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How long should I prepa­re for the expert know­ledge exami­na­ti­on (§ 34a GewO)?

How long should I prepare for the expert knowledge examination (§ 34a GewO)?

The cru­cial ques­ti­on in the field of sub­ject mat­ter pre­pa­ra­ti­on: How long to learn, how much to practise?

The ques­ti­on about pre­pa­ra­ti­on time is tru­ly a clas­sic ques­ti­on that I get asked again and again. But the­re is no one-size-fits-all ans­wer to this.

The ans­wer is: it depends!

The­re are a num­ber of fac­tors that influence the length of pre­pa­ra­ti­on. One major one is the lear­ner himself/herself, others are the lear­ning envi­ron­ment and con­di­ti­ons, and the way one pre­pa­res. Here some expe­ri­encewhich may of cour­se dif­fer in indi­vi­du­al cases:

Best Prac­ti­ce: My recom­men­da­ti­on for pre­pa­ra­ti­on on the side

If you would like to prepa­re for the expert know­ledge exami­na­ti­on on the side within one or two months and safe­ly achie­ve your § 34a cer­ti­fi­ca­te, the fol­lo­wing has pro­ven its­elf fol­lo­wing lear­ning tac­tics proven:
Stu­dy with your lear­ning mate­ri­al for 1–2 hours every day. On weekends, stu­dy one day, for a total of at least 8 hours very inten­si­ve­ly — inclu­ding working on test ques­ti­ons. (If you work on weekends, then take ano­ther day off as a weekly inten­si­ve lear­ning day). At the end of each lear­ning pha­se, do some mock exams to check your lear­ning level (lear­ning tar­get check). Are­as in which you are not yet pro­fi­ci­ent enough should be stu­di­ed more inten­si­ve­ly on the fol­lo­wing days. Keep doing this until you achie­ve cor­rect solu­ti­ons in the sta­ble 90% mock exams. Then you should be fit for the exam. You can find more tips — also for pre­pa­ring for the oral exam — at www.sachkunde-34a.de/insider-tipps-lernunterlagen-34a.

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