VITALIS Internship Wood Processing

For students of Construction and Interior Construction Trades like Masonry, Painting

The student learns/knows:

Making sketches, plans and drawings and how to read technical documents and determine the material requirements
Set up and secure workplaces, e.g. during on-site assembly
Different types of wood and wood-based materials and how to process them manually or by machine
Handle, adjust and maintain both hand and machine tools
How to make fixtures, bodies or frames
Conduct intermediate and final checks
How to make frames and racks, how to assemble the individual components and how the products, e.g. doors, windows, stairs, furniture are made
What surface treatment options are available, e.g. staining or colouring, and how to apply wood preservation measures
Prepare the products for transport, what is important during assembly and disassembly on site and how to install insulation materials

The student develops their understanding of:

Design and construction of products
Planning and preparation of work processes
Setting up, securing and clearing workstations
Working and processing of wood, wood-based and other materials and semi-finished products
Making simple products from wood
Manufacture composite products from wood and wood-based materials
Treatment and refinement of surfaces, maintenance of articles
Setting up, operating and maintaining tools, equipment, machines, plants and devices
Manufacture of parts and assembly of products
Implementation of quality assurance measures

Health and safety at work - observes health and safety rules and SOPs
Professionally oriented foreign language - improved ability to use a foreign language (English/German) in the execution of tasks and the ability to formulate short and comprehensible statements to communicate in the workplace
Personal and social competences - develops a culturally and ethically sound approach to working with others in a company, increased creativity and consistency in their actions, copes with stress, responsibility and assigned tasks
Organisation of work in small teams - increased ability to communicate and work collaboratively with colleagues, organise work in a team

All internships according to the Dual vocational training in Germany and the principles of ECVET
Our internships take place in small groups under the guidance of qualified and experienced staff
The internships are scaleable - depending to the knowledge of participants from different classes
According to the length of stay the internships can be customized and combined
Our internships can be funded by Erasmus programme - open for all member states of the European Union

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