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Berlin, Germany - 2 September 2020

Apprentices 2020

20 young people start their apprenticeship at Berliner Glas Group

The Berliner Glas Group is getting support: Yesterday 17 apprentices started their careers at Berliner Glas in Berlin, three apprentices started their careers at SwissOptic AG in Heerbrugg, Switzerland already on August 10th.

The Berliner Glas Group is again offering a wide range of training opportunities this year. Twelve career starters are being trained as precision opticians, three young talents are starting their training in the field of industrial sales and business administration, two apprentices have signed up for training as cutting machine operators and three young talents decided to get trained as mechatronics technician, warehouse logistics specialist and IT specialist for system integration.

In total, the Berliner Glas Group is currently enabling 72 apprentices and dual students to lay the first important foundation stone for a successful career in the fields of photonics and technical glass at its locations in Berlin, Schwäbisch Hall and Heerbrugg.

Young professionals have a high priority in the Berliner Glas Group. In order to proactively counteract the shortage of skilled workers, Berliner Glas and SwissOptic have been trained their junior staff for many years – with great success. The majority of the apprentices are given permanent positions after their training.

The apprenticeships last between three and four years, depending on the profession and performance. Some of the apprentices shorten their training time due to very good performance. This is also the case this year: Four female trainees from the 2017 precision optician apprenticeship were able to shorten their training by six months and are already supporting their current departments within the Berliner Glas Group as new skilled workers. “We are very happy about the excellent performance of our apprentices. This is great proof of our successful work with young talents”, explains Dr. Regina Draheim-Krieg, Head of Human Resources at the Berliner Glas Group.

Canceled fairs and events as well as closed schools as a consequence of the corona pandemic have made contact with potential trainees more difficult this year. In the future the Berliner Glas Group will also use new digital methods to search for and select new trainees. Preparations are in full swing.

The training opportunities for 2021 at Berliner Glas and SwissOptic are already announced on the career websites (in German):
https://jobs.berlinerglas.de/schueler.html und
https://www.swissoptic.ag/ausbildung-swissoptic

2020-09-02: Apprentices 2020 – 20 young people start their apprenticeship at Berliner Glas Group

2020-07-15: Berliner Glas Group to become part of ASML

2020-05-04: Perfecting chucks: chucks and clamps for the semiconductor equipment industry - a success story from the Berliner Glas Group

2020-03-20: Relaunch of the websites of the Berliner Glas Group – modern, innovative & user-friendly

2020-03-18: INFORMATION: Dealing with the Corona virus at Berliner Glas – Extensive measures have been implemented

2020-02-27: Laying of the first stone for a new building – Building expansion at the headquarters in Berlin

2019-12-18: First Berlin Talent Company opened at the Hermann-von- Helmholtz School in Neukölln – Creating professional perspectives together

2019-12-02: 1,000th employee welcomed in Berlin – Berliner Glas Group continues to grow

2019-10-15: Compamed 2019: Berliner Glas Group with broad product portfolio - Optical systems and display modules for demanding medical applications

2019-10-09: Berliner Glas, an Employer with Top Career Opportunities - The Berlin based Company receives multiple awards

2019-09-19: Innovative Design of Optical Systems Boosts Industrial Metrology - SwissOptic publishes article on the development and manufacture of customized high-performance optical systems

2019-09-04: Berliner Glas Group welcomes 22 apprentices – Training quality again confirmed with excellent

2019-08-07: Additional optical components from the Berliner Glas Group in space – EDRS-C launched successfully

2019-07-18: Berliner Glas published specialist article about aspheres and cylindrical lenses

2019-06-12: Berliner Glas among the Top 200 of Berlin's economy

2019-06-06: Berliner Glas Group at LASER World of PHOTONICS

2019-04-08: SwissOptic AG – consistent investments in energy saving technologies

2019-06-04: Expanding the Executive Management of Berliner Glas – Thomas Polzer becomes Managing Director Operations

2018-12-17: Berliner Glas supports Strahlemann Talent Company

2018-11-08: Compamed 2018: Berliner Glas Group with new systems – Optics and display modules for demanding medical applications

2018-10-22: “Entrepreneur of the Year“ – Dr. Herbert Kubatz and Dr. Andreas Nitze awarded

2018-10-09: Berliner Glas expands production capacity in Berlin

2018-09-24: Berliner Glas Group: Young Talent Advancement

2018-09-06: New corporate design for Berliner Glas & SwissOptic – Logo relaunch guarantees a fresh and modern brand image

2018-03-21: Berliner Glas Group remains on its path of growth – The expansion of the Berlin location is in focus

2018-01-09: Berliner Glas Group presents innovative LED light source for ophthalmology

2018-01-08: Berliner Glas Group presents its solutions at Photonics West 2018

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