Training as industrial clerk: Woman at work.

Apprenticeship as industrial clerk

In the apprenticeship as industrial clerk, you learn how to keep an eye on all business processes. In this profession, you are the interface between the departments and you enable your team to get on with its job.

Your apprenticeship at KUKA

During and after the apprenticeship as industrial clerk, you always maintain an overview of business processes. The industrial clerks at KUKA carry out planning, control and monitoring of goods. They compare quotations, negotiate with suppliers and handle the organization of goods. In short: industrial clerks ensure an efficient workflow.

Our industrial clerks can be found in all kinds of areas: as assistants, in charge of particular activities or in purchase, human resources and controlling. As a result, you will get to know many different areas in the course of your apprenticeship.

You can expect to tackle these tasks during and after your apprenticeship as industrial clerk:

Organizing purchasing, storage and goods receipt
Evaluating quotations from and requests for quotations to suppliers
Receiving, checking and documenting products and services
Coordinating production orders (both material and technical aspects)

Our training and further education offers

During your apprenticeship at KUKA, you have various possibilities for continuing your education. For example, you can benefit from the following offers:

Introduction days
Courses for exam preparation
Foreign language courses
Robot training
Foreign placements of four to six weeks

In addition, you also have various opportunities after your apprenticeship, such as:

Continuing education programs at the KUKA Academy
Sponsorship programs for master workers or technicians

Duration of the apprenticeship and graduation

KUKA offers training as an industrial clerk at its Augsburg, Bremen and Obernburg locations.

Augsburg:

Upon successful completion after 2.5 to 3 years, you will be trained industrial clerk of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce. Your training will take place in cooperation with Vocational School IV in Augsburg. For you, this means that both your practical assignments at KUKA and your classes will take place in Augsburg.

Bremen:

Upon successful completion after 3 years, you will be trained industrial clerk of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce. Your training will take place in cooperation with the vocational school SZ Bördestraße. For you, this means that both your practical assignments at KUKA and your classes will take place in Bremen.

Obernburg:

Upon successful completion after 2.5 to 3 years, you will be trained industrial clerk of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce. Your training will take place in cooperation with the vocational school in Obernburg or Aschaffenburg.

What you should bring with you

Affinity, enthusiasm and passion for business topics and commercial processes
Organizational and planning talent
Sense for numbers
Talent for communication and languages
Good command of English
Enjoy working with other people in a multicultural / international environment
Initiative and an independent way of working
Good command of written and spoken English
Interest in exchanging knowledge and ideas, as well as learning new things
Middle maturity or (technical) high school diploma

This is what you can look forward to

Attractive remuneration including Christmas bonus and vacation pay
30 days paid vacation
State-of-the-art training in the new education center (opened in September 2020)
State-of-the-art training facilities
Varied and interesting tasks as well as insights into Industrie 4.0
Fantastic atmosphere and a great team
Extensive continuous professional development opportunities
Company canteens and café
Very good transport connections

Starting date: The starting date each year is 1 September in Augsburg and Obernburg and 1 August at our site in Bremen.

Application

Please apply online via our careers site with complete application documents (covering letter, CV, references, etc.) about a year before the start of the apprenticeship.