| Description: | Dry construction builders are specialists in interior outfitting. They are proficient in the entire range of services for manufacturing and fitting complete wall, floor and ceiling systems. This includes lightweight walls, suspended ceilings, ceiling panels and dry floors. It requires knowledge of thermal and acoustic insulation and fire protection as well as the ability to follow construction and assembly plans precisely. The materials used include timber, mineral wool, plasterboard and mineral fibreboard, metal profiles and prefabricated components. |
| Duration: | 2 years for interior outfitter 1 additional year for dry construction technician |
| Requirements: | • School-leaving certificate • Good knowledge of maths • Technical understanding, manual skills, spatial ability, precise and careful work |
| Location: | Berlin, Bremen, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Frankfurt/Butzbach |
| Description: | Industrial insulation technicians are specialists in protection against heat, cold and noise and in passive fire protection on pipework, tanks, fittings, ceilings and walls. They work in industrial facilities such as oil refineries, power plants, breweries, cold stores and on board ships. They are proficient in the entire range of services from the assembly of supporting and load-bearing structures to quality control. This includes working with insulation material on facades or pipes as well as measuring, producing and fitting formed components. The materials used by industrial insulation technicians include mineral wool products, plastic foils, cellular glass, polyurethane, polystyrene and different kinds of sheet metal. |
| Duration: | 2 years for insulation fitter 1 additional year for industrial insulation technician |
| Requirements: | • School-leaving certificate • Good knowledge of maths • Technical understanding, manual skills, spatial ability, precise and careful work |
| Location: | Bielefeld, Bremen, Bremerhaven, Darmstadt, Düsseldorf, Leipzig, Hamburg, Hanover, Magdeburg, Munich, Schwedt, Stralsund |
| Description: | Construction mechanics are specialists for all types of metal constructions. They are proficient in the entire range of services from the manufacture and assembly of metal constructions right up to quality control. This includes manufacturing and fitting separate components made of sheet metal, metal profiles and pipes both manually and by machine. They have to work carefully and responsibly and follow construction and assembly plans exactly. |
| Duration: | 3.5 years |
| Requirements: | • School-leaving certificate • Good knowledge of maths • Technical understanding, manual skills, spatial ability, precise and careful work |
| Location: | Bremen |
| Description: | Process mechanics for plastics and rubber technology manufacture moulded, formed or composite rubber parts from polymers as well as semi-finished parts, composite fibre materials and plastics. They plan the production of rubber and plastic, set up appropriate production machinery and prepare the raw materials for processing. They monitor production during the entire manufacturing process and adjust the machinery as necessary. Process mechanics for plastics and rubber technology are specialists in polymers and are highly familiar with the properties of the products they work with. |
| Duration: | 3 years |
| Requirements: | • School-leaving certificate • Good knowledge of maths, physics and chemistry • Technical understanding, precise and careful work |
| Location: | Nobitz |
| Description: | Aeronautical mechanics specialised in production technology manufacture and maintain aircraft. Using technical drawings, they assemble individual components to make sub-assemblies or even entire aircraft. This involves attaching the separate parts, fitting technical system components and installing the interior fittings. Aeronautical mechanics require technical know-how and manual skills. |
| Duration: | 3.5 years |
| Requirements: | • School-leaving certificate • Very good knowledge of maths • Strong technical understanding and spatial ability, precise and careful work |
| Location: | Dresden |
| Description: | Technical fitters manufacture insulation mats for aircraft for example, by assembling a large number of materials and parts. They are highly familiar with the properties of the products they work with and have the right material to hand for every application. They prepare patterns and templates on the computer using technical drawings. These templates are then used to manufacture the insulation mats. Technical fitters not only require manual skills but also a very good technical understanding. |
| Duration: | 3 years |
| Requirements: | • School-leaving certificate • Good knowledge of maths • Technical understanding, manual skills and spatial ability, precise and careful work |
| Location: | Seifhennersdorf |