The Hafendorf Agricultural Training Centre offers several vocational training courses:

• Apprenticeship to become a skilled agricultural worker (3-year programme)
• Apprenticeship to become a mechanical engineering technician (4-year programme)
• Secondary school for nursing and social professions (final examination qualification) combined with skilled worker training for rural business and household management (5-year programme)
• Training as a skilled worker for rural business and household management (3-year programme)

Focus on practice-orientated content:
Final school-leaving examination;
Diploma in social care with a focus on family work and green care;
Nursing assistant;
Health and care with training as a home carer;
Agriculture, forestry and the food industry;
Product processing and marketing;
Horse management;
Mechanical engineering technology with national welding examination.

Versatile due to additional qualifications:
ECDL;
Office assistant;
Caterer;
First aid basic course;
Lifeguard;
Babyfit;
Paediatric emergency;
Babysitter;
Nursing fit;
Riding pass, riding pin, riding licence;
Hunting licence;
Driving licence course.

Higher technical college for:

• Aviation
• Electrical Engineering
• Industrial Information Technology
• Automation Technology & Robotics
• Mechatronics
• Plastics & Environmental Technology

Technical college for:

• Mechatronics
• Mechanical Engineering

Higher Technical Evening College for:

• Electrical Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Industrial Engineer

An exciting combination of technical training in theory and practice in the school’s own workshops, a comprehensive general and personal education, as well as intensive co-operation with industry and many interesting excursions in Germany and abroad provide the perfect basis for an immediate career start – or for further studies.

Under the motto “We shape our future”, the Leoben Technical College offers future-orientated training programmes that create the basis for being part of the solution.

Higher Technical College for:

• Materials and Environmental Technology (Natural sciences and technology)
  Specialisations can be chosen from Year 3:
  Environmental Technology
  Future Materials
  Metallurgy
  Raw Materials Technology
• Industrial Engineering and Management (Economy and Technology)
  Specialisations available from year 2:
  Technical Logistics & Management
  Information Technology (IT) and Smart
  Production

The specialisations are exceptional for their future-oriented and highly practical approach in laboratories in close cooperation
with the University of Leoben. Varied lessons, EU projects,
competitions and much more are part of the five-year training and
learning programme.

With the school-leaving certificate and diploma examination at the Leoben Technical College, graduates may either choose to enter a professional career directly, continue their education at a
university/university of applied sciences or do both at the same time.

Adult education:

• Master craftsman schools
• Special courses

Shaping your future with education – Krieglach Secondary School for Economic Professions offers various forms of training with a focus on specific subjects.

• 1-year technical college for economic professions – get fit for the apprenticeship of your dreams.
  Special offers: 9th school year with practical work experience days, job coaching and application training, application portfolio, first aid course.
• 3-year technical college for social professions with nursing preparation – your springboard for healthcare, nursing and social professions
  Special offers: First aid course, babysitter training, CLIL (=Content and Language Integrated Learning), training as an office administrator in the medical field.
  Career prospects: excellent opportunities in health, social and care professions, basic module for medical assistant professions, apprenticeship qualification in business services management.
  NEW: Care assistant profession in just one additional semester!
• 5-year secondary school for economic professions – with specialisations in health, nutrition, sport or social media, design and creativity. With a school-leaving certificate opening the doors into the working world or into higher education.
  Special offers: language weeks, student exchanges via Erasmus+, CLIL, sports weeks, Junior Company, company mentors, bartender training, young sommeliers, first aid courses, lifeguards, Nordic walking instructors and much more.
  Career prospects: thanks to broad and well-founded training, the best opportunities for direct entry into many professional fields, studies at universities and universities of applied sciences, final school-leaving examination including entrepreneurial examination, recognition of apprenticeship qualifications such as office clerk, hotel and catering assistant
• Media Design College Krieglach – after graduating from high school, 4 semesters of media design training with an entrepreneur exam. Siehe www.kollegkrieglach.at

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• 5-year higher vocational school
• 3-year advanced course for graduates of a 3- or 4-year agricultural and forestry college.

For graduates of an agricultural and forestry technical college or three years of practical work in agriculture and forestry with vocational school attendance, a three-year advanced course leads to an equivalent school-leaving qualification.

• Both types of school with school-leaving certificate and diploma examination
• Comprehensive general education, specialised training in forestry, ecology, hunting, forestry technology, economics, bio-energy and practical knowledge
• Engineer after 3 years of practice
• Hunting and fishing examination integrated into the compulsory training programme
• After school, 2 years of practical forestry work – state examination for the senior forestry service – professional title of forester – thus also a substitute for the supervisory hunter examination
• Specialisation in tree care, water protection, forestry specialities, Slovenian, Italian
• STEM seal of approval, ÖKOLOG school, eco-label
• 18-week work placement
• Chainsaw licence (ECC) from ECS 1-4

Use of state-of-the-art machinery and equipment in practical and theoretical forestry training (cable crane, drones, surveying equipment, tractor with skidder, …)
Forest education training

• Cooperation with forestry practice: ÖBf, MM Holz, BFW, … in the context of excursions and learning fields
• Promotion of female students: Girls Day, Girls Power Meet-Up

Leoben Secondary School for Economic Professions offers the following types of school under the motto EDUCATION becomes success:

• Technical college for economic professions – 3-year programme:
  Preparation for careers in business and administration as well as in the health and care sector; specialisation in the health sector; strongly practice-oriented; nursing fit and baby fit courses; apprenticeship qualification as an office clerk and restaurant clerk.

• Secondary school for economic professions – 5-year programme with final school-leaving examination
• Gateway to further studies and career entry.
  • Modern Business – MBIZ
    Practice-orientated business training with English as a working language; prepares students for careers/activities in business and administration; project-oriented event management.
  • Health and nutrition
    Prepares students for careers/activities in the health and wellness sector as well as in business and administration; teaches knowledge about a conscious lifestyle and preventive health care.
  • Communication and media design – KOMD
    Prepares students for careers/jobs in IT management, web design, business and administration; provides knowledge of professional software.

Shaping your future with education – Krieglach Secondary School for Economic Professions offers various forms of training with a focus on specific subjects.

• 1-year technical college for economic professions – get fit for the apprenticeship of your dreams.
  Special offers: 9th school year with practical work experience days, job coaching and application training, application portfolio, first aid course.
• 3-year technical college for social professions with nursing preparation – your springboard for healthcare, nursing and social professions
  Special offers: First aid course, babysitter training, CLIL (=Content and Language Integrated Learning), training as an office administrator in the medical field.
  Career prospects: excellent opportunities in health, social and care professions, basic module for medical assistant professions, apprenticeship qualification in business services management.
  NEW: Care assistant profession in just one additional semester!
• 5-year secondary school for economic professions – with specialisations in health, nutrition, sport or social media, design and creativity. With a school-leaving certificate opening the doors into the working world or into higher education.
  Special offers: language weeks, student exchanges via Erasmus+, CLIL, sports weeks, Junior Company, company mentors, bartender training, young sommeliers, first aid courses, lifeguards, Nordic walking instructors and much more.
  Career prospects: thanks to broad and well-founded training, the best opportunities for direct entry into many professional fields, studies at universities and universities of applied sciences, final school-leaving examination including entrepreneurial examination, recognition of apprenticeship qualifications such as office clerk, hotel and catering assistant
• Media Design College Krieglach – after graduating from high school, 4 semesters of media design training with an entrepreneur exam. Siehe www.kollegkrieglach.at

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hlwkrieglach.at
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hlwkrieglach
Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hlwkrieglach

The Hafendorf Agricultural Training Centre offers several vocational training courses:

• Apprenticeship to become a skilled agricultural worker (3-year programme)
• Apprenticeship to become a mechanical engineering technician (4-year programme)
• Secondary school for nursing and social professions (final examination qualification) combined with skilled worker training for rural business and household management (5-year programme)
• Training as a skilled worker for rural business and household management (3-year programme)

Focus on practice-orientated content:
Final school-leaving examination;
Diploma in social care with a focus on family work and green care;
Nursing assistant;
Health and care with training as a home carer;
Agriculture, forestry and the food industry;
Product processing and marketing;
Horse management;
Mechanical engineering technology with national welding examination.

Versatile due to additional qualifications:
ECDL;
Office assistant;
Caterer;
First aid basic course;
Lifeguard;
Babyfit;
Paediatric emergency;
Babysitter;
Nursing fit;
Riding pass, riding pin, riding licence;
Hunting licence;
Driving licence course.

As number one on the Styrian education market, bfi Steiermark stands for demanding, practice-orientated and high-quality adult education. All seminar and course content specifically caters to the requirements of the Styrian education market, professional practice and international standards. In professional circles, bfi Styria has been recognised as a reliable and innovative partner for more than 60 years. Many of the courses in the bfi Styria seminar programme are also unique on the education market. Whether it’s an apprenticeship with a school-leaving certificate, vocational maturity examination, extraordinary final apprenticeship examination, master craftsman school or technology, logistics, health, business and management, robotics, Industry 4.0 or part-time study – there’s something for everyone. Thousands of enthusiastic participants every year are living proof to that fact.

• Nursing home assistants
• Nursing assistance
• Diploma training to become a senior citizen animator
• Childminder/father/child carer

Start your training now at the
Schools for Health Professions of the Province of Styria!
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LEOBEN School for Healthcare and Nursing of the Province of Styria

Training programme

For young people from the age of 14/after 8th grade
Nursing assistant, 3.5-year programme, at the Gröbming Technical College for Agriculture and Nutrition.
A co-operation between the Gröbming Technical College for Agriculture and Nutrition and the Styrian School of Health and Nursing in Leoben

For adults & young people aged 17 and over
-Nursing Assistant (Leoben and at the FS Großlobming)
-Nursing Assistant
-Medical Assistant professions: Surgery and Operating Theatre Assistant
-Home help

For professionals
– Specialised Care Assistance for care assistants

Interprofessional basic palliative care course
Further training in accordance with Section 64 para. 3 of the Austrian Healthcare and Nursing Act.
A co-operation between the Leoben School for Healthcare and Nursing of the Province of Styria and the PARACELSUS Medical University of Salzburg
Completion: Successful completion of the “Palliative Care” further training programme entitles the holder to enter the Level II specialisation course with the qualification “Academic Expert in Palliative Care” at the PMU Salzburg and subsequent completion of the Level III “Master Professional” programme at the PMU Salzburg
Course fees: 3,400 euros

Home help training
Target group: Home helpers
Scope: 16 teaching units (2 days)
Entrance qualification: Home help certificate
Contents:
– Support with putting on compression stockings
– Assistance with taking and using medication
– Oral administration
– Application of ointments, creams and lotions
– Application of eye, ear and nose drops
– Support with checking vital signs
– Checking pulse, blood pressure, respiration and temperature as well as blood sugar using digital devices
– Observation of the state of consciousness
– Recognising deviations from normal ranges
Costs: 240 euros

Other information:
Open House Day at Leoben School will take place on 13 March 2026.

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Music school for elementary, intermediate and higher music education with public licence.

Music and art school (focus on music theatre)

Lessons in all areas of music:
Early musical education, classical music, folk music, jazz/rock/pop, singing

Lessons in all string, woodwind, brass, keyboard, string, percussion and folk music instruments, singing and voice training.

Lessons are held in accordance with the 2014 organisational statute (decree of 13.8.2014, BMBF-24.420/0015-III/3a/2014)

• Music school with its own organisational statutes
• Regular performances, concert visits and courses with guest teachers for all pupils
• Own competition “Brahms Music Festival”
• Individual and group lessons
• Numerous ensembles and orchestras
• Lessons using the Suzuki method for violin, trumpet and flute
• International Suzuki Festival in summer
• Lessons also for adults
• Conductor’s course
• International Contacts and Erasmus School

• Forms of training with specialisations/branches of study

• Career prospects for graduates

• The Kindberg Music School as an educational institution offers a holistic musical education based on active music-making. The aim is to provide a creative approach to music that suits the individual.

  Our music school is open to all forms of musical activity. We also see ourselves as a cultural centre for our region. As a place of musical encounters, our lively programme of events is a resounding sign of the integration of art into our lives.

  The diverse events offer children, young people and adults a platform for making music together. The Kindberg Music School aims to enable its pupils to listen to music consciously and make music with commitment, but also to prepare them for music studies.

  Trained music teachers teach a wide variety of instruments and make music with them in ensembles. Rhythmic lessons for pre-school children, children’s choir, a dance group and music theory round off the programme.

• Music school for elementary, general and higher education

• Broad spectrum of training opportunities

• It is possible to begin a music degree programme after completing the training

• Career opportunities after graduation in the field of professional orchestra, compulsory school, secondary school, music school