Author Archives: Gerster HeimTex

Your tasks

• Set up machines
• Provide materials
• Operating highly automated and computer-controlled weaving machines
• Quality control and maintenance of the machines

Our expectations

• Good secondary school diploma or intermediate school leaving certificate
• Craftsmanship
• Interest in practical activities and the textile industry
• Independent and meticulous work

Regarding Apprenticeship

• Training period: 2 years
• Vocational school: Gewerbeschule Balingen
• block teaching
• Accommodation during block teaching will be arranged
• Job-specific learning areas at vocational school for acquiring further knowledge (e.g., tailoring production processes to textile products, monitoring production processes)

Your tasks

• Online shop and marketplace management
• Helping to shape and manage the product rangeKlicken, um Alternative zu verwenden
• Add products to the online storeKlicken, um Alternative zu verwenden
• Maintain customer contact via email and telephone
• Develop and implement online marketing measures
• Order processing and fulfillment
• Returns management
• Support for innovative e-commerce projects

Our expectations

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Interest in online commerce and digital media
• Creative and analytical thinking
• Good knowledge of the English language
• Communication and teamwork skills
• Independent and meticulous approach to work

Regarding Apprenticeship

• Training period: 3 years (can be shortened to 2.5 years)
• Vocational school: Gebhard-Müller-Schule
• Approximately 1.5 days of vocational school per week

Your tasks

• incoming goods inspection
• Qualitäts- und Bestandskontrollen
• packing slip check
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• Handling and transport tasks
• Daily handling of conveyor and lifting equipment

Our expectations

• Good secondary school diploma or intermediate school leaving certificate
• Interest in practical and organizational activities
• Spatial visualization
• Independent and meticulous work
• sense of responsibility

Regarding Apprenticeship

• Training period: 3 years (can be shortened to 2.5 years)
• Berufsschule: Kilian-von-Steiner-Schule in Laupheim
• Approximately 1.5 days of vocational school per week

Your responsibilities

• Technical sales support
• Acquisition and support of new and existing customers
• Processing technical customer inquiries
• Independent implementation and management of customer projects
• Design, manufacture, and sell technical products
• Close cooperation with the production departments

Our requirements

• General or subject-specific university entrance qualification
• Technical and commercial interest
• The joy of sales and customer interaction
• Interest in high-performance textile products
• Good knowledge of the English language
• Logical and abstract thinking skills
• Systematic and precise working methods, flexibility, and mobility

About studying

• Theory phase at the Friedrichshafen University of Cooperative Education and practical phase at Gustav Gerster GmbH & Co. KG in 3-month intervals
• Duration of study: 3 years (6 semesters)
• Possible areas of focus: Innovation and product management, production & logistics, integrated engineering, technical sales, technical management
• Lectures: 1/3 fundamentals (mathematics, computer science, English, etc.); 1/3 business administration (marketing, controlling, corporate management, etc.); 1/3 technology (production engineering, technical mechanics, materials science, etc.)