Electroplater
In Germany, electroplater is a training profession in accordance with the Vocational Training Act (BBiG) and the Crafts Code (HwO). It is offered without further specialization according to subject or focus in industry and craft . The apprenticeship takes 3 years.
In Switzerland , the term electroplater is common.
Job content
Electroplaters (new job title for surface coaters since August 2005) are skilled workers in the trade or industry. They are able to apply metals to conductive and non-conductive base materials in mostly aqueous solutions of salts. These metal layers are intended to impart certain properties to the materials that the substrate material itself cannot achieve. These are improvements in properties in terms of its appearance, its mechanics, its corrosion resistance and its shape.
The electroplating companies are able to change the composition of electrolytes in such a way that certain properties of metals are preferentially developed and the properties of the coating metal thus created benefit the basic raw material. A well-known example of this is the hardness and scratch resistance of chrome on relatively soft and sensitive plastics.
Depositors coat with the aid of electroplating metal - plastic - and other material surfaces to improve their properties. They prepare electroplating baths, check their functionality and composition and operate the special electroplating plants in which they metallize the materials to be coated in a large number of cleaning, coating and post-treatment baths ( electroplating ).
Electroplating often also includes very good mechanical pre-processing of the components to be coated. That is why the master of this trade in Germany describes himself as a master in the electroplating and metal grinding trade or, from January 1, 2015, simply as a master in the electroplating trade .
Training in Switzerland
Surface practitioner EBA
The training to become a surface practitioner takes two years.
There are three disciplines:
Surface coater EFZ
The training lasts three years. The school is usually attended in the form of block lessons. A vocational school block often lasts 6–8 weeks. If you perform very well, you can take the vocational school-leaving certificate at the same time.
If you pass the final examination you will receive the federal certificate of proficiency as a surface coater.
Previous professions
Electroplater
The electroplater was the predecessor of the EFZ surface coater and lasted four years of apprenticeship. Transitional provisions apply until December 31, 2015.
Hot dip galvanizer
The predecessor of the surface practitioner EBA was the three-year apprenticeship as a hot-dip galvanizer.
further education
- Switzerland
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Professional examinations (BP)
- Electroplator with federal diploma Qualification
- Hot-dip galvanizer with federal diploma Qualification:
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Higher technical exams (HFP)
- Dipl. Electroplater
- Dipl. Hot-dip galvanizer
- Higher technical School
- Qualified technician HF, specializing in electrical engineering or metal construction
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Universities of applied sciences
- Bachelor of Science (FH) in chemistry
- Bachelor of Science (FH) in Electrical Engineering
- Germany
- Technician specializing in electroplating at the LGA technical school in Nuremberg
- Electroplating technician in Schwäbisch Gmünd or Solingen and Pforzheim
- Chemical technician as advancement training alongside the job (SgD, ILS etc.)
- Bachelor's / master's degree in chemical engineering, if the Abitur is required.
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- ↑ http://archive.org/stream/appliedelectroch00thomrich#page/34/mode/1up/search/figure+15
- ↑ Ordinance on the professional profile and on the examination requirements in the practical and in the specialist theoretical part of the master craftsman's examination for the electroplating and metal grinding trade of June 25, 1984 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 768 )
- ↑ Ordinance on the master craftsman's examination in parts I and II in the electroplating trade of September 12, 2014 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 1522 )
- ↑ http://www.vsa-asa.ch/jwa/de/aus-weiterbildung/oberflaechenpraktiker.jsp
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from October 16, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from October 16, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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