Tasks for all-round talents

A variety of fascinating tasks - would that appeal to you? Industrial mechanics have anything but a monotonous job.

At Groz-Beckert you will acquire the necessary skills with a focus on mechanical skills. During your training, you will get to know state-of-the-art systems in perfect interaction. You will learn how to manufacture machine components and how to assemble and commission them into complex assemblies and machines. You learn how to control machine tools by computer, how to use various test procedures and how pneumatic controls work.
As an expert for industrial production systems, you will have the opportunity to work in parts production, assembly, toolmaking or as a qualified setter in production after you have successfully completed your training. But that's not all - this occupation offers you excellent opportunities for personal and professional advancement through additional training.

What you need to bring with you:

• An understanding of technology
• Manual dexterity and precise working methods
• A sense of duty and safety
• Spatial imagination
• Flexibility and ability to work in a team

Prerequisite: at least a good secondary school leaving certificate

Training period: 3.5 years

Areas of application:

• Toolmaking
• CNC parts production
• Maintenance
• Machine assembly and set-up
• Production
• Quality assurance

Education partner: Philipp-Matthäus-Hahn-School, Balingen

Interface between mechanics and electronics

Are you equally distinguished by precision craftsmanship and technical understanding? This profession offers everything: electrical engineering, electronics, information technology and mechanics.

The systems that are the core of your work contain mechanical and electrical as well as hydraulic and pneumatic and electronic components. The mechatronic systems are usually controlled by CNC and PLC programmes that you program.

Your instructors will prepare you for these demanding tasks. After your training, you will assemble complete modules and machines and ensure that they can be installed and put into operation in the best possible quality. A wide range of interesting tasks awaits you at Groz-Beckert - in maintenance, prototype construction and final assembly or in one of the development departments. With the appropriate commitment, Groz-Beckert also offers you various forms of professional and personal development.

What you bring with you:

• Strengths in mathematics and physics
• A sense of duty and safety
• Logical, abstract and analytical thinking
• Independence, flexibility and the ability to work in a team

Prerequisite: at least a good secondary school leaving certificate

Duration of training: 3.5 years

Areas of application:

• Machine and component assembly
• Maintenance
• Prototype construction
• Final assembly
• Industrial electrics

Educational partner: Philipp-Matthäus-Hahn-School, Balingen

Tasks for Argus eyes

You know that small details can make a big difference? Your precision is in demand in both metal technology and heat treatment technology.

Our materials testers are employed in our in-house laboratory, which offers both internal and external services.

As a metal technician, you will be employed in quality control; you will examine materials and products for their properties and composition and identify any defects. Preparing, carrying out and evaluating physical-technical examinations and test series are also part of your duties.

If you decide on heat treatment technology, you are responsible for the correct selection of the heat treatment process. Through processes such as hardening or tempering, you guarantee the desired material hardness and ensure this through tests and material samples.

What you bring with you:

• Strengths in chemistry and physics
• Quality awareness
• Exact way of working
• Logical and analytical thinking
• Independence and flexibility

Prerequisite: at least a good secondary school leaving certificate

Training period: 3.5 years

Areas of application:

• Laboratory

Training partner: Kerschensteinerschule, Stuttgart

Combining form and function

Are you creative and have you always enjoyed creating drawings or documentation? Do you also have a good technical understanding? This apprenticeship combines both in three dimensions.

During your training, you will analyse and design various constructions and further develop the individual parts in the technical systems. Accordingly, in addition to brainstorming, you also have to take complex interrelationships into account. The basics of control and electrical engineering are not to be neglected. After your training, you will be employed as an expert in construction, development or work preparation.

What you bring with you:

• Strengths in mathematics and science subjects
• Technical understanding
• Very good spatial awareness
• Logical, abstract and analytical thinking
• Creativity and ability to work in a team

Prerequisite: at least secondary school leaving certificate

Training period: 3.5 years

Fields of application:

• Construction
• Development
• Work preparation
• Standardisation

Training partner: Ferdinand-von-Steinbeisschule, Reutlingen

Production and textiles in harmony

Are you interested in machines and production processes and do you like to pick up your toolbox from time to time? You can combine everything in this apprenticeship.

Your training revolves around textiles. You not only have an eye on the machines and tools, but are also responsible for the end product. A wide variety of activities await you in our state-of-the-art technical centres. You will also be involved in exciting experiments. This means that you are not only responsible for setting up the machine, but also apply various test procedures.

What you need to bring with you:

• Strengths in mathematics and technology
• High level of comprehension and powers of deduction
• Logical and analytical thinking
• Spatial imagination
• Independence and initiative
• Flexibility and ability to work in a team

Prerequisite: good secondary school leaving certificate

Duration of training: 3 years

Areas of application:

• Basic training in metal
• Various textile technologies at Groz-Beckert
• Placement with partner companies

Training partner: Philipp-Matthäus-Hahn-School, Balingen

Tasks as versatile as Groz-Beckert

Are you looking for varied tasks? During this apprenticeship you will work in the entire commercial area of Groz-Beckert.

You will deal with all business processes - where people negotiate together every day, where they communicate with each other.

As an industrial clerk, you will work in the areas of procurement and logistics, human resources, marketing and sales, for example. In dealing with the latest information technology, the computer is your daily working tool. Parallel to the extensive and well-founded specialist knowledge that you gradually acquire, you will be taught overarching qualifications such as work, planning and organisational techniques. And you train your service orientation and communication skills.

What you need to bring with you:

• Strengths in mathematics, German and English
• Good general education
• Customer orientation
• Communication skills
• Ability to work under pressure, flexibility and in a team

Prerequisite: at least a good secondary school leaving certificate

Training period: 3 years

Field of activity:

• Purchasing
• Human resources
• Sales
• Accounting and Finance
• Logistics

Education partner: Walther Groz School, Albstadt

Tasks with a social aspect

Are you good with numbers and do you like to help other people? Are you communicative and articulate? Then do it - with an apprenticeship at BKK Groz-Beckert.

Founded in 1888, the Groz-Beckert company health insurance fund is one of the very first company-owned health insurance funds.

As a social insurance clerk (m/f/d), you are the link between the service provider and the insured. You advise insured persons and the Groz-Beckert company in its function as employer. You are the contact person for all benefit and insurance law issues relating to social insurance. In this way, you make a significant contribution to maintaining and restoring the health of the insured and to their financial security in the event of illness or care.

With your knowledge, you bring light into the darkness of the social insurance jungle. Later, further training as a health insurance specialist or a degree in health care is possible.

What you need to bring with you:

• Strengths in mathematics and German
• Pleasure in dealing with people
• Good written and oral communication skills
• Tact and discretion
• Enjoyment of lifelong learning

Prerequisite: at least a good secondary school leaving certificate

Training duration: 3 years

Training partner: BKK Academy, Rotenburg an der Fulda

With a system to success

Digital data and computers are your world? Then you have the choice of specialising in system integration or application development.

As an IT specialist, you are a service provider in your own company - which means that Groz-Beckert employees are your customers.
While system integrators are mainly responsible for the systems and hardware "in front of the socket", the focus of application developers is more "behind the socket". The latter realise customer-specific IT solutions - in particular through the programming adaptation of existing software.

Regardless of which specialisation you choose, at Groz-Beckert you will not only learn the basics of information technology and business administration, but also all the processes involved in data processing systems and many other facets of this modern profession.

What you need to bring with you:

• Enthusiasm for maths and computer science
• Good knowledge of English
• Understanding of processes
• Persistence and willingness to learn
• Analytical and logical thinking

Prerequisite: At least a good secondary school leaving certificate

Duration of training: 3 years

Areas of application:

• Support
• Network and server administration
• Commercial systems
• Technical computing
• Software customisation and administration

Education Partner: Philipp-Matthäus-Hahn School, Balingen