Electronics Technician for Industrial Engineering

– A large company family with a medium-sized business culture
– Modern equipment and the latest technologies
– Short decision-making processes
– An apprenticeship with room for personal and professional development
– Coverage of schoolbook costs
– Capital-forming benefits
– Company pension scheme
– Very good chances of being taken on if you convince us during your apprenticeship
– Further training and career development opportunities after your apprenticeship

You should have at least a good lower secondary school qualification or an intermediate secondary school qualification to start the apprenticeship.

Do you have a good basic technical understanding and manual skills, and were IT, mathematics and physics among your favorite subjects at school? Great, then you already have some of the most important qualities for an apprenticeship as an Electronics Technician for Industrial Engineering!

Teamwork is essential in our company family, where we value honest and open communication. You should therefore be a real team player and be able to integrate into an existing team.

At trigema, we traditionally have very high quality standards for our products as well as for our employees, whom we both challenge and support. To help us maintain this quality together with you in the future, you should bring:

• patience and precision
• willingness to learn and perform
• logical thinking
• punctuality and reliability
• a sense of responsibility

The apprenticeship lasts 3.5 years.

The apprenticeship always begins in September of the respective year.

The profession of Electronics Technician for Industrial Engineering offers you a wide range of opportunities thanks to its varied areas of work.

After completing your apprenticeship, you have good employment opportunities in many areas. Electronics Technicians for Industrial Engineering can work in companies where operating and production systems are used and maintained.

This gives you the opportunity to gain exciting insights into many areas and processes within a company. 

Please send your complete application documents, including your cover letter, CV, certificates and, where applicable, further references such as certificates, to:

Thomas Künst
Email: ausbildung@trigema.de
Phone: +49 (0) 7475/88 - 280

The quickest way is to use our application form.

If you have any questions about the apprenticeship as an Electronics Technician for Industrial Engineering, you can also contact the responsible trainer, Thomas Künst.

The application process for the Electronics Technician for Industrial Engineering apprenticeship usually works as follows: You send us your complete application documents, including your cover letter, CV, certificates and, where applicable, further references such as certificates, by email, as a printed application or directly via our application form.

Once you have uploaded or sent all these documents, you will receive a confirmation of receipt from us. After carefully reviewing your documents, we will invite you to an initial personal meeting if your application has sparked our interest.

During this meeting, questions about the profession, the company and you as a person will be discussed. We would also like to find out how you think, whether we are a good fit and whether we share similar values and goals. If both sides feel comfortable afterwards, you will be invited to a trial day.

During this trial day, you will get to know both your area of responsibility and your working environment with your future colleagues. This gives you an impression of everyday working life within our company family.

If both you and we can still imagine working together after the trial day, you will receive an apprenticeship offer from us.

As an Electronics Technician for Industrial Engineering apprentice, you earn €1,310 gross per month in your first year. In the second year, the apprenticeship pay increases to €1,360. In the third year, you earn €1,445 and in the fourth year €1,530.

You work in the electrical department at trigema with six qualified electricians, are involved in all processes right from the beginning of your apprenticeship and work throughout the company. In addition to the electrical department, you also gain exciting insights into the IT department. Throughout the different stages of your apprenticeship and individual work processes, our experienced trainers provide you with active support.

Your tasks as an Electronics Technician for Industrial Engineering include installing electrical components and systems in the areas of electrical power supply, industrial operating systems and building systems and automation technology.

You design system modifications and extensions, install cable routing systems and power lines, set up machinery and drive systems and install switching devices.

As an Electronics Technician for Industrial Engineering, you also program, configure and test systems and safety equipment. You also monitor the systems, carry out regular maintenance and inspections and repair them in the event of faults.

In your first year, you are introduced to operational and technical communication, planning and organizing work and evaluating work results. You learn how to assemble and connect electrical equipment, measure and analyze electrical functions and systems and assess the safety of electrical systems and equipment. You also gain knowledge of installing and commissioning electrical systems, technical order analysis and solution development as well as installing and configuring IT systems.

In the second year, this knowledge from the first year is developed further. You also learn about additional areas such as advising and supporting customers and providing services. You are introduced to the maintenance of systems and equipment as well as configuring and programming control systems. You also gain knowledge in the areas of technical service and operations.

In the third and fourth years, the knowledge from the first two years is developed further and you are introduced to business processes and quality management in your area of work.

The vocational school for the academic part of the Electronics Technician for Industrial Engineering apprenticeship is the Philipp-Matthäus-Hahn-Schule in Balingen. Lessons take place in blocks throughout all years of the apprenticeship, meaning that you alternate between one week at school and one week at the company.

- German - Social Studies - Economics - Vocational Theory - Vocational Practice 

In addition to general subjects such as German, social studies and economics, vocational subjects are also taught.

In vocational theory and practice during the first year, you learn to analyze electrotechnical systems and test their functions, plan and carry out electrical installations, analyze and adapt control systems and provide information technology systems.

In the second year, you learn to ensure electrical power supply and equipment safety, analyze and test devices and assemblies in systems, program and implement control systems and select and integrate drive systems.

In the third year, you learn to install and maintain building technology systems, construct and maintain energy systems and commission and maintain automated systems.

In the fourth year, you learn to plan and implement electrotechnical systems as well as maintain and modify them.

The first part of the final examination takes place before the end of the second year. The practical section takes place at the company and vocational school, while the written section is completed at vocational school.

The second part of the final examination takes place in the middle of the fourth year. The practical section takes place at the company and vocational school, while the written section is completed at vocational school.

After completing your apprenticeship as an Electronics Technician for Industrial Engineering, you can work as part of a team to support production processes and help maintain and improve the infrastructure. You can also help repair machinery, electrical systems and building technology.

After your apprenticeship, advanced vocational training can help you develop your career and move into management positions, for example by qualifying as an Industrial Master Craftsman specializing in Electrical Engineering or completing further training as a technician specializing in Electrical Engineering.

Further professional training helps you keep your knowledge up to date and adapt to new developments, for example in electronics, measurement and control technology, standards, maintenance and servicing.