Carpenter
Brief Info
- Secondary School-Leaving Certificate: Fachoberschulreife
- Selection Process: application and interviews
- Personal Requirement: handwerkliche Begabung, Gestaltungstalent, Interesse an der Be- und Verarbeitung von unterschiedlichen Werkstoffen, good geometrical and visual thinking skills
- Aptitude Test: no
- Length of Training: 3 years
- Professional Association: Handwerkskammer Aachen
- Exam: mid exam and final exam
- Further Training: Meisterprüfung,Technikerin und Techniker, Diplom-Holzwirtin und -wirt
Vocation Description
Carpenters work in interior construction, and finish shelfs, cupboards, dressers, and tables and finish the disassembly and assembly of industrially manufactured furniture pieces. Special wood working machines are primarily used in this occupation. Repairs and maintenance work are also part of a carpenter's duties.
Significant training content includes:
- Health and safety at work
- Environmental protection
- Product creation and design
- Planning and preparing work flows
- Working in a team
- Setting-up, securing, and clearing work spaces
- Treating and handling wood, wood based materials, and other materials
- Set-up, service, and maintenance of tools, devices, and machines
- Creating components and assembling them into products
- Treating and protecting wood surfaces
- Completing installation and deinstallation work
- Customer orientation and service
- Implementation of quality assurance measures
Practical Training
Practical training takes place in Department 10.0 Facility Management's workshops and is supplement through inter-company courses.
School Training
School training takes place at the Mies-van-der-Rohe-Schule,
Neuköllner Str. 17, 52068 Aachen.
Salary, Job Ticket, and Vacation during Training
Training Salary:
1st Training Year: 1,036.82 euros
2nd Training Year: 1,090.96 euros
3rd Training Year: 1,140.61 euros
Contributions to capital formation: 13.29 euros
Job Ticket: starting January 1, 2023, 23 euros a month
Christmas Bonus: 95 percent of November salary
Vacation Days: 30 days a year
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