Metal worker (m/f/d)

Pfanzelt Maschinenbau GmbH; Kaufbeuren; Hybrid; EUR 7,800 - 12,000; Full time

Job summary

Pfanzelt Maschinenbau GmbH in Kaufbeuren offers a metalworking apprenticeship spanning 3.5 years. Trainees focus on sheet metal working, weld together components, and rotate through departments to gain hands‑on experience in manufacturing frames and assemblies for vehicles and equipment.

The program emphasizes practical skills in cutting, forming, welding, and assembly, with school-based instruction at a regional vocational school.

Qualifications

• Apprenticeship in metalworking with a defined duration of 3.5 years.
• German school-leaving certificate required (qualifizierter Mittelschulabschluss/Mittlerer Schulabschluss).

Skills

Sheet metal working

Metalworking basics

Education

Realschulabschluss / Mittlerer Schulabschluss (German secondary school leaving certificate)

Job description

Metal workers specialising in commercial vehicle production make vehicle frames, bodies, chassis and superstructures for vehicles and machines, e.g. in agriculture and forestry.

They manufacture components made of steel or sheet metal from drawings or blueprints. They mark the metal, cut and form it. They weld and bolt together in individual components. In assembly work, they also use prefabricated parts and systems. They install hydraulic, pneumatic and electronic equipment or combine assemblies to create larger items of equipment, such as Loading cranes for loading work in the forest.

They remove damaged components to repair or replace them.

Duration of training:
3.5 years

School leaving qualification:
For the training, you will need a school leaving certificate (equivalent to the German “qualifizierter Mittelschulabschluss” or “Realschulabschluss”)

School/workplace:

• Vocational training school in Kaufbeuren (1st year of training)
• In the 3.5 years of training, you will focus on sheet metal working and work in various departments.