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Contents Your Future Starts Here
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Why join Siemens?
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What is an Apprentice?
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Your Apprenticeship at Siemens Professional Education in Berlin
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Benefits you will enjoy
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Our Apprenticeship Scheme (Case studies)
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Your Future Starts Here Whether you are leaving school, college or looking for a new career focus, our engineering apprenticeships could be the ideal route to your success. Would you like to earn straight after leaving education? Do you have the motivation and commitment to work and study whilst getting paid and achieve qualifications along the way? With Siemens you can have your cake and eat it. All our apprenticeship programmes lead to nationally recognized qualifications and are tailored to meet the requirements of our business and our learners. If you want a rewarding and challenging career, working for Siemens could be the answer!
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Why join Siemens? Siemens is a truly global company operating in over 190 countries. We operate in 4 different sectors: Energy: From oil and gas to wind power and marine current turbines, Siemens offers amazing careers. Be part of the green revolution! Industry: Our applications and software help to operate everything from buildings to plants. Healthcare: We manufacture medical diagnostic equipment saving the lives of many people. Infrastructure & Cities: More people live in cities than ever before – the challenges of a changing society to make cities “tick” is one of our key markets and offers amazing career opportunities. In 2012, Siemens turned over €78 billion, employing almost 400,000 people worldwide.
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What is an Apprentice? An apprenticeship at Siemens takes 3.5 years to complete. You will receive theoretical training at college to learn all you need to know to be successful in your chosen career. All your hands-on training will take place @ Siemens. In addition to your technical learning, you will also have the opportunity to pick up additional skills such as working in a team, giving presentations and problem solving. During your apprenticeship, you will have loads of placements in our business units so that you can apply what you have learnt in our training centres and at college.
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Your Apprenticeship at Siemens Professional Education in Berlin Our apprenticeship programme is based in Berlin and runs for 3.5 years starting on 1st August 2013 with intensive German training.
Apprenticeships in
Mechatronics Electrical/Electronic Engineering
Placements during Apprenticeship:
In the first two years, your placements will be in the Siemens plants in Berlin, in year 3 you will also have placements in your home country
What happens after the apprenticeship?
You will return to your home country and work in one of our local operating companies
Who should apply?
You need to be 18. Knowledge of German is advantageous High school leavers College graduates Or undergraduates who wish to have a change in career direction
Exam:
IHK (Chamber of Commerce) exam at the end of the apprenticeship held in German
Pay/Benefits
You will earn whilst you learn – our apprentices currently earn € 785 per month in the first year of their apprenticeship, rising to €921 in the final year. 30 days paid holiday Accommodation, including gas & electricity, adjacent to training centre paid for Help with settling in on arrival in Berlin Flights home paid for Intensive language training as lessons are taught in German ... and much, much more
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Benefits you will enjoy Training: We are fully committed to providing the best training for our Apprentices and you’ll benefit every day. Over the course of your apprenticeship, you will be learning a great deal both at the training centre and on the job. You will also be assigned a personal mentor to guide you through the relevant stages, providing continual support. Over time, you will take on more responsibility and accountability as your skills, knowledge and expertise increase. The benefits and advantages are outstanding – yes, you learn an occupation, but you also learn craftsmanship and the importance of doing things right first time.
Mentoring: Support your development by increasing exposure and supporting personal development Provide constructive feedback on a quarterly basis Encourage you to break new grounds to approach business situations Share his/her own experiences/stories including mistakes Refer you to other colleagues
We are fully committed to providing the best training for our Apprentices and you’ll benefit every day.
Further development: If you have got what it takes, Siemens can offer you the opportunity to develop your career further. Siemens Professional Education offers part time and distance learning opportunities Depending on Cluster / Country, Siemens offers a variety of professional programs to develop your career further.
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Our Apprenticeship Scheme Apprenticeship in Mechatronics Mechatronics combines Mechanical Engineering with Electronics – a typical career in Siemens after your apprenticeship would be in Plant Automation, installation, commissioning and maintenance of plant or as a Wind Power Technician Apprenticeship in Electrical/Electronic Engineering This apprenticeship prepares you for a career in Power Transmission and Distribution, installation and maintenance of complex production lines or in infrastructure projects
CASE STUDY Belgium
CASE STUDY France
CASE STUDY Spain
CASE STUDY Portugal
CASE STUDY Greece
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For more information about Siemens visit www.siemens.com If you are interested in applying for a place on our Apprenticeship Scheme, please go to www.siemens.de/ausbildung If you have questions, please contact: NWE (Ireland, Poland, UK, Latvia) to:
[email protected] CEE (Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia) to:
[email protected] SWE (Belgium, Spain, France, Greece, Portugal, Italy) to:
[email protected]
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Case study Name: Emmanouela Miliori Location:
Greece
Occupation: Electronics
A typical day in the life of a European apprentice A typical day begins at 6 or 7 am. After a good breakfast a day of classes follows, which is a mixture of intensive German language and terminology as well as introductory hands on labs sessions. During the first weeks some afternoons and the weekends had extra activities, such as sports and guided tours around Berlin. This was the perfect change to get to know the other classmates. In time, the focus shifts into the technical side of things, and the language lessons continue on a slower pace. The German language is used for all comunication and during classes, however with the help of the professors evens someone who unfamiliar with German would be able to get along comfortably. This constant use of the language makes it easier to learn it fast. The classes end around 3 o’ clock, so there’s some time for rest before homework or other activities in the afternoon. The apartment’s complex is located just 10 minutes of walking distance
from the Siemens offices. There’s also a metro station nearby, as well as supermarkets and an assortment of other shops. The jungfernheide park, which is an excellent choice for a walk, jogging or cycling, is just 700 meters away. Berlin as a city offers all kinds of activities. Apart from the sights to see there are many shops, restaurants, bars, clubs and a very active nightlife. The central square, Alexanderpaltz, is 40 minutes away via the metro. A must event to visit is the Flohmarkts (every Saturday) where you can buy various used items at a very good price. I personally think that this is the ideal place to buy a bicycle, which a really good way to get around! Explain your motivation for taking part in the Europeans programme A couple of years ago, I started German lessons while planning to go aboard for studies. After seeing the announcement from Siemens, I thought it would be the perfect change to put my electronics knowledge into practice, as a
profession. I am also enthusiastic about meeting people from all over Europe and being self-sufficient with a chance of working for one of the largest international companies! What do you expect from the apprenticeship? Apart from professional experience, I expect to gain a better understanding of the German language and related terminology, to learn how a big corporation works and to work with automated industrial equipment. What have you experienced up to now? What were the Highlights for you? For the short span of time I have been here we have done many things. The first month was the hardest but at the same time the most impressive. Tours in the parliament, the Berlin Wall, the river, bowling, rowing, tree climbing and others are the highlights of the first weeks. During the classes hands-on sessions with special equipment was also pretty impressive!
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Case study Name: Oscar Hernandez Montes Location:
Spain
Occupation: Mechatronics
A typical day in the life of a European apprentice A day as an apprentice in Siemens is completely different depending on if it is theory or practice. We have usually two weeks of theory followed by two weeks of practice. In the theory classes the Siemens Professional education is the most alike to an University. We start at 8 a.m. until 3 p.m. when we finish. We learn what we will later need in the practice, we learn how the machines work, the components from them and how operate them depending on what we would want to achieve. For the moment we have learnt theory, math, and technical drawing in these theory classes. When we have practice, we start at 7 a.m. instead of 8 a.m. and we also finish at 3 p.m. We make the project proposed by the teacher using the knowledge which we have acquired before in theory class and the useful indications from the practice teacher. And obviously we also have German lessons in this period of time.
Explain your motivation for taking part in the Europeans programme I was motivated to enroll in the program mainly for the fact of being a „dual system” education program, it was a kind of education that we currently can not have in Spain and in my opinion, it is a very useful education. Another reason was the importance of learning a third language apart from Spanish and English, German is such an important language not only in Siemens, but in the whole engineering field. Many people, who have worked in Siemens, have recommended me Siemens, and they have encouraged me to take this chance of learning and acquiring a lot of experience from the head of Siemens here in Berlin. What do you expect from the apprenticeship? I expect to gain the necessary experience and knowledge to give a good performance when the apprenticeship is over. To summarize, the basics are a high German level and the necessary mechatronics
knowledge. Apart from those, I think I can achieve too to get much more, a good working methodology, developing competences like team working, initiative and experience. In my opinion, experience is something that I can get from these kind of education, that I could not get from others, I think it is something very important to give a great performance to the company as soon as the program ends. What have you experienced up to now? What were the Highlights for you? In these three months I think that there were many highlights to emphasize, out from Siemens as well as in Siemens, the activities organized by Siemens for us at the beginning at the program were clearly the best moments, the tourism, leisure and sports activities.
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Case study Name: Biret Adrien Location:
France
Occupation: Mechatronics
A typical day in the life of a European apprentice A typical day in the life of a European apprentice is different between the week of theory or practice. For a week of theory, I wake up at 7a.m , take my breakfast and a shower, then leave at 7:30 /7:40 to take the metro or to go by foot to the Siemens AG SPE school (it’s take sensibly the same time). We begin at 8 a.m. with intensive German lessons until 11:15 with a pause at 9:30 of 15 min. Then at 11:30 we have the theory lessons till 3 p.m. with a lunch pause at 1 p.m. the rest of the day is for us, to work or to chill , to do some sports, etc . With the praxis week, I wake up one hour earlier because we begin one hour earlier too. We finish the day at the same time, but we have a breakfast pause at 8:40 a.m. and the lunch pause is at 11:50. We don’t have German lesson but all our lessons are in German, theory and practice. In both cases, the teachers are here for us and our improvement.
Explain your motivation for taking part in the Europeans programme By studying math before, I choose to go to a more real thing, and the mecatronik, which I never heard about before, was a good choice after a deeper research. Furthermore, the international experience is a really positive thing with learning an other language, an other country, culture, and way of working. It opens your mind and allow you to know more way or working than your owns. What do you expect from the apprenticeship? I expect a better maturity of mind and a better professional experience. What have you experienced up to now? What were the Highlights for you? To know Berlin and the German live, to learn the language, and the mecatroniks are the points I experienced up to now and I would like to keep going in that way.
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Case study Name: Tiago Vitoriano Location:
Portugal
Occupation: Mechatronics
A typical day in the life of a European apprentice One normal day in Berlin start as a normal day in Portugal, shower, breakfast, and then cycling to siemens with a very nice view from the city. The normal school day start at 8h, the first days is German classes, than start technique classes. As Mechatronics you learn Electronics and Mechanics, and more practice than theory, the school have excellent installations and the teachers teach very well. In practice classes we do many projects and you practice what you have learnt in theory classes. On free time we discover Berlin and practice our German, Berlin is a city with many histories to found and a few green spaces.
Explain your motivation for taking part in the Europeans programme At this moment is a great motivation for everyone in Portugal taking part of one Europeans programme, but the bigger motivation is that we can go back to Portugal and work in one of the bigest European companys with a course done in Germany. Another motivation now is that I’m sure about the installations and what we learn here is the best. What do you expect from the apprenticeship? I hope the apprenticeship continue doing well and learn many new things! What have you experienced up to now? What were the Highlights for you? My experience until now is very positive! In every class we have a excellent group job and in practice classes we have help from German students.
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Case study Name: Tim Demol Location:
Belgium
Occupation: Mechatronics A typical day in the life of a European apprentice One normal day in Berlin start as a As all When we have Theory we start at 8 am sharp. But when we have workshops – the Praktikums- we start at 7 am! If you are not an ‘Early Bird’, I’m afraid you have to rely on an extra alarm clock. All lessons are in German. Although German is a close relative to Dutch for a Dutch speaking Belgian, learning this new language requires a lot of energy during the first weeks. We do have support from a tutor though who helps with translations. During the Parktikum we realized already what Deutsche Gründlichkeit means. Working with new machines and tools is really exciting but Perfection is the norm at Siemens. Every 2 or 3 weeks you have to pass a test and every finished product needs to pass a quality test. It is only next year that we will have an internship of 2 weeks. For me it will be in the Gas Turbines unit. I’m looking forward to that experience already today. In small teams we have to complete a project. Our team’s task is to manufacture a compressor. You not only learn about a compressor but also how to work in a team, how to plan your work, how to solve problems, how to manage time and progress. Coffee breaks and lunch are at the ‘Kasino’ at very affordable prices. This is the time to socialize with your colleagues, coming from 14 European countries. A truly mini European Community at work! We stop at 3PM, leaving plenty of time to discover Berlin or to play football with the colleagues.
After doing some cooking together (my cooking skills increased dramatically) we enjoy everything Berlin has to offer; movies, pubs, architecture. Needless to say that we already can confirm the famous reputation of the Berlin nightlife. We really get on very well together. Which is not a surprise as you better be sociable and open-minded when you have to spend 3,5 years abroad as a youngster. SPE helped us finding our way in Berlin by organizing city trips for the whole group. And there enough to discover in Berlin ! A cosmopolitan, energizing city with – to our surprise – lots of green areas. Explain your motivation for taking part in the Europeans programme Siemens is well known for their deploySiemens is well known for their training and products. The fact that the programme is in German – a language that I have never learnt – was an extra challenge. Germany is known for their work precision - the famous Deutsche Gründlichkeit. So I was sure that I would learn how to work very precise and as fast as possible. Another reason was the guarantee of a job after the apprenticeship in a company with a world class reputation and because it is Siemens it will be a job that you will like. Especially what Siemens is doing today in the Energy sector was very attractive to me. I wanted to have hands-on experience as soon as possible. Duale Ausbildung (German for apprenticeship) is not very well known in Belgium, I was immediately interested when I heard about the SPE opportunity.
The combination of working and studying and last but not least, getting paid for it, made me decide to take on this adventure. What do you expect from the apprenticeship? I’d like the SPE to support me in becoming a top technical professional in the Energy Sector, capable of using state-of-the-art tools and machines. I also expect that after 3.5 years of living in Berlin my German will be perfect. What have you experienced up to now? What were the Highlights for you? The lessons are really interesting .You learn what is needed to become a top Mechatronic professional. Your personal ‘level’ is taken into account . This means that you can learn faster than your colleagues. The support from the SPE.staff. There’s also the feeling of achieving something when completing a ‘piece’. I like the Community feeling with the apartments and the camaraderie with the 29 colleagues, coming from 14 countries. The fun we have together. Everything that Siemens does to make us feel at home her. What are your hopes and aspirations for the future at Siemens? I’m dreaming of having a job later where I feel at home. Like I feel in this training. That’s why I first would like to continue my learning journey within this company. There’s so much to explore and discover at Siemens. 3,5 years will hopefully be enough to make up my mind about my future job, back in Belgium.
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