<P> Arbeiter in public service work mostly in low - skilled jobs such as construction, waste collection or manual office work . In some cases, training is not obligatory . </P> <P> Angestellte work in technical, vocational, and office work in a very large range of occupational fields . In most cases, they have received training aside from their government agency prior to employment - for example, they learned to program computers before a government agency hired them to do that . </P> <P> Beamte has been a title for government employees for several centuries in German states, but became a standardized group in 1794 . Soldiers other than conscripted soldiers are not Beamte but have similar rights . Judges are not Beamte but have similar rights too . Public attorneys are all Beamte, while most (but not all) professors are Beamte . The group of Beamte have the most secure employment, and the amount they are paid is set by national pay regulations (Besoldungsordnungen). Beamte are prohibited from striking . </P> <P> Arbeiter and Angestelle work with individual contracts, while Beamte are appointed, employed, and removed by the Public Sector Service and Loyalty law (öffentlich - rechtliches Dienst - und Treueverhältnis). </P>

If i work for the local council am i a civil servant