Apprenticeship: Technical Model Maker Specialization: Foundry (2027)

Depending on the specialization, you will produce cast parts or body parts. In advance, you plan the model making very precisely. You select the material, create cost plans, and read technical drawings. You produce your models from various materials, applying manual and mechanical manufacturing processes. Using specific measuring instruments, you perform final quality checks. Maintenance and repair of the machines and equipment you use round off your area of responsibility. Vocational school location: Neustadt an der Aisch. Apprenticeship duration: 3.5 years.

Depending on the specialization, you will produce cast parts or body parts. In advance, you plan the model making very precisely. You select the material, create cost plans, and read technical drawings. You produce your models from various materials, applying manual and mechanical manufacturing processes. Using specific measuring instruments, you perform final quality checks. Maintenance and repair of the machines and equipment you use round off your area of responsibility.

Technical understanding, manual dexterity, spatial imagination, accuracy and care, systematic way of working, teamwork skills

Inter-company seminar including safety driving training in the 2nd apprenticeship year; voluntary cross-professional graduation trip; assignment at other company locations (also abroad) possible; 3-week induction period with a seminar week in the Rhön; subsidy for job ticket for public transport; rent subsidy for dual household; individual performance allowances or special payments; discounts in online shops and special conditions on products; first-class training and diverse career paths; health-promoting initiatives and preventive offers; self-organized groups and clubs; networks on topics such as family and diversity