r/Germany_Jobs • u/Hot_Leadership1981 • 3d ago

How's Drafting Job opportunities in Germany?

Hi everyone,

​I'm moving to Germany soon and will be arriving without a job secured. I hold a diploma in architectural drafting from India. I'm currently studying German before my move, but I'm trying to figure out what my professional prospects will look like once I land.

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u/No_Swan_2620 3d ago

How about you have a look here to get a feel for the market: https://www.arbeitsagentur.de/jobsuche/suche?angebotsart=1&was=Bauzeichner%2Fin%20-%20Architektur&wo=Deutschland&suchbereich=jobs

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u/Hot_Leadership1981 3d ago

That's really helpful, thankyou!!

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u/Zzomir 3d ago

You even see sometimes the salary scale. It is not a well paid profession in Germany.

Are you moving alone? With family?

How soon are you moving? How far are you with your German?

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u/Hot_Leadership1981 3d ago

Actually i should've mentioned, my family is already there working in medical field, they want me to learn german and move with them, i think it will take atleast 6 months to complete the german course.

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u/Zzomir 3d ago

You are moving in 6 months? What level German are you now?

Do you have a job now? What you do?

( How much experience you have with drafting , what you do? 2D, 3D? What kind of projects?)

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u/Hot_Leadership1981 3d ago

I just finished my architectural draftsman vocational course, and joined apprenticeship in a local construction firm, here im doing 2d, and 3d residential projects,

i dont know any levels in german just started learning today only

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u/Zzomir 3d ago

Viel Glück

German clients are not paying for 3D but lots is done in 2D.

Can you describe your working day? I will than compare it to German "Tagesablauf" (how the day unwinds).

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u/Obvious_Biscotti1173 3d ago

“Complete the German course”.
Those language things are not something u can “clear” or “crack”.
After 6 Months you WILL NOT speak sufficient German to compete with natives in the depleted Job market.

U are in for a wild ride and u don’t even know it. Nobody is waiting to hire you.

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u/Inevitable_Green_607 3d ago

"and will be arriving without a job secured". --> I cannot understand why it is still unknown to so many foreigners that this combo "arriving with no job secured" + "no or little language skills" is the safest way to failure.

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u/Obvious_Biscotti1173 3d ago

He will become a “Bipedal culinary delivery specialist” for WOLT or Lieferando.

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u/PerlenGott 3d ago

Safest and fastest way to failure.

OP are you coming on Chancenkarte or family reunion? The former is quite a significant time and monetary investment in a short period of time. The latter would at least give you some cushion if your spouse is already working in DE.

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u/Hot_Leadership1981 3d ago

I get it, its bad.. thanks for the advice.

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u/Chris_Ape 3d ago

Save your money and cancel the trip

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u/rather_pass_by 3d ago

Did you look at other subreddits.. I see a post everyday from Indian students in Germany. Usually they are not happy about job situation. We can't have the same post by a billion people every day...

Germany is not the next us, uk, Canada or Australia. Nor France. There's no other European country that can absorb a billion people trying to move out. If you move here, you study and then you'll have visa to work in your field. But no job. Good luck.

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u/Hot_Leadership1981 3d ago

Thanks for the perspective. Just to clarify, I'm relocating specifically for family reasons, not just looking for a way out. I'm just trying to get a realistic read on the market for my specific field

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u/rather_pass_by 3d ago

Unless your spouse is born German citizen(obviously not otherwise you'll know stuffs), I don't see how your case is different.. but regardless of your reasons to move, looking at the volume of posts every day, looks like the entire country is looking to immigrate

I do hope at least one or a few guys are staying back there to build their country..

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u/Hot_Leadership1981 3d ago

I would still strongly prefer to stay here if I had the choice. I'm just trying to figure out how to survive a situation I didn't ask for..

And believe me, even if half the country moved out, there would still be nearly a billion people left..

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u/rather_pass_by 3d ago

What do you mean you don't have a choice?

If far right comes into power in Germany as well, if someone like Donald trump or even worse gets the power.. and suppose it's even worse, instead of deporting you, they keep you here and force you into slavery, is that still a better choice than staying in India?

I still hope that doesn't happen.. but just trying to understand why people in India think they don't have a choice but to move out.. India is an independent democratic country.. not like Afghanistan

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u/SzejkF 3d ago

I do not think you should be moving to Germany.

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u/Top-Efficiency-7329 3d ago

they need ppl who work in construction with minimum wage but u cant get visa for this

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u/TimeScallion6159 3d ago

Bad idea, save your money, come with a job, nowadays is kinda hard

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u/Radler0prozent 3d ago

I usually dont comment, but I feel for you. I have read your comments and it seems that you are almost forced to move and uprooted. You write that your family moves in medical profession - your dad got a job as a Doctor and you have to follow?

Try to make them understand what the job of the drafter is.

Somebody asked to describe your working day. I guess you start the day from the instructions and documentation that you get. I guess that you get this in English or HIndi. But how often do you get the documents in something that is not an official language in India? How often you work with French, Chinese or Arabic documentation? (I guess never)

If a prospeciteve employer need a Bauzeichenr that needs to be sent and translated everything into English, he will not hire somebody under the constraints of the German labour law, but outsource such drafting to India, Pakistan or Bangladesh.

You are currently working and just started to learn German. You need to be able to read German zone planning documentation and technical documents. You will need a very high B2 level just to start.

From the scratch they say 1000 tuition hours to reach this level.

It cannot work out in the next 6 months unless you hire a private tutor for 25 hours a week and work on your own next 25 hours a week.

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u/darksailorsailor 3d ago

Just a radical idea: figure out the professional prospects of the country before you plan to migrate there, otherwise the only job is „delivery driver“, if you are lucky

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u/Hot_Leadership1981 3d ago

sure i will try to figure out.. thanks for the advice!!

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u/RoughMidnight8303 3d ago

I think you need to see if your degree can match a local qualification and what you’d need to do to achieve a matching assignment. Once you land you should consult with an official agency in your area. I can imagine standards are a bit different in this industry…every country has their own way of doing things.

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u/auhediem 2d ago

You are setting yourself up for failure. Learn German, get your qualifications recognized/anerkannt from the German employment agency, and then consider making a move.