As a tools fitter you provide all our products with the right shape.

 

Field of activity

• You are responsible for manufacturing and servicing punching and forming products
• You have to set up our machines to ensure the high quality of our products
• You configure our machine equipment and are responsible for the manufacturing, assembly, inspection and upkeep of punching, forming and machining tools
• High-grade products demand high-grade basic forms and special manufacturing tools - which you make with all due care
• Your tasks also include filing, sawing and using machines for drilling, turning, cutting, grinding and eroding
• We train you in the special techniques of moulding and techniques of material processing at, for instance, computer-controlled machine tools

Career prospects after successful training:

• CNC specialist
• 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:

• Physics
• Metalwork/technical matters
• Mathematics

Inclinations and interests:

• A leaning towards manual technical work (fabricating single parts and assemblies e.g. for punching tools, bending mechanisms and surgical instruments and assembling them into tools and forms; to this end having full mastery of all the major machining processes such as drilling, cutting and grinding)
• A leaning towards precision work (tool machines with which several thousand components are to be formed as well as medical equipment must be manufactured with absolute precision)
• A leaning towards systematic thought processes and a fully-planned approach to matters (e.g. making tools based on complicated technical drawings and samples)
• A leaning towards practical, hands-on work (attaching single parts by riveting, with screw connections or by soldering)
• A leaning towards work of the inspecting and checking variety (testing finished tools and moulds)
• A leaning towards dealing with technical equipment, machinery and systems (setting-up and operating machine tools as well as preparing and upgrading machine programmes)