Training with Dr. Schär Germany is your direct entry into professional life. We appreciate you from the outset as a full member of the Dr. Schär family and offer you the opportunity to use your strengths and to develop yourself further.
Choose the training program that suits you from the current job offers or just apply proactively! (link to 5.3 jobs)
Your training companies
Find out here which apprenticeships programs we offer in our different locations and to whom you can turn.
Apolda location
At Dr. Schär Deutschland GmbH in Apolda we are looking for apprentices for the following professions:
- Specialist in Food Technology (m/f/d), State Vocational Training Center Zella-Mehlis
- Machine and plant operator (m/f/d), specializing in food technology, State Vocational Training Center Zella-Mehlis
- Electronics technician for industrial engineering (m/f/d), Andreas-Gordon School in Erfurt
- Specialist warehouse clerk (m/f/d), State Vocational School Sömmerda
You can find us here:
Dr. Schär Deutschland GmbH in Apolda, Thüringen, Liechtensteiner Straße 1, D - 99510 Apolda
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Your contact: Anja Kirsche
+49 3644 5151 8539
Dreihausen location
At Dr. Schär Deutschland GmbH in Dreihausen we are looking for apprentices for the following professions:
- Industrial clerk (m/f/d), vocational schools in Kirchhain
- Specialist in food technology (m/f/d), Peter Behrens School in Darmstadt
- Electronics technician for industrial engineering (m/f/d), vocational schools Kirchhain and BBZ Marburg
You can find us here:
Dr. Schär Deutschland GmbH in Dreihausen, Hessen, Simmerweg 12, D – 35085 Ebsdorfergrund
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Your contact: Anna Ruppersberger
+49 6424 303 221
What awaits you as a trainee with us
To be an apprentice at Dr. Schär means to do exciting and at the same time demanding tasks while showing personal responsibility and initiative. A dedicated and qualified team will support you in your varied activities and contribute to your professional and personal training.
- Instructor at the location
- Discussions and exchanges with other locations of our international group
- Guaranteed acceptance if suitable
- Reimbursement of costs for textbooks, boarding-school costs in the case of a valid vocational school visit, travel costs to the school and to inter-company courses as well as the assumed course costs
- School leaving examination meetings and company celebrations
- Regular occupational health check-ups
- Individual development and specialization opportunities, subject-related additional qualifications as well as online language courses
Your training opportunities
At our two Dr. Schär GmbH locations in Germany we offer a total of five different apprenticeships. Learn more here!
Commercial professions
Industrial clerk (m/f/d) OR
Commercial clerk for wholesale and foreign trade, specializing in foreign trade (m/f/d)
To get a feel for our products, you start at the heart of the company: production. You will gain insights into order acceptance, ordering of raw materials and the booking of invoices. You will quickly realize that without good teamwork, no cookies would be available for the customer. Whether as a foreign trade sales person (with a focus on languages and internships abroad) or as an industrial clerk: you will quickly realize that all departments are dependent on each other. And you get the chance to take part, even after your education.
"My training as an industrial clerk allows me to get an insight into all commercial department activities, to take on tasks independently and to get an insight into the most important processes. My tasks are very diverse and allow me to get to know a lot of practical aspects. I greatly appreciate especially the good co-operation with my colleagues as well as the many experiences that I gained during my training at Dr. Schär."
-Leonora Grau, commercial trainee
Duration and course of the training
Training for commercial professions takes 3 years. The duration can be shortened to 2.5 years, provided you have the German vocational diploma. It is a dual training system in which the training takes place in the company and at a vocational school. The lessons take place once or twice a week. Internally, the process is very similar, but there are significant differences in vocational education. While the focus of an industrial clerk is on the mediation of different areas of an industrial company, such as production planning, the various manufacturing processes, the structure and the calculation of warehousing, the profession of a foreign trade clerk focuses on international trade, i.e. import and export, logistics and the use of foreign languages.
Pre-requisite: German vocational diploma
Specialist in food technology (m/f/d)
Step by step you will get to know every single area of production - and that is varied! You start at the incoming goods department, where you accept and check raw materials. Then it's off to the so-called pre-mixer department, There are no cocktails here, but the mix has to be perfect, because it is necessary to prepare doughs according to the recipe. And your technical understanding will also be enhanced as you learn to operate our state-of-the-art equipment: first in the field of ovens, then in the packaging area. After completing your training, you will know pretty well everything about food technology.
"As a trainee food technology specialist at Dr. Schär, I get to know all of the production steps. It starts with the procurement of packaging materials and raw materials and their quality control and goes all the way to palletizing and shipping our products. The operation and set-up of our baking and packaging systems is also part of my job. Incidentally, I am also involved in projects to improve our production processes. This makes my education very exciting and varied."
- Timo Kornemann, Food Technology Specialist
Duration and course of the training
Training as a specialist in food technology takes 3 years. However, the duration can be shortened to 2.5 years, provided you have the German vocational diploma. It is a dual training system in which the training takes place in the company and at a vocational school. The lessons take place block by block. Altogether you will spend 13 weeks per year at the vocational school. During this time, you will get to know all the different areas within production (laboratory, production planning, warehouse logistics, etc.)
Prerequisite: secondary school leaving certificate level I
Electronics Technician for Industrial Technology (m/f/d)
In this exciting activity, you make sure that the entire production area is constantly electrified - but of course only by means of your technical understanding. Step by step, you will be introduced to the installation, maintenance and repair of state-of-the-art production facilities, until you can independently take over processes. In addition, we also give you smaller projects, so you can quickly become independent. We prepare you to tackle challenges on your own: as soon as a fault occurs, you are in demand and immediately start looking for the cause.
As a trainee at Dr. Schär, you will gradually be introduced to the installation, maintenance and repair of state-of-the-art production facilities, until you can independently take over processes. In addition, you will receive smaller projects.
"As a trainee with Dr. Schär I have the opportunity to get to know modern and sometimes unique machines. As an electronics technician for industrial engineering, I deal not only with electrical engineering, but also get a variety of insights into various fields of activity, such as metalworking and welding work, to name but two. I especially appreciate that you can proactively get involved in the company through your own initiative and the mastering of problems. This gives me the positive feeling of being an important part of the company."
- Patrick Blumenstock, Electronics Technician for Industrial Engineering
Duration and course of the training
The training as an electronics technician for industrial engineering takes 3.5 years. However, the duration can be shortened to 2.5 years, provided you have the German vocational diploma. It is a dual training system in which the training takes place in the company and at a vocational school.
Prerequisite: Very good secondary school leaving certificate or (technical) high school diploma
Specialist for warehouse logistics (m/f/d)
As a trainee in warehouse logistics, you will go through and get to know the various activities at the incoming and outgoing goods departments. You will learn about picking and packaging of goods, assemble loading units and prepare the accompanying documents for shipping our products. In addition, you organize the flow of goods and store our materials professionally. The implementation of inventory controls as well as the professional handling of conveying equipment, scale systems, tools and the workplace-related software system complete your training.
"When I started my training as a warehouse logistics specialist with Dr. Schär Medical Nutrition in Rosbach, I did not know exactly what to expect and therefore had great respect for my new role. But with ever increasing knowledge, the initial respect quickly turned to fun at work. Among other things, my activities include picking up incoming orders, picking up the goods and finishing the pallets for the containers, which we then ship all over the world. Now I am very happy that I got the opportunity to complete my vocational training at Dr. Schär Medical Nutrition."
- Karsten Gutjahr, Specialist in Warehouse Logistics
Duration and course of the training
Training as a warehouse logistics specialist takes 3 years. However, the duration can be shortened to 2.5 or 2 years, provided you have the German vocational diploma. It is a dual training system in which the training takes place in the company and at a vocational school.
Prerequisite: secondary school leaving certificate level I
Machine and plant operator (m/f/d), specializing in food technology
As a trainee machine and plant operator, you will be introduced to the machines and systems step by step. From the receipt of raw materials to the finished packaged product, you will be involved in all stages of processing. This includes the operation and maintenance of the machines as well as the monitoring of the production process. The practical and theoretical part of the training is similar to the course of training as a specialist in food technology.
Duration and course of the training
The duration of the training is 2 years. Subsequently, there is the possibility to complete a one-year further training as a specialist for food technology.
Prerequisite: Certificate of Secondary Education
