What does an industrial electrician learn during training?
The training to become an industrial electrician lasts 2 years and can be
completed in the areas of industrial engineering or devices and systems. During
your apprenticeship, you will learn how to process, assemble and connect
mechanical components and equipment in the course of the so-called accident
prevention regulations. You will also analyze electrical systems and test
functions.
What does an industrial electrician do in the field of industrial
engineering?
If you specialize in industrial engineering, you will mainly be responsible for testing and evaluating electrical systems for safety. This means that you will work in quality assurance. Carrying out safety checks, documenting production data, and coordinating with upstream and downstream areas fall within your area of responsibility in training as an industrial electrician..
Industrial Electricians Are Mainly Employed
They maintain cables, find and fix faults and malfunctions, and
measure and analyse electrical systems. In your practice-oriented training at
Stromnetz Berlin GmbH, you will be encouraged to plan and carry out your work
steps independently.But don't forget to maintain the facilities and systems.
You will mainly be employed in companies in the metal and electrical industry,
in plant construction or in the automotive industry. In addition, you always
work in accordance with the requirements of environmental protection and
occupational safety.
What does an industrial electrician do in the area of devices and
systems?
If you decide to train as an industrial electronics technician in the field of devices and systems, your everyday work will look a little different. Here you work even more according to customer requirements, manufacture devices and systems and then finally put them into operation. The focus is on working with IT systems. You configure them and are also on site if there are problems. But here, too, you always have to keep the aspect of the Economy and occupational safety in mind.
Theoretical and a practical part
The training lasts two years and is divided into a theoretical and a practical part. First, you will learn your theoretical knowledge at the training centre in Berlin before you will then be employed in the practice areas of high, medium and low voltage as well as metering in the second year of training. You work 37 hours a week, but you can organize your working hours flexibly.
What do I need to bring with me for
training as an industrial electrician?
But what is important when training to become an industrial electrician? Can anyone do this training? Basically yes, but you should meet a few requirements so that you feel comfortable in your job and can imagine doing this job on a permanent basis. First and foremost, this includes the care and prudence that you should bring with you, especially if you have to look for and fix errors or faults in systems. But since you work a lot with electricity as an industrial electrician, you always have to observe the safety regulations. In order to make it easier for you to deal with hardware and software components and to be able to calculate sizes easily, the subject’s mathematics and computer science should not cause you any difficulties. Otherwise, a secondary school diploma is usually sufficient,