The digital condition, upskilling and empowerment in the regulatory instruments governing vocational education and training in Germany: the example of office occupations. It can be assumed that digitalisation is significantly changing commercial professions and the preparing vocational education and training (Yang et al. 2023, Pennathur et al. 2024, Leiß et al. 2022, Seeber et al. 2019). This contribution highlights the influence of digitalisation on the regulatory bases of dual commercial education in Germany, including training regulations and framework curricula, which are binding for the joint educational mandate of companies and schools, as well as official implementation guidelines. In a systematic document analysis, two newly revised occupations (office manager and industrial clerk) were analysed to determine how characteristics of the 'digital condition' (Stalder 2018) as referentiality, communality and algorithmicity are reflected in them and to what extent qualitative changes in the requirements can be identified. The analysis reveals that the digital condition is well-established within these regulatory frameworks, leading to clear signs of upskilling in the occupational profiles. Taking responsibility, working independently, and participating in decision-making processes are requirements for office jobs in the digitalized world of work.

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