Apprenticeship as a Technical Product Designer - Machine and Plant Design 2027 (m/f/d)
Drawing - Planning - Designing
Technical product designers accompany the product development process from the sketch to the finished product. During your practice-oriented training in the automotive industry, you will learn the basics of technical drawing and how to work with an up-to-date CAD system.
Carolin Fürst
Technical Trainer
Your tasks
- Design of individual parts, taking into account various manufacturing processes as well as functional, technical and economic aspects of product development
- Deriving drawings from 3D designs for the production of prototypes and series products
- Support with calculations for the design of components and assemblies (e.g. strength calculations, material selection)
- Modification of drawings using company-specific software (e.g. Creo Elements) to adapt to new requirements
- Implementation of quality assurance measures to ensure product quality
Facts about your apprenticeship
What you need
- At least a high school diploma
- Technical drawing skills are required
- Technical understanding
- Logical thinking
- Diligence and precision
- Good spatial imagination
- Customer orientation
Important school subjects
- Mathematics
- Physics
- Crafts/technology
- Information technology
Duration of training
3 ½ years
Vocational school
Marktredwitz
Your career prospects
Later operational departments
- Equipment design
- Product development
- Development and design departments, particularly in industrial companies, e.g. machine, plant, vehicle and apparatus construction and the packaging industry
- Design offices and industrial service providers
Further training opportunities
We also support your further professional training after your apprenticeship, for example as a technician or technical business administrator. Subsequent studies in the technical field are also possible and offer you a wide range of opportunities to work as an engineer. Whether it's a specialist or management career, we will be happy to shape your career together with you.
What you can expect
Individual supervision and support during your training
Trainee events
Modern work culture & working environment
High chances of being taken on
30 days vacation
Fair remuneration
RAPA Team
Company canteen RAPAteria
