Your practical training will familiarize you with the basics of metalworking, electrical engineering and electronics. You will test your new skills in the electrical engineering, commissioning, and assembly departments. Here, you will find a teaching space that allows you to assemble, install, and commission component assemblies and complete machines. In the design department, you will create wiring diagrams and PLC programs. The theoretical training content such as electrical, control, drive, supply, and lighting engineering will be taught at the vocational school.

• Electrical engineering

• Control engineering

• Drive engineering

• PLC programming

• Commissioning of CNC machining centers

Secondary school leaving certificate

Ferdinand-von-Steinbeis-Schule, Tuttlingen, Germany

Once you have completed your basic training in metalworking, you will move on to set-up, operation, and monitoring of the CNC machining centers. You will also learn various cutting technologies and will become familiar with quality control processes. You will work in various departments, e.g. manufacturing, control, spindle assembly, jig construction, and component assembly. You will learn the key theoretical training material such as manufacturing technology, maintenance, programming technology, and CAD/CAM programming at the vocational school.

• Machining technology

• Tool technology

• CNC programming

• CAD/CAM technology

• Quality control

Secondary school leaving certificate

First year of apprenticeship: Ferdinand-von-Steinbeis-Schule, Tuttlingen, Germany

From the second year of apprenticeship: Erwin-Teufel-Schule, Spaichingen, Germany

Purchasing and logistics, human resources, finance and accounting, as well as marketing and service: These are the departments you will work in during your practical training that give you freedom of choice for your future path. You will purchase and record business processes, calculate staffing requirements, prepare wage and salary slips, plan marketing measures, and much more. We give you the basics of business administration and show you how processes are interconnected in our company. At the vocational school you will learn the theoretical basics such as business administration, accounting, and data processing. With the additional qualification, there is an international focus, taught through subjects such as international economics and business administration, controlling, and business English.

• Purchasing/logistics

• Human resources

• Finance and accounting

• Controlling

• Marketing

• Sales

• Service

Without additional qualification: General education school leaving certificate

With additional qualification: General or subject-specific higher education entrance qualification

Fritz-Erler-Schule, Tuttlingen, Germany

The practical part of the training familiarizes you with the basics of metalworking such as milling, turning, and drilling. You will then learn how to use conventional cutting machines as well as state-of-the-art CNC machining centers. You will work in various departments, e.g. manufacturing, control, jig construction, spindle assembly, and assembly of machining centers and automation solutions. Your training will also include building pneumatic and electro-pneumatic circuits. The vocational school will teach you the theoretical course content such as materials science, production scheduling, technical mathematics, and project planning.

• Pneumatics/Electro-pneumatics

• Assembly technology

• Machining processes

• CNC programming

• Machine geometry alignment

Secondary school leaving certificate

The combination of mechanics, electronics, and computer science offers you excellent opportunities for the future. For example, various specialist departments in which you will be involved during your practical training are: spindle assembly, component assembly, CNC machining center assembly, final inspection, construction of robot cells and automation solutions, and servicing. Also included in the training are the design, installation, calibration, and commissioning of the machining centers and assemblies, as well as importing PLC programs into the machine control system. The basic theory of mechanics, electrical engineering and computer science will be taught at the vocational school.

• Electrical engineering

• Mechanics

• Network engineering

• PLC programming

• Control engineering

General education school leaving certificate

Erwin-Teufel-Schule, Spaichingen, Germany

Developing and maintaining software solutions – these are the key themes of this exciting job description. During your practical training, you will get to know the various information processing systems in the individual branches of the company and will be actively involved in the work of our IT department. As well as programming, your training will also include creating a concept in advance and testing and expanding the solution. The vocational school will focus on software development and application, information and telecommunications technology as well as business administration and English.

• Software development

• Software application

• Information systems technology

• Telecommunications system technology

• English

General education school leaving certificate

Gewerbeschule Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany

This job profile focuses on developing application software for internal systems and for customer-specific machine solutions. It also includes updating or expanding company programs and developing completely new solutions. Later, your area of responsibility will include installing and setting up hardware components, operating systems and networks according to individual requirements. You will also be required to eliminate application problems and faults. The vocational school focuses on network engineering, data security, information and telecommunications technology as well as business administration and English.

• Network engineering

• Data security

• Information technology

• Telecommunications technology

• English

General education school leaving certificate

Gewerbeschule Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany

Global infrastructures and the movement of goods require specialists who can master these logistical challenges and who act as a link between the procurement and timely delivery of goods. We therefore train you up in all areas: Goods receipt and control, storage and management, order processing and picking and dispatch with all necessary paperwork. You will learn how to safely transport highly complex machinery, you will plan logistical processes and monitor compliance with the same. At the vocational school you will study subjects such as logistical business processes, data processing, organization of goods handling, and a foreign language that is important for your job, such as English.

• Goods receipt, dispatch and transport

• Storage and warehouse logistics

• Safety

• Monitoring of logistical processes

• English

General education school leaving certificate

Fritz-Erler-Schule, Tuttlingen, Germany

In your practical apprenticeship with the CHIRON Group, you will learn the basics of metalworking and machining on cutting machines. You will create technical drawings with the aid of 3D CAD programs, and produce parts lists, machine diagrams and assembly drawings. In addition, you will learn to carry out calculations and analyses and use these to derive technical documentation. You will gain an insight into the assembly of the CNC machining centers, quality control, component assembly, and many other departments that will later carry out their work based on your drawings. The theory part of the training at the vocational school includes technical mathematics, detailed design, and CAD design.

• Technical drawing (3D CAD)

• Creation of fluid diagrams

• Creation of material and parts lists

• 2D/3D computer animation

• Technical documentation

• Pneumatics

General education school leaving certificate

Erich-Hauser-Gewerbeschule, Rottweil, Germany