Plant fitter
Training duration: 3 1/2 years
Training location: Oelde
Plant fitters are involved with the manufacture and assembly of apparatus in production, particularly in process engineering, food technology and power engineering. Maintenance and repair work are also skills taught during the apprenticeship.

Industrial mechanic
Training duration: 3 1/2 years
Training location: Oelde, Niederahr
You must be extremely technically minded for this subject area. Your duties primarily involve assembling prefabricated parts to machine tools and other special machines. When you cannot fall back on prefabricated parts, you must manufacture small parts by yourself. Ongoing testing must be carried out before and after commissioning. You work independently or in a team in individual or small parts series. You may also be deployed on site.

Lathe operator
Training duration 3 1/2 years
Training location: Oelde, Niederahr
You manufacture work pieces on conventional or computer controlled machine tools of all shapes and sizes, e.g. pistons, rollers and rings. You plan the workflow, write the programs for your computer, set up the machines and control the machining operation. A good eye and the ability to concentrate are important requirements.

Construction mechanic
Training duration 3 1/2 years
Training location: Niederahr

Electronics installer
Training duration: 3 1/2 years
Training location: Oelde
Electronics installers erect, install, assemble and service systems for power supply, control, regulation and drive technology as well as signal and illumination engineering. Your skills are very much in demand and you will spend much of your time travelling (at customer sites, in workshops or in the service sector).

Mechatronics fitter
Training duration: 3 1/2 years
Training location: Oelde
This job title embraces the two most important areas of responsibility - mechanics and electronics. Alone or more frequently in a team the mechatronics fitters carry out their work in workshops or at plant assembly sites which consists of processing mechanical parts and assembling sub-assemblies and components into complex mechatronic systems. In the chemical industry, in machine and plant construction or vehicle manufactures they build electrical, pneumatic or hydraulic systems, carry out the necessary programming and ensure problem-free operation. Under the provision of the Accident Prevention Regulations, mechatronics fitters are classified as specialists in the electrical and electronic engineering field.

Material tester
Training duration: 3 1/2 years
Training location: Oelde
Material testers are qualified to test materials and work pieces independently and to alter their properties by means of technological processes. Material testers master the basics of metal processing. Precise knowledge of the previous production and processing steps permit you to analyse the causes of identified defects to obtain indicators of how to eliminate these fault sources. The testing procedures for execution, presentation of results and quality assurance are governed by the pertinent standards or other regulations.

Storeperson
Training duration: 3 years
Training location: Oelde
They do not simply stack cases and move pallets from A to B. They work in industry, trading companies and transport and communication. They receive goods, check the correctness and completeness of the delivery documents against the shipping documents, store the goods properly and correctly, ensure the right storage conditions and carry out inventory controls. They prepare consignments, select suitable packaging and plan logistics processes with the aid of computer systems.

Draftsman
Training duration: 3 1/2 Jahre
Training location: Oelde
Draftsmen work independently in the preparation of technical documents based on design developments. The specifications may be in the form of sketches, drawings altered by hand, drafts, descriptions and oral instructions. They realise the detail and the final status of the specifications. Depending on the area of responsibility and company requirements, there are different emphases and application possibilities. In the areas of CAD/SAP technology, draftsmen are users of the company software. They are responsible for saving the data they have created so it can be further processed. Starting and operating the hardware including the necessary peripheral devices as well as effective use of the software is therefore a main area of responsibility of the draftsman.

Computer scientist
Training duration: 3 years
Training location: Oelde
This new vocation offers interesting tasks for computer freaks. As a member of a project teams, you familiarise yourself with company-specific problems, develop appropriate software solutions and implement them. You have in-depth knowledge of software engineering and software development and use the whole spectrum of modern information and telecommunications technology tight up to multimedia applications.

IT clerk
Training duration: 3 years
Training location: Oelde
This is the right vocation for business-oriented computer freaks. IT clerks ensure that their customers are always provided with the IT solution which helps them to work as efficiently as possible. You are at home in the field of business and management economics but you also know the technical possibilities and limits. You develop customised solutions for the specific branch right up to networks, administrate and co-ordinate and are a contact for specialist departments and manufacturers.

Industrial clerk
Training duration: 3 years
Training location: Oelde
Costing is one of the most important tasks for industrial clerks. You are, for example, responsible for making sure that the firm does not miscalculate when preparing offers. From material procurement to sales, industrial clerks are involved in administrative, calculating and planning tasks. Salary statements and staff support also fall into your area of responsibility.

Business economist
Training duration: 3 years
Training location: Oelde
1. stage
The first stage starts in the autumn and consists of three terms involving in-house training, study at the academy and special teaching at the vocational school. All three training blocks run parallel. The ratio of theory to practice is about 1 : 2.
2. stage
The second stage likewise consists of three terms. Practical training in the company and study at the academy again run parallel with a ratio of theory to practice of 1 : 1.

At the end of the practical training phase, the participants will be in a position to assume responsible duties in the areas
Material management
Production economics
Personnel management
Marketing/distribution
Accounting and financing
Organisation and automatic data processing
(while following general guidelines) and solve any problems that arise. The final qualification is business economist (VWA) following successful completion of the diploma examination.

More information

For the location Oelde:
Westfalia Separator GmbH
Ausbildung
Werner-Habig-Straße 1
59302 Oelde (Germany)
Heinz-Josef Westbomke
Phone: +49 2522 77-2415
E-mail: westbomke.heinz-josef@gea-westfalia.de

For the location Niederahr:
Mark Wörsdörfer
Phone: +49 2602 928-142
E-mail: woersdoerfer.mark@gea-westfalia.de