Job title:

Industrial mechanic for machine and systems technology

Fields of activity:

Industrial mechanics for machine and systems technology setup, service and retrofit machines and production systems. You commission, operate and maintain these machines and systems.

Typical scope of work includes:

• Maintenance of industrial installations, production and processing systems 
• Mounting assemblies
• Final assembly
• Construction of prototypes

Possible scope of work includes:

• Maintenance
• Assembly
• Technical service

Duration of the training:

3 ½ years

Contents of the training program (an excerpt):

• Manual or machine chipping of various materials 
• Application of separating and converting technologies
• Jointing of materials (e.g. bonding, soldering, fusion welding...)
• Assembly of components to make modules using working plans, tools, rigs and measuring devices
• Commissioning of machines and systems
• Principles of electrical engineering
• Control technology (pneumatics / E-pneumatics, hydraulics)

Requirements:

• Qualifying secondary modern school certificate
• “O” levels
• Technical aptitude