Apprenticeship
Steel construction
and welding technology
Work with us to make the welding wire glow and utilise your talent on our manual welding machines or on our modern welding robots.
Metal technicians in welding technology join pipes, sheet metal, structural steel, aluminium or chrome-nickel steel, as well as other materials, to create much more. Depending on the material and product, they select the appropriate welding tools and welding technology, such as gas, electric and inert gas welding, flame cutting or brazing, and work with manual welding equipment and automatic welding machines. Metal technicians in welding technology work in workshops and workshops in industrial and commercial metalworking companies as part of a team with colleagues, supervisors and various skilled and unskilled workers.
Your workspace:
- Read and prepare sketches and working drawings
- Clean the workpieces to be processed with wire brushes, sandpaper or sanding machines
- Remove paint, rust, dirt or grease
- Check the workpieces to be processed for cracks or material defects
- Prepare the workpieces for the welding process: cut and bevel the edges
- Apply various welding processes: e.g. gas fusion welding, electric welding, inert gas welding, flame cutting, brazing, plastic welding
- Operate welding equipment, automatic welding machines, soldering machines, grinding and polishing machines
- Carry out various maintenance and repair work
- Keep technical documents, construction and assembly plans, operating logs, service and maintenance logs, etc.
