Vocational training

Job description

Chemical laboratory technicians carry out and evaluate tests on substances and chemical experiments such as analyses and syntheses.

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Training content

Practical training includes the following knowledge and skills
skills are taught:

• Investigating the structures and properties of substances, as well as quality checks using state-of-the-art analysis methods and measuring techniques
• Carrying out separation and purification processes for substances
• Identification and characterisation of substances by determining chemical-physical substance data
• Production of inorganic and organic preparations using various reaction mechanisms
• Analysing inorganic and organic substances with regard to their qualitative and quantitative composition
• Planning, preparation and execution of experiments, as well as analysing and documenting results using laboratory-specific, computer-aided procedures

Duration and location of the training programme

• The training period is 3 ½ years.
• The practical training takes place at the Faculty of Chemistry and Geosciences
  Faculty of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena. The theoretical knowledge
  is taught at the Jena-Göschwitz State Vocational Training Centre.

Requirements

• Good secondary school leaving certificate, especially in science subjects
• Interest in natural sciences
• Careful, precise and responsible way of working
• enjoy working with computers and technical equipment
• Ability to work in a team

Contact person for this traineeship

Regina Floderer
Phone: 03641-9 48 03 1

E-mail

Job description

Electronics technicians specialising in energy and building technology specialise in electrical power supply and other electrical engineering attachments in buildings of all kinds. They plan and install electrical attachments, safety lighting systems, lightning protection and fire detection and fire alarm systems. The installation of building control systems and data networks or control and regulation systems for heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems are also part of their range of tasks.

To do this, you will create control programmes, define parameters, measure electrical variables and test the systems. During maintenance work, you will check the electrical safety equipment, determine the causes of faults and rectify faults. If necessary, you will advise customers on technical innovations and provide information on the expected costs of a retrofit.

Training content

The following knowledge and skills, among others, are taught during practical training:

• Design and plan electrotechnical systems for energy supply and building technology according to customer requirements
• Installing and commissioning attachments and components
• Installing power supply equipment, lighting systems, drives, switching, control and regulation equipment and making electrical connections
• Install reception and communication systems and data networks
• Install and commission attachments for backup power supply and safety lighting systems
• carry out electrotechnical measurements, test and commission technical building systems
• test and maintain electrical attachments, devices and safety equipment
• carry out inspections and maintenance work, repair attachments and components
• checking the function, operational safety and energy efficiency of devices and attachments
• Creating technical documentation

Duration and location of training

• The training period is 3 ½ years.
• The practical training takes place in the Department of Construction and Real Estate, Staff Unit-Electrical Engineering at Friedrich Schiller University Jena. Theoretical knowledge is taught at the state vocational school centre in Unterwellenborn.

Requirements

• Good secondary school leaving certificate, especially in science subjects, Mathematics, Physics and English
• Interest in technology and working with technical devices and attachments as well as manual dexterity
• Ability to think logically
• Careful and systematic way of working
• Interest in data processing
• ability to work in a team

Contact person for this traineeship

Steffen Jupe
Phone: 03641-9 414 323

e-mail

Job description

Media and information services specialists specialising in libraries are involved in setting up and maintaining library collections and carry out administrative and organisational administrative and organisational work. They also provide advisory services(s)|consultations
They also advise customers on researching and procuring information and media.

Training content

Practical training includes the following knowledge and skills are taught:

• Acquisition, cataloguing and indexing of books, journals, electronic media, etc.
• Research strategies and search techniques for information and data
• Administration and maintenance of the collection
• Information, advisory service(s)|consultations and support for users
• Communication and co-operation
• Work organisation and library administration

Duration and location of the training programme

• The training period is 3 years.
• The practical training takes place at the Thuringian University and State
  State Library of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena. The theoretical
  knowledge is taught at the state vocational school centre in Sondershausen.
  Note: A stay at a boarding school is necessary

Requirements

• Good secondary school leaving certificate, especially in German and English
• Interest in working with books, magazines and other media
• Careful and systematic way of working
• basic knowledge of electronic data processing is desirable
• sense of order
• Enjoy working with people

Contact person for this traineeship

Julia Brauer

Tel.: 03641-9 40 40 51

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Job profile

Gardeners can specialise in different subject areas|fields. If you specialise in ornamental plant cultivation, you will produce ornamental plants, potted plants, cut flowers or bedding and balcony plants in an energy and environmentally conscious manner. You will learn how to use and assess soils and substrates correctly and cultivate ornamental plants in a timely and environmentally friendly manner.

Climate control, irrigation, fertilisation or lighting and darkening are now carried out using state-of-the-art technology. Work such as harvesting, sorting or selling is also carried out by a gardener. They also have the task of informing and advising customers.

Training content

The following knowledge and skills, among others, are taught during practical training:

• Training in the greenhouse (vegetative and generative propagation, young plant cultivation, greenhouse technology, fertilisation, plant protection, seed science)
• Outdoor training (propagation of perennials, young plant cultivation, bed preparation, irrigation, fertilisation, plant protection, woody plant care, equipment knowledge)
• Marketing
• production

Duration and location of the training programme

• The training programme lasts 3 years.
• The practical training takes place in the Botanical Garden of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena. The theoretical knowledge is taught at the Ernst-Benary-Schule in Erfurt. In addition, guest internships take place in various horticultural facilities|institutions|(structural) units in Jena.

Requirements

• Secondary school leaving certificate, good grades, especially in Biology and Geography
• health aptitude
• manual skills
• Interest in and love of plants and nature
• good manners

Contact person for this traineeship

Lisa Raabe
Phone: 03641-949278

e-mail

Job description

Industrial mechanics for precision engineering plan and manufacture precision engineering devices and
precision engineering devices, equipment and attachments from semi-finished and standardised parts and these into operation. They work in prototype construction, individual and small series production
as well as in technical service and maintenance.

HereExternal link you can find our video on training as an industrial mechanic - precision engineering.

Training content

Practical training includes the following knowledge and skills are taught:

• Manufacturing components, assemblies and devices by:
  • Manual and mechanical machining
  • Cutting and forming
  • Joining by means of screwing, welding, soldering and gluing
• Measuring and testing
• Assembling components into precisely functioning assemblies, devices and systems
• Maintenance and servicing of device systems
• Commissioning these devices and testing and adjusting functions
• Electrical and control technology components
• Creating programmes and working on CNC machines

Duration and location of training

• The training period is 3 ½ years.
• The practical training takes place at the Faculty of Physics and Astronomy
  of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena. The theoretical knowledge is taught
  taught at the state vocational school centre in Jena-Göschwitz.

Requirements

• Good secondary school leaving certificate, especially in scientific subjects
• manual skills
• Spatial imagination
• Technical understanding
• physical resilience

Contact person for this traineeship

Marcus Ostermann
Phone: 03641-94 70 67

e-mail

Job description

Office management assistants are trained on a rotational basis in various subject areas|fields of university administration such as Finance and Procurement, Human Resources, Property Management, Student Services, Post Office and in the Administrative Assistant of a faculty.

They support the departments in handling day-to-day business and take on Administrative Assistant and assistant tasks such as planning events and business travel|business trips, processing procurement procedures and auditing. They are the contact persons for professors, students and guests of the institution of higher education and are responsible for handling university communication and correspondence.

Training content

The newly revised compulsory qualifications and two optional qualifications are acquired during the training programme.

The compulsory qualifications cover the knowledge required to carry out day-to-day business. These are the subject of the first and second year of training and include

• Information processing, e.g. drafting letters and minutes, processing mail, using legal texts, processing files
• Coordination and organisational tasks, e.g. planning meetings, business travel|business trips, events, receiving and looking after visitors, finding transport connections, making reservations
• Order processing, e.g. checking invoices, calculating remuneration, examination of orders
• Materials management, e.g. ordering office supplies, stocktaking of all office supplies, materials distribution

You will acquire the elective qualifications in the third year of training. They cover subject-specific knowledge in certain areas. The university currently offers the following elective qualifications:

• Human resources management
• Assistance and Administrative Assistant

A period of five months is planned for each of the two qualifications. During this time, you will be deployed in appropriately specialised subject) areas|field within the University Administration or an Administrative Assistant in one of the faculties.

Job opportunities

Due to the complexity of the job description "Office Management Assistant", there are a variety of possible places to work depending on your chosen qualification. These include, for example

• Public facilities|institutions|(structural) units, e.g. universities/universities of applied sciences or municipal administrations
• Companies in numerous sectors, e.g. retail, logistics

Duration and location of the apprenticeship

• The apprenticeship lasts a total of 3 years
• The practical training takes place in several subject areas|fields of the university administration, such as the Human Resources Department or the Department of Finance and Procurement and in the Administrative Assistant of a faculty of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena. The theoretical knowledge will be taught at the State Vocational School for Business, Administration and Nutrition in Weimar.

What the Friedrich Schiller University also offers you

During your training with us, you will be supported by experienced trainers and colleagues. We also have very well-equipped workplaces with state-of-the-art technology. During your training, you will receive an appropriate training allowance in accordance with the collective agreement for trainees of the federal states (TVA-L-BBiG). Throughout your apprenticeship, we offer additional seminars such as specialised training or English courses.

You have the opportunity to take part in study trips and internships abroad during the three years of training and are supported accordingly by the Friedrich Schiller University. During an annual training trip with trainers and trainees, you will have the opportunity to exchange ideas with each other. The doors of our university library are of course also open for your independent study|self-directed learning|self-study. We are happy to advise trainees from abroad on finding suitable accommodation.

Requirements

• good secondary school certificate, especially in German and English
• good knowledge of spelling and grammar
• Interest in working on a PC, basic knowledge of electronic data processing is desirable
• A sense of responsibility
• sense of order
• Enjoy working with people

Contact person for this traineeship

Szilvia Mammel
Phone: 03641-9 41 54 12

e-mail

Job description

Image and sound media designers plan media productions and are involved in their realisation.
realisation. They set up media-specific production systems, produce image and sound recordings and edit them. In the run-up to a media production, media designers plan the technical processes, select the necessary technical equipment and install it.

During an event, you are responsible for the operation and smooth technical process. In post-production, you will edit the relevant material and make it available on the necessary data carriers for further use.

HereExternal link you can find our video on training as a media designer for image and sound.

Training content

Practical training includes the following knowledge and skills
skills are taught:

• Operation of camera technology and recording equipment
• Audio and video editing
• Maintenance and care of media technology
• Installation and operation of presentation technology
• Technical preparation and realisation of events with multimedia support
• Installation and operation of lighting technology
• Production of multimedia data carriers for teaching and research
• Communication technologies (video conferencing, streaming)
• Supervision of multimedia PC workstations

Duration and location of training

• The training period is 3 years.
• The practical training takes place at the Multimedia Centre of the Friedrich Schiller
  University of Jena. The theoretical knowledge will be taught at the Gutenberg School, Vocational School Centre of the City of Leipzig. Note: Accommodation in Leipzig is recommended and costs can be covered.
  

Requirements

• Good secondary school leaving certificate, especially in science subjects and English
• Interest in technology and how devices, machines and systems work
  attachments
• Careful and systematic way of working
• Creativity, teamwork and communication skills

Contact person for this traineeship

Frank Reißmann
Tel.: 03641-9 40 45 64

e-mail

Job description

Being a carpenter means working on the basis of a traditional craft. You make furniture, doors and windows, usually customised, from wood and wood-based materials, but also plastics, metal and glass, and carry out interior finishing work. The workplace is mainly in workshops, but you will also work directly with customers or on construction sites.

Training content

The following knowledge and skills, among others, are taught during practical training:

• Preparing designs, sketches and workshop drawings in consultation with the customer
• Knowing and using carpentry tools and how to care for them
• Know the properties of wood and how to distinguish between different types of wood
• Manual processing of wood (planing, sawing, filing, sanding)
• Produce various wood joints
• Working on machines and caring for them
• surface treatment
• Veneering wooden workpieces
• Processing plastic, glass and metal
• Carrying out assembly work

Duration and location of the apprenticeship

• The apprenticeship lasts 3 years.
• The practical training takes place in the carpentry workshop of the Friedrich Schiller University's Department of Construction and Real Estate. The carpentry work is used exclusively for the university. The theoretical knowledge is taught at the Hermsdorf State Vocational School Centre.

Requirements

• Secondary school leaving certificate, good performance in scientific subjects
• Good manual skills
• a certain passion for working with wood as a material
• Physical resilience
• ability to work in a team

Contact person for this traineeship

Jacob Linde
Phone: 03641-9 41 43 16

e-mail