There is a basic apprenticeship to become a bookbinder. This apprenticeship trains you to become a print media processor with a Federal Diploma of Vocational Education and Training (Federal VET Diploma) and can be completed in a bookbindery.

If you would like to train professionally or privately in the art of bookbinding or book printing, there are various courses available, ranging from introductory courses to advanced courses and vocational apprenticeships, which can train you to become a more or less professional bookbinder.

After completing an apprenticeship as a bookbinder with a Federal Diploma of Higher Education (Federal VET Diploma in Print Media Processing), you have a wide range of continuing education, further training options. You can attend various courses and seminars to refine your skills and specialize, but you can also opt for further federal training. For example, continuing education, further training to become a print specialist with a federal certificate of proficiency (EFA) or a print media processing specialist (EFA) is possible. It is also possible to study at a College of Higher Education to become a CHE media technician specializing in polygraphy. Those with a high school diploma also have the opportunity to expand their knowledge in a university course, such as a bachelor's degree in conservation-restoration or media engineering.

No prerequisites are necessary for a basic bookbinding course.

In a certificate course in bookbinding, you will be introduced to all the content that will enable you to carry out small cardboard jobs and produce books. You will get to know the tools and machines with which you can carry out your work, work practically on the book block (paper binding, half-woven binding, woven binding, adhesive binding, thread sewing, cover), learn how to marbleize and batik, produce book flap boxes and other interesting things. Please contact the bookbinding schools directly for the exact course content.

The Federal VET Diploma apprenticeship as a print media processor can be completed in a bookbindery, a print shop or a print finishing company. You can choose between four different specializations: Printing equipment; Bookbinding; Dispatch technology; Binding technology. For an apprenticeship as a bookbinder, you will therefore choose the bookbinding specialization. However, please contact the schools to find out more about the apprenticeship and the individual specializations.