Process mechanic ready-mixed concrete

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Process mechanic for ready-mixed concrete during maintenance work in a ready-mixed concrete plant

The process mechanic for ready-mixed concrete is one of several specialist areas within the professional profile of " process mechanic in the stone and earth industry ". It is a recognized training occupation according to the Vocational Training Act .

job profile

Process mechanics specializing in ready-mixed concrete work mainly in concrete plants . There they operate, monitor and maintain the largely computer-controlled production facilities for the manufacture of ready-mixed concrete and ensure that the ready-mixed building material can be transported to the construction site on time. In addition, process mechanics specializing in ready-mixed concrete can also work in concrete and reinforced concrete construction companies or in recycling plants for residual concrete.

tasks

Process mechanics specializing in ready-mixed concrete work in the areas of production, quality assurance, and maintenance.

For the production of different types of ready-mix concrete, the proportions of the individual components of a concrete recipe must be precisely calculated and weighed. Process mechanics plan, calculate and weigh the raw materials (gravel, sand, water, the cement binding agent and possibly other additives) and start the automatically controlled mixing systems. They control the conveying, weighing and mixing equipment and carry out concrete tests for quality assurance. They monitor production at control stations. The tasks of the process mechanics specializing in ready-mixed concrete also include coordinating delivery times with the construction sites and dividing the special mixing vehicles into each working day. They also clean the system parts from caking, maintain the machine system and, if necessary, replace defective system parts.

During these activities, the process mechanic's workplace alternates between the mixing plant in the workshop, the raw material store, which is mostly outdoors, and the computer workstation in the office.

education

Process mechanic in the stone and earth industry, specializing in ready-mixed concrete is a recognized training occupation according to the Vocational Training Act (BBiG). The dual training lasts 3 years and takes place in the training companies, i. H. the concrete works, and in the vocational school . The training in the vocational schools includes both practical and theoretical teaching content in lesson blocks of around three or four weeks. According to the BBiG, no specific school qualification is required for training.

Training opportunities

Process mechanics for ready-mixed concrete can gain further qualifications as managers of the concrete plant or in the area of ​​disposition by taking an examination as an industrial foreman ("preparation and process engineering") or by further training to become technicians specializing in mechanical engineering with a focus on process engineering . You can also train yourself to become a specialist in the ready-mixed concrete plant through courses with subject-specific qualifications, such as a concrete tester or an extended concrete technology training according to DIN 1045 (E-certificate). In cooperation with trade associations of the stone and earth industry, the Eckert schools and the Regensburg Chamber of Commerce , process mechanics for ready-mixed concrete can complete the master craftsman training “Industrial foreman processing and processing technology IHK (m / f)”. In addition to other disciplines, this also qualifies process mechanics in the field of ready-mixed concrete as master craftsmen. With a university entrance qualification, process mechanics for ready-mixed concrete can, for example, acquire a bachelor's degree in building materials engineering or materials science and technology.

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