Cutting Machine Operator

Are you interested in machining technology?

During your training as a cutting machine operator, you'll get an introduction to an exciting profession where precision is key. You'll learn how to manufacture and machine workpieces made of metal and other materials. This will involve taking responsibility for planning and managing the production process, setting up machines, and monitoring the production process.

You will be working with various tools and computer-based machines such as CNC turning and milling machines. You have a good ability to visualize things in a spatial context, which helps you understand technical drawings and convert them into complex components.

In addition to your good grasp of technology, we value the care and precision you put into implementing it.

Sounds like what you're looking for? Then an apprenticeship as a cutting machine operator is just your thing, and the perfect starting point to an incredible career.

Let's talk!

Training period


3 years 

Vocational school


TBD

Good to know

Areas
  • Production site

  • Training site

Duties
  • Inputting machining parameters in CNC machines
  • Selecting and checking the necessary tools
  • Setting the milling, grinding, and drilling speed and depth as well as any other relevant values on the machines
  • Commissioning machines and monitoring the production process
  • Carrying out intermediate measurements on the workpieces
  • Removing finished workpieces and checking dimensions and surface quality
About you
  • Good lower secondary school or secondary school leaving certificate

  • Interest in tools, machines, and systems

  • Manual dexterity/technical aptitude

  • Good ability to visualize things in a spatial context

  • Enjoyment of learning and working in a team

  • Flexibility and reliability

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Get in touch with us directly: 

CERATIZIT Balzheim GmbH & Co. KG
Carl-Otto-Weg 21
88481 Balzheim

Tel: +49 7347 9668-0
E-Mail: personal.balzheim@ceratizit.com