A large wooden board being cut with a table saw

Carpenter

Information on traineeships at the University of Jena

A large wooden board being cut with a table saw

Image: Andreas Hoellger

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Carpenters work on the basis of a traditional craft that has lost none of its fascination to this day. Using skilful craftsmanship and modern technology, they produce furniture, doors, windows or entire furnishing elements - usually as custom-made products. They not only process wood and wood-based materials, but also materials such as plastic, metal and glass.

Their activities range from planning and production to assembly. Carpenters also carry out interior work, design rooms functionally and aesthetically and use both traditional techniques and computer-aided processes. The workplace is predominantly in workshops where precision and creativity are required. At the same time, carpenters work on construction sites - where their work is visible and has an immediate impact.

Pictures in reading direction: Anne Günther (University of Jena) · freepik · Dezernat 4 - Tischlerei & Schlösserei

Important information about this traineeship

Training content
A large wooden board being cut with a table saw
Image: Andreas Hoellger

The following knowledge and skills, among others, are taught during practical training:

Making designs, sketches and workshop drawings in consultation with the customer

Knowing and using carpentry tools and how to care for them

Know the properties of wood and how to distinguish between different types of wood

Manual processing of wood (planing, sawing, filing, sanding)

Produce various wood joints

Working on machines and caring for them

surface treatment

Veneering wooden workpieces

Processing plastic, glass and metal

Carrying out assembly work
Duration and location

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Image: Jan-Peter Kasper (University of Jena)

The training period is 3 years.

The practical training takes place in the carpentry workshop of the Department of Construction and Real Estate de of the University of Jena. The carpentry work is used exclusively for the university.

The theoretical knowledge is taught at the state vocational school centre HSP in HermsdorfExternal link.
Requirements
Secondary school certificate, good performance in science subjects

Good manual skills

A certain passion for working with wood as a material

Physical resilience

Ability to work in a team

Journeyman pieces

At the end of their training, carpenters produce an individualised journeyman's piece. This is a piece of furniture or workpiece that they have planned and produced themselves and that demonstrates their creativity, craftsmanship and the skills they have acquired during their training.

You can get an impression of the craftsmanship of former trainees in the examples of their journeyman's pieces below: