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Training lasts for 3 ½ years and basically covers the following in the first two years: Chemical and physical methods (taking and preparing samples, physical variables and material constants, analytical procedures, separating and combining substances), carrying out analytical studies (preparation of samples, qualitative analysis, spectroscopy, gravimetry, dimensional analysis, chromatography, evaluating the results of measurement, carrying out preparatory work) as well as taught qualifications with integral specialist content, such as: quality assurance measures, customer orientation, laboratory efficiency, work organization and communications, working in a team, procuring information and documentation, using foreign languages in specialized tasks and handling communications and information systems.
In the third and fourth year of training, the training is differentiated into a mandatory selection range: A total of six of these so-called mandatory selection modules have to be selected from a pool of 23 qualification units set out in the training order and have to be learnt. The content of these qualifications furthers or expands the knowledge acquired during the first phase of training. The old training order valid up to summer 2000 provided for a differentiation into four specialist disciplines. The new training order, valid with effect from 1.8.2000, is tailored more closely to the specific requirements of plants and to the personal interests of the trainees.
Responsibilities
Chemistry laboratory technicians work as a team in close cooperation with scientists and engineers in research, development and production laboratories in industry, colleges, in chemical research institutes and in investigative units as well as in trial facilities on transferring a chemical process from laboratory scale to industrial scale.
Chemistry laboratory technicians carry out analyses and quality inspections, syntheses and measuring tasks independently. In so doing they plan the practical work sequences that feature in laboratories, record the tasks and evaluate the results of the work. They have to exercise a high level of responsibility in their work in observing the regulations and procedures regarding health and safety at work, environmental protection and quality assurance. They have received a broad scientific training and in the final third of their training course - depending on the area of specialization of the plant - have acquired special knowledge and skills that enable them to work in teams and on projects in different areas.
Promotion prospects exist to the level of industrial supervisor (subject chemistry), to state-certified technician (chemical engineering, laboratory chemistry, environmental protection) and to graduate engineer (specialist technical college) specializing in chemistry.
Duration of Apprenticeship: 3 1/2 years
Entry Requirement: Graduation from a specialized secondary school
Number: 1 apprentice every 4 years
Training Location: Oberhausen
If we've aroused your interest and you want to know what your prospects of a career with us are, please send your completed application to the personnel department of (see the contact address on the upper right of this page).
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