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Apprentice training at Austrian Post

Your plan P that's a perfect fit!

An apprenticeship at Austrian Post is a great way to start your professional life. You will receive a future-proof education at a successful company while enjoying a social and safe working environment. Does that sound good to you? Then don’t hesitate to join our team!

Would you like to receive additional training during your apprenticeship? We’ve got you covered! At Austrian Post, you have the option of completing your apprenticeship and getting a high school diploma.

 

P like a panoply of options

We train our apprentices in a range of trades. We bet there is something you are interested in. Are you ready for a fair salary and amazing career opportunities? Then go ahead and choose an apprenticeship and take a step towards your future.

First-class training in different apprenticeships

In this 3-year apprenticeship, you will get to know the telecommunications sector in one of our branches. You will become an expert in Austrian Post products, enabling you to always offer the optimal solution for our customers.

What training focuses are available to you?  

  • Customer assistance 
  • Sale of fixed-line and mobile products and Austrian Post products
  • Familiarisation with branch network processes
  • Communication and sales training 
  • Possible work in an apprentice branch, which is exclusively managed by apprentices for a certain period

What do we expect from you? 

  • Enjoy working with people
  • Communicative, reliable, and flexible personality
  • Responsible, diligent approach to work
  • Good German language skills

What development opportunities are available to you after the apprenticeship?

  • Sales assistant in branches
  • A1 expert
  • Branch manager or other leadership positions
  • Transition to other areas of the company

In this 3-year apprenticeship, you will familiarise yourself with the processes and products in one of our branches. You will become an expert in postal services and sales, enabling you to always offer the best solution for our customers.

What training focuses are available to you? 

  • Customer assistance 
  • Receiving mail items with independent cash register management
  • Familiarisation with branch network processes
  • Selling postal, philately and telecommunications products as well as merchandise
  • Receiving, storing and checking our merchandise
  • Possible collaboration in an apprentice branch, which is managed exclusively by apprentices for a certain period of time

What do we expect from you? 

  • Enjoy working with people
  • Communicative, reliable, and flexible personality
  • Responsible, diligent approach to work
  • Good German language skills

What development opportunities are available to you after the apprenticeship?

  • Sales assistant in branches
  • Branch manager or other leadership positions
  • Transition to other areas of the company

You will gain insight into various departments and take on different administrative, organisational, and office tasks.

What training focuses are available to you?

Your working day will vary depending on the department you are placed in, but it will include tasks such as:

  • Coordinating and organising appointments, events, and business trips
  • Handling phone calls with customers
  • Creating and sending mail merges and e-mails
  • Maintaining and updating important data and statistics
  • Ordering various goods and services, including invoice checking

What do we expect from you? 

  • Organisational skills, friendliness, and a willingness to try new things
  • Written communication skills and excellent spelling
  • Proficiency in MS Office
  • Customer-oriented work approach

What development opportunities are available to you after the apprenticeship? 

Thanks to the variety of professional opportunities, many career and advancement options (such as expert or management positions) are open to you after successfully completing your apprenticeship and with the appropriate commitment. Additionally, you can also transition to other areas within the company. Austrian Post offers 120 different career fields where you can grow.

In a 3-year apprenticeship as a real estate agent, you will fulfil important tasks at Austrian Post. You will gain insights into different areas of Group Real Estate and take on various office, administrative and organisational tasks.

Your working day will be characterised by the following tasks

  • Processing enquiries from tenants
  • Carrying out data maintenance and monitoring incoming payments
  • Supporting the sustainable and cost-effective management of properties
  • Handling maintenance measures, insurance claims and damage to buildings

What do I need to know before starting an apprenticeship as a property agent?

  • Interest in the property sector
  • Good German and spelling skills
  • Knowledge of MS Office
  • Friendliness, motivation and fun trying out new things
     

What development opportunities are available to you after the apprenticeship? 

After successfully completing your apprenticeship, we have different jobs for you ((e.g. technical experts or management functions) and, with the appropriate commitment and performance, we also offer opportunities for advancement within the company.

In this 3-year apprenticeship, you will learn all activities and tasks related to the receipt, processing, and delivery of letters and parcels.

What training focuses are available to you? 

  • Familiarisation with the entire process of letter mail and parcel products, including preparation activities, delivery, handling forwarding requests, and returns
  • Quantity and condition control of business clients shipments
  • Detection of faults and malfunctions in sorting and conveying equipment
  • Processing of third-country customs shipments (import process, notification process including product piracy and pharmaceuticals, data entry, returns)
     

What do we expect from you? 

  • Responsible and diligent approach to work
  • Happy to interact with people
  • Flexibility and reliability
  • Organisational skills
  • Motivation and enthusiasm for trying new things
     

What development opportunities are available to you after the apprenticeship? 

Thanks to the variety of professional opportunities, many career and advancement options (such as experts or management positions) are open to you after successfully completing your apprenticeship and with the appropriate commitment. Additionally, you can also transition to other areas within the company.

In this 3-year apprenticeship, you will learn all activities and tasks related to the receipt, processing, and delivery of letters and parcels.

What training focuses are available to you? 

  • Familiarisation with the entire process of letter mail and parcel products, including preparation activities, delivery, handling forwarding requests, and returns
  • Planning delivery areas and routes using digital tools
  • Assistance with administrative activities in the delivery of consignments
  • Introduction to professional support and communication with our customers
     

What do we expect from you? 

  • Enjoy working outdoors and being active
  • Responsible and diligent approach to work
  • Happy to interact with people
  • Flexibility and reliability
  • Organisational skills
  • Motivation and enthusiasm for trying new things
     

What development opportunities are available to you after the apprenticeship? 

Thanks to the variety of professional opportunities, many career and advancement options (such as experts or management positions) are open to you after successfully completing your apprenticeship and with the appropriate commitment. Additionally, you can also transition to other areas within the company.

In this 4-year apprenticeship at one of Austria's most modern logistics centres, you will get to know electrical engineering and its various subfields.

What training focuses are available to you? 

  • Installation, commissioning, and maintenance of our company-specific building technology systems
  • Troubleshooting and repairing machines, devices, and systems
  • Installation, commissioning, maintenance, and servicing of automation and process control systems
  • Fixing faults and disturbances
  • Optimising and adapting systems
     

What do we expect from you? 

  • Enjoy working with and on modern machines and devices
  • Interest in technical solutions in logistics
  • Responsible and diligent approach to work
  • Practical skills
     

What development opportunities are available to you after the apprenticeship? 

Thanks to the variety of professional opportunities, many career and advancement options (such as expert or management positions) are open to you after successfully completing your apprenticeship and with the appropriate commitment. Additionally, you can also transition to other areas within the company.

Plan P benefits

In addition to your training, we offer numerous benefits beyond the professional day-to-day. Does that sound good to you? Discover your advantages in detail here.

  • Apprenticeship Academy: numerous seminars and coaching sessions for potential development
  • Additional preparation courses for the final apprenticeship exam
  • Opportunity to complete an apprenticeship with a high school diploma
  • Numerous team activities, such as our apprenticeship branch
  • Sports and health programmes
  • Success bonuses and participation in the company's success
  • Career opportunities with promotion prospects
  • Many discounts and holiday offers through our post.sozial association (from 18 years of age)
  • Meal vouchers for various partners (Billa, Billa Plus, Spar, etc.)
  • Payment for a car driving licence (Class B) upon successful completion of apprenticeship and commitment to working for the company for 2 years
Trainee at postal branch

Apprentice-Academy

The Apprentice-Academy is a key component of our training for around 250 apprentices in seven different trades across Austria. We support our young employees through a range of seminars and events specifically tailored to their needs during their apprenticeship.

It is particularly important to us to connect our apprentices and show them prospects for the time after their apprenticeship. By participating in the Apprentice Academy, we also enhance the quality of the training and position ourselves as an attractive employer for apprentices.

For each training year and each trade, we offer general or specially designed training sessions, which take place between September and June. This ensures that our apprentices are optimally prepared for the demands of working life and are well equipped even after their apprenticeship.

 

Do you have any questions?

Answers to important questions about apprenticeships at Austrian Post

3 or 4 years, depending on the trade.
At Austrian Post, all apprenticeships start on the first Monday in September. 
Many of our apprenticeships are available throughout Austria, but some only at specific locations.
For detailed information, please see our apprenticeship job openings.
By applying online at karriere.post.at. You will be guided through an application process and if everything is OK, you will be starting your training on the first Monday in September.
Yes, Austrian Post supports apprentices who would like to get their high school diploma. 

We reward good performance with bonuses. Our apprenticeship centre regularly comes up with attractive rewards for particularly successful final apprenticeship examinations. Regardless of this, if you are willing to stay with the company for at least 2 years after your apprenticeship, we will pay for your driver's license (Class B).

That depends on the vocational school you will be attending. Depending on the vocational school, you will either have weekly classes or block instruction.
A strong application letter, your CV and your last school reports. Please make sure that no documents are missing and that you use correct spelling and grammar.
Show interest in the job you applied for, get information about it and gather information about Austrian Post.

As an apprentice at Austrian Post, you will have the following income from 1 July 2025:
 
1st apprenticeship year 1028.00 euros
2nd apprenticeship year 1328.93 euros
3rd apprenticeship year 1687.10 euros
4th apprenticeship year 1894.04 euros

 

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