Building envelope planners are employed in planning offices or work as project managers in planning teams at timber construction companies or building envelope companies.

The following admission requirements apply for admission to continuing education, further training as a building envelope planner:

• Federal Professional Examination / Federal Diploma of Higher Education in the field of building envelope, plumbing, timber construction, plastering and 2 years of professional experience in the field
• Federal Diploma of Higher Education in a related field and 3 years of professional experience
• Federal Diploma / College of Higher Education in a related professional field and 3 years of professional experience in the field of building envelopes
• Apprenticeship / Federal VET Diploma as a draftsman or related profession and 6 years of professional experience in the field of building envelopes
• or comparable qualification

Training to become a building envelope planner takes two years and concludes with the Advanced Federal Professional Examination (AFPE).

Building envelope planners sketch and plan all aspects of the building envelope such as roofs, facades, exterior walls, doors and windows.