Individual training
You can also meet your personal training requirements, especially specific technical requests, by taking advantage of services that go beyond our in-house training.
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Professional training requests
In order to participate in a training programme, you must submit a training applicationpdf, 219 kb · de.
Please submit the application form:
- Employees who belong to the Central University Administration
- Employees who do not belong to the Central University Administration, but who are attending an event organised by the staff unit Continuing Education (including English courses)
- Employees who are taking part in a legally|according to law|statutory measure
- Employees who are taking part in a further training measure organised and approved by the International Office de via ERASMUS
We ask that you apply for this in person, even if you are attending a training course at the instigation of your line manager.
Please submit the completed training application form to your supervisor for approval and then send it to:
Human Resources Department
Staff Development/ Training Department
07743 JenaOnce the examination has been completed, you as the applicant will be informed of the result by email.
If the decision is favourable, the staff unit will register you as a participant in the training event. Upon receipt of the confirmation of participation from the organiser, the Continuing Education staff unit will issue written approval for the training trip. -
Business and training trips
In order to find the right way to apply for the event you wish to attend, the first step is to clarify whether it is actually a training course or a business travel|business trip.
- Business travel|business trip
- Key aspects:
- Carrying out official business outside the place of work for your own department
- This includes: specific task of the business traveller for his/her department, he/she "acts on behalf of or for his/her department", results of the business travel|business trip can mainly only be used for specific official tasks
- Practical examples:
- Official meetings
- full-time activity in the context of lecturing, examination and supervisory activities at official training and further education events
- Official representation at representative events (inauguration ceremonies, openings, service anniversaries, etc.)
- Attendance at exhibitions, trade fairs, conferences (e.g. scientific conferences, events organised by the Chancellor's Working Group) Conference, events organised by the Chancellor's Working Group, HIS user conference)
- Direct part / contribution within the specific work task (e.g. familiarisation with new equipment)
- Key aspects:
- Training trip
- Core aspects:
- All measures aimed at maintaining and expanding performance-related knowledge and skills
- This includes: acquiring, maintaining and expanding the general knowledge required for the task as well as non-specific and possibly additional knowledge
- Practical examples:
- Updating and expanding subject-related and interdisciplinary knowledge (e.g. TV-L innovations, familiarisation and training course|training sessions in new/expanded software)
- Increasing personal and social skills and methodological expertise (e.g. measures to strengthen leadership skills, conflict resolution, coaching, time management)
- Preparation for new tasks and assignments (e.g. further training, master craftsman training)
- Increasing motivation (e.g. team development)
- Core aspects:
- Business travel|business trip
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Booking information for accommodation and travel
The Office for Travel Expenses at Friedrich Schiller University Jena will help with planning, requests, approvals and the settlement of expenses from official trips. More detailed information can be found hereExternal link.
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Settlement of travel expenses
- Accommodation must be booked and paid for by the participant after written approval for the training trip has been granted.
- After receiving the travel authorisation, the trip must be entered promptly in SAP via the business travel|business trip tile. In the field "purpose of the trip", please enter e.g. Training trip. The PSP element for approved trips from the general budget is F-10-01072-01-2615020
- Accomodation costs that exceed the maximum amounts listed in the table are only eligible for reimbursement if valid reasons are recognised|to credit by the Office for Travel Expenses before the start of the service - either as part of the travel request in the travel portal, or by ticket: servicedesk
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Legal|according to law|statutory training courses
The legislator prescribes certain further training courses by law: These include, for example, regular further training in the areas of animal welfare, plant protection, occupational safety, etc., as well as certain specialist examinations (e.g. welders).
Further training prescribed by law|required by law is financed by the Staff Development department. Please submit an application for further trainingpdf, 219 kb · de together with a brief statement from the relevant safety officer.
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Staff Training Week/Staff Mobility
Further education and training measures for employees of German institutions of higher education in science and administration are intended to support the internationalisation of universities with funds from the ERASMUS programme. Funding is provided for stays at European partner universities.
Who is eligible for funding?
University staff from all subject areas|field who are employed by FSU, e.g.
- General & technical administration
- library
- departments
- faculties
- finances
- International Office
- Public Relations
- Student Counselling
- Marketing Office
- Technology & Transfer
- Continuing education
What is funded?
Stays in other European countries of at least one week (= five working days) and a maximum of six weeks for
- Individual training visits (exchange of experience, work shadowing, further training measures)
- Participation in Staff Training Weeks: staffmobility.eu/staff-week-searchExternal link
- Workshops, language courses
- Funds from the ERASMUS programme are used to finance travel costs and accommodation/accomodation costs in accordance with the Thuringian Travel Expenses Act
No insurance cover is associated with a mobility grant from Erasmus+ funds. We therefore recommend that you take out travel health insurance that also covers business-related stays abroad.
Application forms and further information can be found here de
Contact the
International Office de
University Main Building
Fürstengraben 1
07743 JenaE-mail: international@uni-jena.de
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First aid
Would you like to become a first aider at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena? Do you have a lot of public traffic or do you generally want to be prepared for an emergency in the workplace? In the workplace, the Occupational Health and Safety Act (ArbSchG, in particular § 10) obliges the employer to organise first aid and other emergency measures appropriately, including the provision of material resources. You can find out whether additional first aiders are required in your subject) area|field from the Occupational Safety Office de. They will also make the decision|ruling|judgement as to whether the appropriate training can be tendered to you via the accident insurance fund (Unfallkasse).
The basic training for first aiders and the first aid training each last 9 teaching units (45 minutes each). The Unfallkasse bears the direct costs of the training and further training measures. Employees are entitled to continued payment of wages for working hours lost due to participation in a training course.
What is a first aider?
Anyone who has the necessary training can be appointed as a first aider, provided there are no personal reasons to the contrary. The tasks of the first aider correspond to the rescue chain, namely to initiate immediate measures, call for help and avert acute danger to life and health. The rescue from the accident site and medical care should be prepared. The psychological support of the victim plays a major role here. The first aider should be able to fulfil his/her tasks thoughtfully, well and correctly. This applies above all to his/her mental and physical resilience. He/she must be able to encourage the person concerned. Irrespective of acute operations, his/her tasks include checking the first aid equipment, signalling equipment and rescue equipment.
The number of first aiders that must be available is specified in the UVV "Grundsätze der Prävention" (DGUV regulation 1). In relation to the university situation, this results in 1 first aider in a facility|institution|(structural) unit with up to 20 insured persons present, 10% of employees if more than 20 insured persons are present and 5% in the administration.
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'Change of perspective'
Temporary job exchange
Several universities have joined forces in the "Perspektivwechsel" project to familiarise themselves with the working methods and processes of the other university.
We would like to encourage all employees to change their perspective by swapping jobs with colleagues at our university or another German university. Regardless of whether you work in teaching and research, in technology or in the Central University Administration of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena
You can certainly benefit from such a change of perspective in all areas and gain new ideas for your own field of work.