Vocational training as a Vehicle Painter (m/f/d) at WIRTGEN

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The tasks of a vehicle painter include surface preparation, priming, and coating of all kinds of vehicles and components. They work with fully-automated, computer-controlled painting lines, which they set up, operate, and monitor. They play an decisive role in assuring the premium look and unmistakable quality of our products. Above all, vehicle painters must possess practical skills, as well as being skillful, dependable, and committed to carrying out the tasks assigned to them with absolute precision. In the course of your training, you will acquire new skills and knowledge in specialized departments such as our paint shop with a paint line for large components and a continuous paint line, as well as in finishing and quality assurance.

Brief overview

Start of training: August
Length of training: 3 years
Training category: industrial-technical training
Training location: 53578 Windhagen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Training program

Your trainers will prepare you for your future career in the course of a three-year training program combining attendance of a vocational training college (the David-Röntgen-Schule in Neuwied) and in-house training in Windhagen. In the course of our in-house training schedule, you will acquire new skills and knowledge in all departments within our company that work with surface treatment technologies. Here are several examples of the comprehensive knowledge you will acquire in the various departments of our company:

  • Paint line for large components: This is where you will learn all the process steps required for painting components with dimensions of up 12 m x 3 m x 3 m and weights of between 800 and 30,000 kg. These steps include abrasive blasting and preparation of the surfaces of components prior to powder coating or wet coating.
  • Continuous paint line: You will learn how to operate the powder coating plant, in which an extremely durable and corrosion resistant surface finish is applied to 38,000 different parts weighing up to 800 kg by eco-friendly powder coating.
  • Finishing: Here, you will be a member of the team that performs strict quality assurance inspections on every machine and applies self-adhesive decals and warning signs before delivery to the customer. The processes here also include foil wrapping of machines for protection during shipping.

In addition, we offer you in-house courses parallel to the learning content offered by the vocational training college to prepare you for examinations and your later working life.

The WIRTGEN GROUP is the right place for you if:

  • You are fascinated by our machines and technologies
  • You can complete the tasks assigned to you reliably, carefully, and diligently
  • You enjoy learning new things and can stand up for yourself and your work
  • You are or want to become a team player
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What we offer you:

  • Exciting hands-on projects: You will build models of our machines as part of a multi-profession team or realize your own ideas
  • In-house training courses to deepen your knowledge of the learning content
  • Participation in international corporate events, at vocational training fairs, and construction industry shows
  • State-of-the-art training workshops and workspaces
  • WIRTGEN GROUP Trainee Technology Days – here, trainees from all brand headquarters work together to complete a real road construction project under their own direction
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Interested?

Please apply online with our application form and attach relevant documents detailing your previous education, qualifications, skills, and interests:

(A cover letter, Your CV, The names of your parents, Place of birth, Your last two school reports)

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Contact

Boris Becker | Industrial Training
Telephone: +49 2645 131 2817

WIRTGEN GmbH, 53578 Windhagen,
Germany

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