Apprenticeship at the IOW: Taking responsibility for the future
We regularly train young people as chemical laboratory assistants, industrial mechanics or biological laboratory assistants – always with the aim of successfully completing their training with an employment contract with us. In this way, we take responsibility for the future of the next generation of professionals, even beyond academic career paths.
Further information on
- Chemical laboratory assistant (3.5 years)
- Industrial mechanic (3.5 years)
- Biological laboratory assistant (3.5 years)
The IOW is responsible for the in-company part of each of these dual training programmes.
Trainee chemical laboratory assistants complete their practical part of their training in the laboratories of our Marine Chemistry department. They will gain an understanding of state-of-the-art analytical methods for determining nutrients and pollutants in seawater, but can also broaden their training by observing colleagues from the marine biology and marine geology departments at work in molecular biology or geochemistry laboratories. And last but not least, working at sea is also part of the practical training.
Contact: joanna.waniek@iow.de
In our mechanical workshop, apprentices training to become industrial mechanics learn to build specialised structures for research purposes at workbenches and milling machines, using technical drawings as a guide. And the scientific community has a great need for specialised equipment. This means that a training facility is being developed in close consultation with researchers, ensuring that the learning experience is always closely linked to current research questions. As the specialised equipment required is mostly used at sea, seafaring experience is an advantage!
Contact: holger.posselt@iow.de
Trainee biological laboratory assistants have the opportunity to gain an insight into many different areas of marine biology and play an active role. At the start of your training, you will learn how to use the most important laboratory equipment, tools and chemicals correctly. Later on, the programme will cover microbiology, molecular biology and species identification (phytoplankton, zooplankton, benthic organisms). Last but not least, practical training also includes working at sea.
For areas that we cannot cover in-house, such as haematology, animal experimentation, and the humane killing and dissection of a mouse, courses are held at the BCAW Training Centre in Rostock, for example.
Contact: christin.laudan@iow.de und christian.burmeister@iow.de