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Training log examples: Digital and print media designer (Mediengestalter/in Digital und Print)

The training log of a media designer lists concrete design jobs: which media product you designed, prepared or output for which purpose and with which software. The first two years are the same for all trainees, covering print, web and data preparation. In the third year your company chooses a specialisation (project management, design concept, print media or digital media), which shapes your entries. The examples show one week from each of the three years.

Chamber
IHK
Duration
3 years
Regulation
Training regulation for digital and print media designers (DuPMedAusbV), 2023

Example weeks

This is what one week in the training log can look like. Always write your own entries about what you actually did. The form itself stays German, as it is submitted in German.

Year 1 Designing a flyer to customer specifications

Ausbildungsnachweis (wöchentlich)
Name des/der Auszubildenden:
Ausbildungsjahr:1
Ausbildungsbereich:Graphics and print production
Ausbildungswoche vom:
bis:
Betriebliche Tätigkeiten*Stunden
Took the customer brief for a flyer and clarified format, print run and corporate design
Set up the layout in InDesign: grid, paragraph and character styles, swatches
Cut out images, adjusted them to 300 ppi and converted them to CMYK
Created a proof and worked in the customer’s change requests
36
Unterweisungen, betrieblicher Unterricht, sonstige Schulungen*Stunden
Briefing on image rights, font licences and data protection for customer data
Themen des BerufsschulunterrichtsStunden
* Wie lange wurde welche Tätigkeit ausgeübt?
Datum, Unterschrift Auszubildende/r
Datum, Unterschrift Ausbildende/r oder Ausbilder/in
Datum, Unterschrift gesetzliche/r Vertreter/in
Datum, weitere Sichtvermerke (z. B. Lehrer/in)

Year 2 School week: website and data output

Ausbildungsnachweis (wöchentlich)
Name des/der Auszubildenden:
Ausbildungsjahr:2
Ausbildungsbereich:Web design
Ausbildungswoche vom:
bis:
Betriebliche Tätigkeiten*Stunden
Designed the home page for a customer website in Figma, agreed the wireframe
Optimised images for the web, compared formats and file sizes
Implemented the design in HTML and CSS, checked responsive behaviour on a phone
26
Unterweisungen, betrieblicher Unterricht, sonstige Schulungen*Stunden
Briefing on accessibility: contrast, font sizes, alternative texts
Themen des BerufsschulunterrichtsStunden
LF 2: Structuring websites, navigation and user guidance
LF 4: Outputting PDF files for print and screen
* Wie lange wurde welche Tätigkeit ausgeübt?
Datum, Unterschrift Auszubildende/r
Datum, Unterschrift Ausbildende/r oder Ausbilder/in
Datum, Unterschrift gesetzliche/r Vertreter/in
Datum, weitere Sichtvermerke (z. B. Lehrer/in)

Year 2 Logo and design concept

Ausbildungsnachweis (wöchentlich)
Name des/der Auszubildenden:
Ausbildungsjahr:2
Ausbildungsbereich:Graphics, corporate design
Ausbildungswoche vom:
bis:
Betriebliche Tätigkeiten*Stunden
Researched and made a mood board for the logo of a small business
Developed sketches and vector drafts in Illustrator, presented three variants
Set up the chosen variant in black and white and in colour and tested it at minimal size
Started a short style guide with clear space and colour values
38
Unterweisungen, betrieblicher Unterricht, sonstige Schulungen*Stunden
Discussion of trademark law and logo protection
Themen des BerufsschulunterrichtsStunden
LF 8: Developing a logo and applying it in a design concept
* Wie lange wurde welche Tätigkeit ausgeübt?
Datum, Unterschrift Auszubildende/r
Datum, Unterschrift Ausbildende/r oder Ausbilder/in
Datum, Unterschrift gesetzliche/r Vertreter/in
Datum, weitere Sichtvermerke (z. B. Lehrer/in)

Year 3 Project week in the specialisation

Ausbildungsnachweis (wöchentlich)
Name des/der Auszubildenden:
Ausbildungsjahr:3
Ausbildungsbereich:Specialisation: digital media
Ausbildungswoche vom:
bis:
Betriebliche Tätigkeiten*Stunden
Worked out the requirements for a customer’s website with the project lead
Created content in the content management system and maintained page templates
Implemented interactive elements and tested them in different browsers
Kept the project documentation and work log
36
Unterweisungen, betrieblicher Unterricht, sonstige Schulungen*Stunden
Talk with my trainer on the procedure and project work of the final exam
Themen des BerufsschulunterrichtsStunden
Using content management systems and maintaining pages
Planning and realising digital media projects
* Wie lange wurde welche Tätigkeit ausgeübt?
Datum, Unterschrift Auszubildende/r
Datum, Unterschrift Ausbildende/r oder Ausbilder/in
Datum, Unterschrift gesetzliche/r Vertreter/in
Datum, weitere Sichtvermerke (z. B. Lehrer/in)

Vocational school learning fields

  1. LF 1Designing print products to customer specifications
  2. LF 2Designing and realising digital media products to customer specifications
  3. LF 3Preparing data cross-media
  4. LF 4Outputting data cross-media
  5. LF 5Conceiving, designing and realising print products
  6. LF 6Conceiving, designing and realising digital media products
  7. LF 7Combining media from data sources into one media product
  8. LF 8Developing logos and implementing them in design concepts project by project

Source: KMK framework curriculum for media designers, resolution of 16 Dec 2022 (learning fields 1–8; numbering as in the Bavarian curriculum 2023). School topics go into the block “Themen des Berufsschulunterrichts”.

Tips for this training log

  • Name the medium, format and program: “Flyer DL, InDesign, 4c” says more than “did layout”.
  • Record proof rounds. How you reacted to customer wishes is a professional learning point.
  • Keep customer motifs and project names anonymous. Describe the design task, not the brand.
  • From the third year your log shows the specialisation. Write the entries accordingly so they fit your project work.

Common mistakes

  • “Worked at the computer” with no media product and software. That says nothing about what you learned.
  • Entering your own leisure projects as company work. The log documents training, not a portfolio.
  • Mixing school days and company hours so the weekly total does not match the working time.

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