In Switzerland, the mechanical, electrical and metal industries are suffering from a skills shortage – especially in the area of production mechanics. Roth is filling this gap by offering attractive apprenticeship roles with the prospect of a permanent job at the end.

Turners are the people behind making our precision parts. It’s a varied role, but challenging too. It requires manual dexterity, good spatial awareness and strong technical skills. Polymechanics and production mechanics are well suited to working as turners. But these experts are few and far between on the job market. We therefore overcome this shortage by offering apprenticeships as production mechanics.

Developing expertise and taking on responsibility

Here at Roth, production mechanics learn the ins and outs of the profession in a modern environment. We work in a new, state-of-the-art production hall and use the latest-generation lathes. But despite this high-tech setting, there is still a friendly atmosphere, in which we attach importance to traditional values such as trust and responsibility. At Roth, our apprentices are trained to take on responsibility at an early stage. Our apprentice supervisor works closely with the trainees to enhance their specialist knowledge each day.

Finding creative solutions

An apprenticeship as a production mechanic in our company is extremely varied. We manufacture a wide range of precision parts for many different industries and applications. Bright apprentices therefore have the opportunity to develop new solutions every day that make our production more efficient, reduce costs and optimise the tolerance values. Our working environment differs from that of our competitors in that we mostly produce highly complex turned parts in small batches. This means the CNC automatic lathes are set up and equipped again from scratch almost every day. This calls for a high level of flexibility – and also keeps things interesting and exciting.

Starting a promising career

The academic requirements for production mechanics are slightly lower than for polymechanics, as practical skills are more important. Nevertheless, for a successful apprenticeship, you still need to enjoy maths and physics. To fit in well at Roth, you also need to be a team player, as well as respectful towards others and keen to learn. For apprentices with these qualities, there’s nothing standing in the way of starting an interesting career with great prospects.

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