The Quarzwerke Group is an internationally orientated, innovative family company of tradition that has its head office in Frechen. Our production facilities domestically and abroad in the field of the extraction, processing and refining of industrial minerals makes us one of the leading companies in Europe. Our main sales sectors are in the foundry, glass, paper, ceramics and construction chemistry industries. We offer attractive prospects for young people, particularly in our apprenticeship-based professions. Here is an overview of the apprenticeship-based professions at the Quarzwerke Group:
ELECTRONICS TECHNICIANS (m/f)
What does an electronics technician do at a raw materials company? Quite simple: the company Quarzwerke specializes in the extraction, processing and refining of raw materials. Highly technical plant and machinery are used to do this. Our electronics technicians maintain and repair those facilities, some of which are PLC controlled.
- Attendance of the vocational college 1–2 days per week
- Apprenticeship duration: normally 3.5 years
INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT ASSISTANT (m/f)
Our industrial management assistant apprentices are trained in administration, i.e. in the commercial area. Dealing with PC software and with the SAP merchandise management system is part of the foundation of the apprenticeship. The focal points of the apprenticeship include the areas of purchasing/materials management, sales, accounting and human resources management.
- Attendance of the vocational college
- Apprenticeship duration: normally 3 years
IT SPECIALIST (m/w) system integration
The focal points of the apprenticeship of the IT specialist with the specialization system integration are the planning and implementation of company-internal IT solutions through the integration of hardware and software components into complex network systems. This also includes the limitation and elimination of any faults that occur using modern expert and diagnostic systems.
- Attendance of the vocational college 1–2 days per week
- Apprenticeship duration: normally 3 years
CHEMICAL TECHNICIAN (m/f)
Chemical technicians control and supervise plant and machinery for the production, filling and packing of chemical products. Apprenticed chemical technicians learn about the correct handling of chemicals subject to compliance with the safety regulations. Their tasks also include the creation of analysis reports, the testing of the product quality on the basis of laboratory analyses and working in the process control room.
- Attendance of the vocational college
- Apprenticeship duration: normally 3.5 years
CHEMICAL LABORATORY ASSISTANT (m/f)
The central laboratory of the company Quarzwerke is a modern analytical laboratory, which—in addition to the quality testing of mineral powders and silica sands—deals with special analytics. Our chemical laboratory apprentices learn how to analyse organic and inorganic substances with respect to their qualitative and quantitative composition. The planning and implementation of test procedures through to the acquisition and interpretation of the data obtained are the content matter of the apprenticeship. These do of course also include the operator control, care and maintenance of the laboratory equipment.
- Attendance of the vocational college
- Apprenticeship duration: normally 3.5 years
INDUSTRIAL MECHANIC (m/f)
Our raw material silica sand is processed in technically sophisticated mineral processing plants and production processes into quality products. We require highly qualified and skilled personnel to maintain, service and repair such plant and machinery.
- Attendance of the vocational college
- Apprenticeship duration: normally 3.5 years
PROCESS MECHANIC (m/f)
The focal points of the apprenticeship are the monitoring, open-loop control and closed-loop control of the various production facilities. In addition, measures for quality assurance and maintenance of the plant equipment are taken under supervision. This comprises the various process stages from extraction by opencast mining, processing in the various process stages through to the refining into a quality product.
- Attendance of the vocational college
- Apprenticeship duration: normally 3 years