Welcome to Silberberg

History

1895 Small school for winegrowers founded by Province of Styria,

central school in Maribor Slovenia

1920 After World War I (Maribor was not in Austria any more) Styrian Training Centre

for Fruit- and Winegrowing

1971 Training for Fruitgrowing is positioned in Gleisdorf (70 km away) Silberberg

specialises in Winegrowing and Vinification

2012 Fruitgrowing competence centre is placed back at Silberberg again

2014 In September Fruit&Wine branches start as a combined Educational Competence Centre for Fruit and Wine Production

Sections of Silberberg

MEETING

POINT

ESTATE

RESEARCH

SEMINARS

SCHOOL

Education for life and for a vocation

Modern Vocational School and Educational Training Centre for

• fruit production and fruit processing

• wine growing and vinification

• training and development in sensorics

• processing and marketing of high quality agricultural end products

Silberberg makes you ready for a successful future!

Agricultural area 142 ha (most of it rented out)

Vineyards 26 ha (4,3 ha organic)

Orchards and gardens 8 ha (5,0 ha organic)

Forests 360 ha

Others 4 ha

540 ha

Kitzeck Remschnigg Silberberg Schlossberg

Products of Silberberg Estate

Chestnuts

Distillates

Wood

Wine

Fresh fruit

Processed fruit

Schoolbuilding

Built in 2014

Ground floor ferroconcrete

Floors 1 +2 in wood

6 classrooms

2 computer rooms

6 offices for teachers

1 meeting room

1 media room

Sensorics room and laboratory

Administration

Tech rooms, archives

Kitchen and training kitchen

Fruitprocessing area

Education in Silberberg

4 years after 8 years of school

No qualifying exam

Skilled workers for

fruit growing and fruit processing

viticulture and vinification

High percentage of practical

workshops

Residential school

Education in Silberberg

2 head teachers for fruit and wine

departments

Focus on sensory analysis

Project weeks

Optional subjects in the last year

Research paper in the last year

Transfer possible from other careers

Junior Company

Vocational matriculation exam

Prom (first weekend February)

Education in Silberberg

Current student numbers (2017/18)

99

Year 1 26 19 male 7 female

10 wine 16 fruit

Year 2 23 22 male 1 female

12 wine 11 fruit

Practice 18 11 male 7 female

16 wine 2 fruit

BLL 32 26 male 6 female

19 wine 13 fruit

And afterwards?

Managing family-owned wine estate or fruit

farm

Working at wine estates or fruit farms as

specialists for viticulture, vinification, fruit

growing, fruit processing

Working in jobs related to wine/fruit

Advanced level training for wine- and

fruitgrowers (professional master)

Vocational matriculation exam (10 months)

Transfer to HBLA – Klosterneuburg

Transfer to Winemanagement – Krems

Bonus year in apprenticeship

Year 1 (10 months)

Year 1

• 10 months from September to July

• Compulsory schooling

• Same curriculum for fruit and wine students

• Focus on

General subjects

Basics of specialised subjects

Agricultural Technology

Cultivating specialities

Plant protection

Vinification and sensorics

Agriculture in general

IT

Silberberg concept

Year 1 (10 months)Year 2

(8 months)

Year 2

• 8 months from September to May

• 2 project weeks

Shared subjects

General subjects (German, English, IT….)

Agricultural technology

Management and Controlling

Economy, Marketing, Politics and Law

Separate subjects for fruit and wine branches

Viticulture

Vinification

Fruit growing

Fruit processing

Plant protection

Silberberg concept

Year 1 (10 months)Year 2

(8 months)

Practical experience

Our students gain practical experience in one or more wine or fruit

growing estates – either in the region or far away, sometimes even

abroad.

Silberberg concept

Year 1 (10 months)Year 2

(8 months)

Silberberg concept

BLL = Betriebsleiterlehrgang

• 8 months from November to July

• 2 project weeks in the second semester

• Fruit and Wine branches have separate classes

• Focus on fruit and wine related expertise

• Focus on management training

• Students may choose 4 optional subjects

• A research paper and a final exam prove the competences

acquired at Silberberg

Year 1 (10 months)Year 2

(8 months)

Silberberg concept

Vocational

matriculation

exam (10 mths)

The way to University (graduation in German, Mathematics, English and

Economics) has been opened by a cooperation with another educational

institution (Maturaschule Benko) and a sponsor (Stefan Stolitzka owning Legero

company) awarded a grant of € 3.000 per student for the first 5 students who

take part in the program

Basics

Fees for residential school of € 320,-- per month and

expenses for activities during the school year

Government aid is possible in year 1 for residential fees,

in the years to follow for residential fees AND

school expenses

Schooldays

Monday (08:00 am) to Friday (04:20 pm)

Application

by end of April in person, per mail, e-mail or fax,

application forms available at the Silberberg

office in paper, per download, per e-mail

Thank you for your

attention – and come back

to us one day….