This apprenticeship has bright prospects for the future: the profession is more in demand than ever and offers a wide range of opportunities. Joiners are not only talented craftspeople, but also enthusiastic designers, experts in design issues and partners of architects. The fascination of this craft lies in working with wood in combination with other modern materials – and not least in the unique experience of seeing projects through from the initial idea to completion.

Duration of training: 3 years

Vocational school: Fürstenfeld

Processing round timber into sawn timber (posts, boards, squared timber, battens and laths). Once the sawing work is complete, you will ensure that the sawn timber is properly dried and stored. You will operate and monitor the conveyor systems and production machines and carry out quality checks as well as surface treatments. Your main task will be to control, monitor and maintain our “production lines”.

Duration of training: 3 years

Vocational school: Kuchl

Specialization in automation technology

Mechatronics engineers manufacture mechatronic components in machine, plant and equipment construction. They assemble mechanical, electrical/electronic, pneumatic/hydraulic and IT parts into mechatronic systems. They assemble the manufactured components and system parts, commission the systems and operate them. They work with other specialists from the fields of electrical engineering, electronics and mechanical engineering in manufacturing and production halls.

Duration of training: 3.5 years

Vocational school: Eibiswald

Production specialization

The main tasks in joinery technology include making sketches and drawings of products and selecting materials according to their intended use. The production process is planned and monitored, computer-controlled machines are programmed and, if necessary, changes and adjustments are made to the settings. Machine and system maintenance as well as necessary repairs are also part of the tasks, as well as the functional and design testing of the finished products.

Duration of training: 4 years

Vocational school: Fürstenfeld

Specialization in plant and operating technology

Electrical engineers assemble, install, maintain and repair our electrical systems, machines and devices. They build electrical systems, write PLC programs, draw circuit diagrams and expand them as required. They maintain the electrical machines and devices used in the company and look after and monitor electronic control systems. Electrical plant technicians are responsible for all electrical and electronic work in the company.

Duration of training: 3.5 years

Vocational school: Eibiswald

Specialization in mechanical engineering

Here, everything revolves around metals, machines and tools. Depending on the focus, the areas of responsibility range from the processing of metals into components, to the design and manufacture of machines and tools, to the assembly, control and monitoring of automated production systems. You will manufacture individual components and assemble them in the workshops or on construction sites. You will work with hand tools and program and control computer-aided (CNC) machines.

Duration of training: 3.5 years

Vocational school: Knittelfeld

Industrial clerks carry out office, administrative and organizational activities in industrial companies in all economic sectors. For example, you will work in the purchasing of raw materials, materials management (e.g. warehousing and shipping), accounting (bookkeeping, cost accounting and invoicing), human resources (personnel administration, payroll accounting), sales or advertising.

Duration of training: 3 years

Vocational school: Mitterdorf / Mürztal

Specialization in systems engineering

IT technicians set up electronic data processing equipment and install, configure (adjust), test and maintain it. This primarily includes the hardware of computers and peripheral devices (e.g. printers, scanners, fax machines), operating systems, networks, interfaces, etc. They replace hard disks, upgrade PCs with new processors and storage space and install software. You will work at different locations, e.g. in production facilities and offices. They read technical documentation (often in English) and use special measuring and testing equipment. They also work together with specialists from different areas of information and communication technology.

Duration of training: 4 years

Vocational school: Eibiswald