Apprenticeships

Duration:

3½ years

School qualification:

Good intermediate school certificate (Realschulabschluss)

For machines and systems to work, design and engineering have to be right. With modern 3D CAD software you design and plan everything from machine components to complete machines. You select materials and manufacturing techniques, keep an eye on costs and technical requirements and check your designs with simulations and tests. For machine building, the specialization in machine and plant design is the right fit – among other things you create 3D models of components for machines and systems. By the way: until 2011 this profession was called “technical draftsman”.

Duration:

3½ years

School qualification:

Good secondary school certificate (Haupt- or Realschulabschluss)

As a mechatronics technician you build systems made of mechanical, electronic and IT components. You study circuit diagrams and design drawings, install controls, wire cables and connect electronics to pumps or valves. By the end you can assemble systems professionally, find and fix faults and explain systems to customers. The final exam has two parts; ambitious apprentices can shorten the training by up to a year.

Duration:

3½ years

School qualification:

Good secondary school certificate (Haupt- or Realschulabschluss)

As an industrial mechanic you are an expert in large machines and systems. You make components and assemble them into machines. If a vulcanization line stops in automotive production, it's your turn: you find the fault, repair or modify and bring the system back into operation. Whether grinding, milling or filing – you learn all metalworking techniques and pass your knowledge on to customers and colleagues.

Duration:

3½ years

School qualification:

Good secondary school certificate (Haupt- or Realschulabschluss)

As a cutting machine operator (Zerspanungsmechaniker) you produce precision parts on lathes, milling and drilling machines that must be accurate to a hundredth of a millimeter. Your most important tool is the CNC machine: you read the drawing, check the material, select tools and gauges, program the machine and monitor quality during production. You specialize in turning or milling systems.

Duration:

3½ years

School qualification:

Good secondary school certificate (Haupt- or Realschulabschluss)

You learn how drawings become real components for our machines – from the drawing to final assembly. You cut, bend and saw individual parts made of steel and sheet metal and join them together. State-of-the-art technology is at your disposal, such as laser cutting and laser welding in our sheet metal center.

Duration:

3½ years

School qualification:

Good secondary school certificate (Haupt- or Realschulabschluss)

As an electronics technician for automation you make sure many individual parts become one system in which everything runs automatically. You program and test systems, commission and maintain them, give users tips on operation and are on hand immediately when faults occur.

Duration:

3 years

School qualification:

Good intermediate school certificate; Abitur or higher commercial school is an advantage

With us you train with a focus on foreign trade – worldwide. You obtain, compare and negotiate quotations, advise customers by phone and email, agree prices, delivery times and destinations and make sure deliveries arrive on time.