Packaging mechanic

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Packaging mechanic (VPM) is a profession and an apprenticeship according to the BBiG in Germany, in the subgroup of industrial mechanics. In Austria the official designation according to the vocational training law ( BAG ) is packaging technician .

Job description and tasks

The main task in this profession is to make packaging from plastic , paper , cardboard and cardboard . To learn trainees in addition to the development of packaging with hand sample -Production (classic manual) equipment also dealing with packaging machines and. These include, for example, sleeve wrappers, corrugated cardboard sheets, punching machines , crucibles are, in-line corrugated board laminating , gluing machines, plastic extruder , Kunststoffkaschiermaschinen, packaging machines and many more. Packaging mechanics control, monitor and secure the corresponding mechanical manufacturing processes. Due to the high level of technology in production, the operation of control computers and plotters as well as the creation of hand samples using CAD systems are taught. Another important area of ​​responsibility is the quality inspection of packaging materials with a wide variety of test methods . Packaging mechanic can in almost all areas of production are used by packaging.

Training in Germany

The training takes place in the dual system at vocational schools and at companies in the packaging industry. The training period is 3 years and ends with the final exam at the IHK . The profession is trained according to subject without specialization; elective qualification units result in a flexible training structure. The training regulations will be updated in 2010. The profession is to come into effect on August 1, 2011 under the name of packaging technologist .

School locations

In Germany, packaging mechanics are only taught at a few locations, such as Cologne (NRW), Stuttgart (BW), Neustadt an der Weinstrasse (SH), Elmshorn Ibbenbüren, Berlin, Hildesheim, Lauterbach (HES), Lindau (BY), and Lengerich (NRW). In the new federal states there is only one vocational school, the Johann-Friedrich-Pierer-Schule Altenburg , that offers this training.

In NDS, lessons take place two days a week in the first year of training and once a week from the second year of training, while there are block lessons in Hesse , Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg .

final exam

The final examination comprises a practical and a theoretical part. The theoretical part of the exam covers three areas: packaging development and tool preparation, production systems and production control, and economics and social studies. The first two areas are divided into open questions and multiple choice tasks, which in turn are additional questions on the following topics: bags, bags, carrier bags; Envelopes; Folding boxes and cardboard boxes; Round vessels; Bags of paper and plastic; Self-adhesive labels; as well as corrugated cardboard; contain. The practical part consists of three areas: packaging production (hand samples / CAD); Setup of up to two packaging machines depending on the training branch; as well as an elective qualification unit (e.g. pneumatics or quality management).

Training in Austria

In Austria, the packaging mechanic apprenticeship was replaced by the packaging technician apprenticeship on July 1, 2004 . The training contents differ only slightly from those in Germany or correspond to the job description. Packaging technicians mainly work in the industrial sector, namely in companies in the packaging industry and the plastics industry. In Austria, apprentices are trained for three and a half years in the dual system and at the end take the final apprenticeship examination. In Austria, the vocational school for chemistry, graphics and design at Hütteldorfer Strasse 7–17, 1150 Vienna, is responsible for training as a packaging technician.

Related apprenticeships can be completed with a shorter apprenticeship period, such as B. Cardboard goods manufacturers or production technicians . Independent professional practice is possible for packaging technicians, among other things, in the regulated trade of cardboard goods production. For higher qualifications at colleges, technical colleges and universities, in Austria you usually need the vocational matura (vocational maturity examination), which consists of the completed apprenticeship examination and four further exams.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ current training ordinance Germany , valid since August 1, 2011
  2. ↑ New Professions 2011 ( Memento of the original dated December 3, 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. on the website of the Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training . Retrieved November 12, 2010. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bibb.de
  3. ↑ Cologne (North Rhine-Westphalia)
  4. ↑ Stuttgart (BW)  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.jgs.s.bw.schule.de  
  5. ↑ Neustadt Weinstrasse ( Memento of the original from January 3, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bbs-nw.de
  6. ↑ Elmshorn (SH)
  7. ↑ Ibbenbüren  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.berufskolleg-ibbenbueren.de  
  8. ↑ Berlin
  9. ↑ [1]
  10. ↑ Lauterbach (HES) ( Memento of the original from January 21, 2008 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.eibe-online.de
  11. ↑ Lindau (BY)
  12. ↑ Lengerich (North Rhine-Westphalia)
  13. ↑ Pierer School
  14. ↑ Current training regulation for packaging technicians  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 78 kB) of the Austrian Ministry of Economic Affairs valid since 2009@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.bmwfj.gv.at  
  15. ↑ Federal Law Gazette II No. 34/2003 : Ordinance on handicraft access of the Austrian Ministry of Economics, valid since 2003

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