As a process fitter with a higher education degree in steel forming, you know all there is to know about the special properties and processing scope of the materials. Due care and precision are enormously important in this occupation, as your work is of great significance in production.

 

Field of activity

• You rig machinery for steel forming
• You fit rollers and other forming tools
• You operate rollers, forges and presses on which you manufacture, for instance, sheet metals, pipes and bars
• You monitor and control the step-by-step forming operation
• You also work on the products through straightening, cutting to length and by employing certain surface finishing methods. You prepare them ready for shipment.
• You are responsible for servicing the plant equipment and ensure that the specified on-the-job health & protection provisions and occupational safety regulations are observed.

Career prospects after successful training:

• Industry foreman
• State-accredited technician
• Technical business administrator
• Engineer

Requirements

School-leaving qualification:
advanced technical college certificate ("Fachoberschulreife") as a minimum

Level of education:
An in-depth knowledge of the following school subjects provides the requirements for successful training:

• Mathematics
• Physics/Chemistry
• Metalwork/technical matters

Inclinations and interests:

• A leaning towards inspecting and checking activities (quality checks play an important role, e.g. basic materials and semi-finished products must be inspected prior to every production run; the entire manufacturing process has to be monitored from the control board).
• A leaning towards actual physical work (e.g. when input materials and finished bands, metal sheets or profiled sections need to be moved)
• A leaning towards craft trade-based activities (e.g. finishing, sanding down and annealing the surfaces of the semi-manufactured goods)
• A leaning towards practical, hands-on work (e.g. replacing hoses and lines on machines)
• A leaning towards dealing with technical equipment, machinery and systems (machinery and plant need to be adjusted, possibly re-rigged, operated and serviced.)
• Preference for handling metal