Mechanical engineering
Apprenticeship in years: 3 ½
Requirements: Technical understanding, good school performance
Description of profession:
- Reading and applying technical documentation
- Determining work steps, materials, tools and methods
- Planning and controlling work procedures, evaluating work results, applying quality management systems
- Performing work in compliance with applicable safety rules and standards as well as relevant environmental standards
- Selecting, procuring and checking required material
- Machining mechanical parts, assembling mechanical assemblies and components
- Creating and adjusting manufacturing programmes for CNC machines and plants
- Assembling, installing, testing and commissioning machines and plants
- Manufacturing and installing spare parts and machine elements
- Maintaining and servicing machine and plant parts
- Manufacturing, installing and testing pneumatic and hydraulic control systems
- Measuring and evaluating mechanical engineering parameters
- Finding, locating and resolving faults, defects and malfunctions of machines and plants
- Creating and documenting technical data concerning work procedures and results