Understanding and controlling business processes

Commercial and IT training in the Mapal Group

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As part of your commercial or IT training at MAPAL, you’ll gain a comprehensive insight into all economic business processes – in a global environment.

From Sales to Purchasing to Logistics: You’ll be expertly trained and deployed in all commercial areas. You’ll work directly in the day-to-day business, learn how to use globally networked systems such as SAP and be the contact person for customers and business partners. You’ll also gain an insight into our technical processes and the demands that MAPAL places on the manufacturing of precision tools.

Overview of commercial apprenticeships

IT specialist (m/f/d), specialising in application development

Developing software is the focus of your training as an IT specialist for application development. You get to plan, design and program a wide variety of programs and applications and develop user-friendly user interfaces that are suitable for the application. Various programming languages and special developer tools are used here. However, training people to use the new software is also part of your job description.

Requirements:

  • Good secondary school certificate, vocational baccalaureate diploma or A-levels
  • Good mathematical skills and technical understanding
  • Interest in hardware, software, etc.
  • Ability to think logically
  • Good initiative, diligent, possesses organisational skills, patient

Training content:

  • Information and telecommunication systems
  • System development: Learning and applying different test procedures, expanding application solutions
  • Testing and adapting existing applications
  • Troubleshooting
  • Creating customised application solutions
  • Training: Getting familiar with different training and consulting methods

Duration of training:

  • 3 years
  • If you perform well at school and in the workplace, you can shorten your course by half a year or even a whole year

Possible applications:

  • •    IT area
    •    Software development

Training sites:

  • Aalen
IT specialist (m/f/d), specialising in system integration

IT specialists specialising in system integration are responsible for planning and configuring IT systems. This includes installing and setting up hardware components, operating systems and networks. In case of faults, you are on the scene and ready to help the users with application problems. During your training, you will learn, among other things, how to distinguish between operating systems and their areas of application and what you need to consider when customising and configuring them. You will also gain experience in the application of programming logics and methods and in testing systems.

Requirements:

  • Good to very good secondary school certificate, vocational baccalaureate diploma or A-levels
  • Distinct ability to work in a team, analytical thinking, interest in hardware/software

Training content:

  • Designing/implementing IT systems
  • Installing/configuring networked IT systems
  • Error detection and correction
  • Presenting solutions
  • Training users
  • Project planning

Duration of training:

  • 3 years

Possible applications:

  • IT area
  • Support

Ausbildungsstandorte:

  • Aalen
  • Altenstadt
  • Pforzheim
Warehouse logistics specialist (m/f/d)

During their training, warehouse logistics specialists learn how to store goods properly, how to prepare economic and on-time route plans, and how to create loading lists and loading plans. You’ll operate forklifts, load trucks and organise the unloading of goods. In addition, you’ll get to compile deliveries, prepare offers and help with inventory work as well as simple annual financial statements. You’ll learn all about the profession during a three-year training programme. Alternative career path: Specialised warehouse assistants also receive the qualification “warehouse logistics specialist” by extending their training for one year.

Requirements:

  • Good secondary school leaving certificate
  • Good and quick perception
  • Prudent and careful way of working, organisational skills, sense of responsibility
  • Happy to do physical work

Training content:

  • Receipt of goods
  • Proper sorting and storage
  • Posting transactions in SAP
  • Participating in logistical planning and organisational processes
  • Order picking and goods dispatch

Duration of training:

  • 3 years
  • Alternatively as a one-year extension of the training as a warehouse clerk (m/f/d)

Possible applications:

  • In all logistics departments, e.g. goods receipt, warehouse, dispatch

Training sites:

  • Aalen
  • Altenstadt
Warehouse clerk (m/f/d)

Warehouse clerks receive, sort, store and forward goods. They work with various aids, such as forklift trucks or automatic sorting systems. During your training, you’ll learn, among other things, how to check stocks and order documents and how to carry out work orders in a way that focuses on the customer. You’ll also learn what’s important when it comes to storing goods. After the two-year apprenticeship and subsequent employment, you’ll be able to work in our logistics and shipping area.

Requirements:

  • Good secondary school leaving certificate
  • Good and quick perception

Training content:

  • Receipt of goods
  • Proper sorting and storage
  • Posting transactions in SAP
  • Order picking and goods dispatch

Duration of training:

  • 2 years
  • A one-year extension of the training as a warehouse logistics specialist (m/f/d) is possible if you perform well at school and in the workplace

Possible applications:

  • In all logistics departments, e.g. goods receipt, warehouse, dispatch

Training sites:

  • Altenstadt
Industrial clerk (m/f/d)

Industrial clerks support the commercial processes within companies. During the course of your training, you’ll be expertly trained and deployed in all commercial areas of our company. This is how you become familiar with all the important processes in the various departments.

Requirements:

  • Good secondary school leaving certificate
  • Good and quick perception, organisation skills
  • Good communicator
  • Reliability and ability to work in a team

Training content:

  • Practical implementation of the training content in the areas of
    • Materials management / Logistics
    • Finance and accounting
    • HR
    • Marketing and sales

Duration of training:

  • 3 years

Possible applications:

  • In all commercial departments such as Purchasing, Sales, Human Resources, Finance and Accounting

Training sites:

  • Aalen
  • Altenstadt
  • Pforzheim
  • Winterlingen
Management assistant (m/f/d) for office management

Management assistants for office management are responsible for a wide range of office tasks – from bookkeeping and accounting to customer communication and secretarial duties. After your apprenticeship, which lasts a maximum of three years, you can be employed in all commercial areas of our company.

Requirements:

  • Good secondary school leaving certificate
  • Good grades in German, English and Mathematics
  • Conscientious, quick perception, good self-organisation skills
  • Good verbal and written communication skills
  • Ability to work in a team, flexibility, reliability

Training content:

  • Practical implementation of training content in all commercial areas of the company
  • Use of operational communication systems
  • Participation in projects

Duration of training:

  • 3 years
  • If you perform well at school and in the workplace, you can shorten your course by half a year or even a whole year.

Possible applications:

  • In commercial departments such as Purchasing, Customer Service or Assistance

Training sites:

  • Meiningen