During your training as a construction mechanic, you will create a wide variety of systems from aluminum, steel and other materials. During your vocational training, you will learn to understand and produce technical drawings and use them to manufacture the individual parts of your project in the workshop. Finally, you will assemble them into a larger whole. Does your drawing show a tube or steel profile at a certain point? Then you discuss what needs to be done with your colleagues and get to work. You use the industrial laser to cut sheet metal, which then has to be punched, drilled, rolled or bent.
Precision counts here instead of pi times thumbs! You will be helped by large machines that you pre-program and monitor by computer. But you also lend a hand: sharp edges are removed with a file and weld seams are smoothed with a hammer. Finally, it's off to the construction site, where you weld or screw the individual parts together to create a system piece by piece. During your apprenticeship, you will be in contact not only with your colleagues but also with the planning department. You will receive all the necessary drafts and information from them. After completion, you hand over the finished construction and are often also responsible for maintenance and servicing.
Contents of the training
The apprenticeship usually lasts three and a half years and is a dual apprenticeship. This means that you learn the theory - two days a week or in blocks - at a vocational college. We are responsible for the practical part. You will work with us on weekdays, possibly also in shifts.
In the first year of your apprenticeship, you will learn to differentiate between materials, read technical documents and manufacture and weld together your first components. You will deepen this knowledge in the second year of your apprenticeship. You will also learn the art of assembly and how best to fulfill the customer's wishes. The intermediate examination takes place halfway through the apprenticeship. You will then delve even deeper into the subject matter and, after passing the Chamber of Industry and Commerce exam, you will be fully qualified in your fourth year of training.
Trainees can now also acquire one or more additional qualifications, including system integration, additive manufacturing processes, process integration and IT-supported system modification.
What does the working environmentlook like?
In this apprenticeship, you will mostly work in the workshop, where it can sometimes be loud and dusty. Occasionally you will work on the construction site, where the construction parts are installed. Then you are exposed to wind and weather. As a construction mechanic, be prepared to be away from home for a few weeks during assembly work. You can also be on site at the customer's premises for consultations or the final handover.
Training is not an office job - it can be sweaty, dirty and also dangerous. That's why it's important that you always wear the right protective clothing. This includes, for example, a hard hat, safety shoes, welding goggles and a welding shield.
(Source: www.azubi.de)
At a glance
What you can expect:
As a construction mechanic, you will produce steel and metal structures. To do this, you will use manual and mechanical processes to produce individual components, e.g. from sheet metal, profiles or pipes, and assemble them.
What we offer:
Above-average remuneration
EUR 50 non-cash voucher from the 1st year of training
30 days' vacation
Tutoring
Annual trainee events
Recommended school-leaving qualification:
All qualifications
Duration:
3.5 years
What you should bring with you:
Spatial awareness
Technical understanding
Manual skills
Good physical condition and a head for heights
