Activity (specializations)
As a cutting machine operator, you will work on conventional and numerically controlled machine tools to produce dimensionally accurate workpieces by turning, milling or grinding. Precision and care are the top priority in your work. The training includes setting up the machines, monitoring the production process and quality inspection.
Education
Duration of training
3½ years
Vocational school
Marktredwitz
Prerequisites
- Good qualifying secondary school leaving certificate or intermediate school leaving certificate
- Craftsmanship: You like to tinker, tinker or screw things together
- Mathematical understanding
- Spatial imagination
- Care, accuracy and enjoyment of technology
Important school subjects
- Mathematics
- Physics
- Technology/Work
Further training opportunities
Would you like to deepen and expand your knowledge? – No problem, because RAPA promotes further training, for example as an expert for CNC machines or qualifications as a technician for machine technology. With the right experience, you can also train to become an industrial foreman and take on management tasks in the long term.
Later application possibilities
Machinists find employment
- in mechanical engineering
- in metalworking and machining technology
- in vehicle construction
and work in factory halls or workshops; in our central workshop – turning, milling and grinding departments.
Your contact person
Carolin Fürst | T +49 9287 884-6289 | karriere@rapa.com
