps to improve the quality of care. For this reason, appropriate German language skills are also required when applying for a training position.
In German-speaking countries, there are various training programmes for nursing staff that can be completed at nursing, vocational or technical schools. After training as a carer, there are many opportunities for further training, for example in geriatric care, as a home help or in child and youth care. With the right educational background, it is also possible to study nursing.
Here is an overview of nursing training in the German-speaking countries:
Nursing assistance:
Specialised nursing assistance:
Qualified health and nursing care:
Nursing assistant:
Nursing specialist:
Nursing assistant:
Health specialist/care specialist:
Nursing specialist HF:
Nursing specialist FH:
Would you like to do an apprenticeship or study in the care sector? Then you need a German certificate (B1, B2 or C1). With an ÖSD exam, you can prove that you have the necessary language skills for your training. The ÖSD exams are offered at levels A1–C2 and are internationally recognised. The exams can be taken on paper or online.
If you want to prepare yourself particularly well linguistically for nursing training or everyday life in nursing, you should find out about the ÖSD Zertifikat B2 /Pflege und medizinische Berufe exam. The topics and content of this exam deal with typical situations in everyday working life in care and hospital centres in German-speaking countries.
This course book in two volumes prepares you for the language requirements in the field of nursing and medical professions in German-speaking countries.