Precision mechanic
Did you enjoy building with Lego bricks or tinkering with tiny components as a child? While others were running around with a doll’s pram, you were tinkering with your tricycle? Then you should continue to pursue your passion for tools and machines in the future. If you train as a precision mechanic, you will be constantly working with a wide variety of measuring tools and assembling machines and devices – sometimes on a grand scale.
The activity and typical industries
Precision mechanics manufacture stamping, cutting and forming technology products as well as fixture and mold making technology. They also manufacture machines, devices, systems and plants – including maintenance and repair. Professionals are primarily employed by manufacturers of precision mechanical and optical products in machine and tool construction as well as in companies that produce electrical measuring and control instruments. There are also jobs in maintenance and repair services at universities – for example at physics institutes.
