Apprenticeship and dual study programme at WEICON
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You would like to earn a degree while also gaining practical experience and earning money? Then a dual study programme might be just the right fit you.
It's a great opportunity to grow professionally and to tackle your own exciting projects.
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Bachelor of Science in Business Informatics – work and study programme (m/f/d)
What you can expect
Are you still undecided whether you want to do an apprenticeship or a study course? And when it comes to studying, are you unsure whether you want to do business administration or computer science? Stop worrying, because we’ve got the right solution for you! By choosing the dual study course in Business Informatics, you can get everything you want.
The course combines theory and practice: you will alternate between theoretical training at FH Münster (the university of applied sciences) and other locations and hands-on training at our headquarters in Münster.
You will start your study course with an 18-month apprenticeship at our company – as an IT specialist for application development or system integration. From the very beginning, you will also attend academic lectures and practical workshops at the university. After the sixth semester, you’ll take the VWA diploma examination to become an IT business economist. At the end of the seventh semester, you’ll graduate with a Bachelor of Arts degree. The practical training at WEICON takes place during the semester breaks. You will mainly work with the IT team, but you’ll also support other departments.
Structure of the Semester 1-3
• shortened vocational training (18 months)
• scientific lectures
• practical working groups
→ vocational qualification IHK
Semester 4 - 6
• scientific lectures
• practical working groups
→ diploma examination for computer science business economist VWA
Semester 7
• Treatment of current problems and applications of
business informatics as well as projects and case studies
• Completion of the bachelor thesis
→ academic degree Bachelor of Arts
What we offer you
- We offer you a varied and interesting working environment in an internationally operating company.
- We have more than 20 highly qualified employees with a trainer's certificate who will pass on their knowledge to you.
- During your training, you will have two mentors at your side.
- You will get to know all departments of the company.
- We offer you internal and external training opportunities.
- You will be given responsibility early on in our apprentice projects.
- In the second year of your apprenticeship, you have the opportunity to do an internship abroad.
- Company social benefits are made available to you.
- If you perform well, we guarantee that you will be offered a position after your apprenticeship.
- And the best thing is: Together with your colleagues, you will take part in great excursions, parties and activities.
- In addition, you can expect numerous benefits.
Class times
Semester 1-6:
Friday 8:30 am - 14:45 pm
Saturday 8:30 am - 12:45 pm
→ in the first phase additional vocational school in Datteln
Semester 7:
Friday and Saturday 8:30 am - 16:30 pm
- You should have completed a specialized secondary school with good grades.
- You have good command German and English language skills.
- You have an understanding of a process-oriented, analytical and logical way of thinking.
- You are interested in economic issues.
- You are reliable and able to work independently.
IT Specialist
Chamber of Industry and Commerce qualification (m/f/d)
You can't decide whether you want to do an apprenticeship or study at uni? Are you interested in an academic education but shy away from a traditional degree course? You would like to combine theory with practical experience? Then we have just the thing for you.
We offer a dual study programme in Computer Science with a specialisation in Application Development or System Integration. The course is divided into alternating theoretical phases at Muenster University of Applied Sciences (location: Steinfurt) and practical phases at our headquarters in Muenster. As a computer scientist at WEICON, you will work in a motivated team, be part of constantly developing processes and quickly take on responsibility.
You begin your studies with a one-year training programme at our company. After that, the actual study programme begins. In the first two semesters, you will attend vocational school for one day a week in addition to four days of study at the University of Applied Sciences. In the further course of your studies, you will receive practical training at WEICON during the semester breaks. So you work hands-on - in your team and as support in the other departments.
Semester 1-2
• in-company training
→ IT Specialist (m/f/d) - Chamber of Industry and Commerce qualification
Semester 3 - 5
• Algorithms and Data Structures
• Computer Science
• Project System Development
• Higher Programming Concepts
• Technical Basics of Computer Science
• Mathematics etc.
Semester 6-7
• Network Programming
• Software Engineering
• Object-oriented Systems
• Operating Systems
• Computer Graphics etc.
Semester 8
• Practical phase and Bachelor's thesis
→ Bachelor of Science in Computer Science - degree from the Muenster University of Applied Sciences
- We offer you a varied and interesting working environment in an internationally operating company.
- We have more than 20 highly qualified employees with a trainer's certificate who will pass on their knowledge to you.
- During your training, you will have two mentors at your side.
- You will get to know all departments of the company.
- We offer you internal and external training opportunities.
- You will be given responsibility early on in our apprentice projects.
- In the second year of your apprenticeship, you have the opportunity to do an internship abroad.
- Company social benefits are made available to you.
- If you perform well, we guarantee that you will be offered a position after your apprenticeship.
- And the best thing is: Together with your colleagues, you will take part in great excursions, parties and activities.
- In addition, you can expect numerous benefits.
- You should have completed a specialized secondary school with good grades.
- You have good command German and English language skills.
- You have an understanding of mathematics and technology.
- You have team spirit, are outgoing and customer-oriented.
- You work reliably and independently.
Dual study programme in Business Administration
Bachelor of Arts (m/f/d)
You can't decide whether you want to do an apprenticeship or study at uni? Are you interested in an academic education but shy away from a traditional degree course? You would like to combine theory with practical experience? Then we have just the thing for you.
We offer a dual study programme in Business Administration (BWL). The course is divided into alternating theoretical phases at Muenster University of Applied Sciences and practical phases at our headquarters in Muenster.
During your training period, you will work in the sales department (national and international), controlling, marketing, purchasing and all other company departments. This gives you the opportunity to get to know our company in detail and to find out which departments suit you best.
Structure of the Phase 1:
Semester 1-3
• shortened apprenticeship (18 months)
• academic lectures
• practical work group
→ vocational qualification as Industrial Management Assistant Chamber of Industry and Commerce (m/f/d)
Phase 2:
Semester 4-6
• academic lectures
• consolidation of the educational content in elective areas
• practical work groups
• company project work
→ Diploma examination as Business Economist VWA (m/f/d)
Phase 3:
Semester 7
• completion of the Bachelor's thesis
→ academic degree Bachelor of Arts
- We offer you a varied and interesting working environment in an internationally operating company.
- We have more than 20 highly qualified employees with a trainer's certificate who will pass on their knowledge to you.
- During your training, you will have two mentors at your side.
- You will get to know all departments of the company.
- We offer you internal and external training opportunities.
- You will be given responsibility early on in our apprentice projects.
- In the second year of your apprenticeship, you have the opportunity to do an internship abroad.
- Company social benefits are made available to you.
- If you perform well, we guarantee that you will be offered a position after your apprenticeship.
- And the best thing is: Together with your colleagues, you will take part in great excursions, parties and activities.
- In addition, you can expect numerous benefits.
Business Administration
• Fundamentals of Business Administration
• Corporate Management
• Primary Business Processes
• Accounting
• Financial Business Administration I and II
• Taxes
• Management Processes
• Management
Economics
• Applied Economics
• Economic Policy Law
• Business Law I and II
Interdisciplinary methods
• Mathematics and Business Information Systems
• Business English I and II
• Statistics
• Key competencies
Advanced modules (compulsory electives)
Semester 4:
Human Resource Management and Labour and Social Law / Logistics and Insurance, Import and Export Law
Semester 5:
Financial Basics of Corporate Management / Marketing, extension classes (compulsory elective area)
Semester 6:
International Marketing / Controlling
Semester 7:
Logistics / Finance / Controlling
Final examination elements:
Bachelor thesis, colloquium
One exam is to be taken in each of the examination areas. The classes in Business English are taught at language level B2.
- You should have completed a specialized secondary school with good grades.
- You have good command German and English language skills.
- You have an understanding of mathematics and technology.
- You have team spirit, are outgoing and customer-oriented.
- You work reliably and independently.
Semester 1-6:
Friday 8:30 am - 2:45 pm
Saturday 8:30 am - 12:45 pm
→ in the first phase additional vocational school on Mondays
Semester 7:
Friday 4:00 pm - 9:00 pm
IT Specialist for System Integration (m/f/d)
A computer factors in everything but its owner. If that sentence makes you smile and you’d like to learn how to solve IT problems for said owners, then the apprenticeship as an IT specialist for system integration (m/f/d) is just the right thing for you!
You solve application and system problems for your coworkers, you plan, configure and manage IT systems from creating websites to developing apps, and you provide our office workspaces with all necessary technical equipment.
In short: As an IT specialist for system integration you are – along with your team colleagues – in charge of the IT processes at WEICON.
Your apprenticeship takes three years. If you perform well, you have the option of shortening your apprenticeship. You will take your final examination at the Chamber of Industry and Commerce. We support you with internal and external seminars to help you prepare intensively for the exam.
- We offer you a varied and interesting working environment in an internationally operating company.
- We have more than 20 highly qualified employees with a trainer‘s certificate who will pass on their knowledge to you.
- During your training, you will have two mentors at your side.
- You get to know all departments within our company.
- We offer you internal and external training opportunities.
- You will be given responsibility early on in our apprentice projects.
- In the second year of your apprenticeship, you have the opportunity to do an internship abroad.
- Company social benefits are made available to you.
- If you perform well, we guarantee that you will be offered a position after your apprenticeship.
- And the best thing is: Together with your colleagues, you will take part in great excursions, parties and activities.
- In addition, you can expect numerous benefits.
- You should have completed a specialized secondary school with good grades.
- You have good command German and English language skills.
- You have an understanding of mathematics and technology.
- You have team spirit, are outgoing and customer-oriented.
- You work reliably and independently.
Management Assistant E-Commerce (m/f/d)
You like to shop online and would like to know what goes on behind the scenes? We’ll show you.
As a Management Assistant E-Commerce (m/f/d), you will support us in the expansion of our own online shop and in the support of various online platforms in Germany and worldwide. You will get to know all the processes behind a successful customer journey - from the provision of data, the processing of orders and payments, logistics and returns to the development and evaluation of marketing measures.
The apprenticeship takes three years. If you perform well, you have the option of shortening the apprenticeship. You take your final exam at the Chamber of Industry and Commerce. We support you with internal and external seminars so that you can prepare intensively for your exam.
- We offer you a varied and interesting working environment in an internationally operating company.
- We have more than 20 highly qualified employees with a trainer's certificate who will pass on their knowledge to you.
- During your training, you will have two mentors at your side.
- You will get to know all departments of the company.
- We offer you internal and external training opportunities.
- You will be given responsibility early on in our apprentice projects.
- In the second year of your apprenticeship, you have the opportunity to do an internship abroad.
- Company social benefits are made available to you.
- If you perform well, we guarantee that you will be offered a position after your apprenticeship.
- And the best thing is: Together with your colleagues, you will take part in great excursions, parties and activities.
- In addition, you can expect numerous benefits.
- You should have completed a specialized secondary school with good grades.
- You have good command German and English language skills.
- You have an understanding of mathematics and technology.
- You have team spirit, are outgoing and customer-oriented.
- You work reliably and independently.
Industrial Management Assistant (m/w/d)
Do you enjoy contact with customers and suppliers? Do you enjoy advising, selling and purchasing?
Great - then an apprenticeship as an Industrial Management Assistant (m/f/d) could be just right for you!
The apprenticeship takes three years. If you perform well, you have the option of shortening the apprenticeship.
You take your final exam at the Chamber of Industry and Commerce. We support you with internal and external seminars so that you can prepare intensively for your exam.
- We offer you a varied and interesting working environment in an internationally operating company.
- We have more than 20 highly qualified employees with a trainer's certificate who will pass on their knowledge to you.
- During your training, you will have two mentors at your side.
- You will get to know all departments of the company.
- We offer you internal and external training opportunities.
- You will be given responsibility early on in our apprentice projects.
- In the second year of your apprenticeship, you have the opportunity to do an internship abroad.
- Company social benefits are made available to you.
- If you perform well, we guarantee that you will be offered a position after your apprenticeship.
- And the best thing is: Together with your colleagues, you will take part in great excursions, parties and activities.
- In addition, you can expect numerous benefits.
- You should have completed a specialized secondary school with good grades.
- You have good command German and English language skills.
- You have an understanding of mathematics and technology.
- You have team spirit, are outgoing and customer-oriented.
- You work reliably and independently.
Skilled Warehouse Operator (m/f/d)
Packing, storing and retrieving, coordinating - as a Skilled Warehouse Operator, you have many different tasks and ensure a smooth process in incoming and outgoing goods. That way, you actively contribute to the success of our company every day!
The apprenticeship takes two years. If you perform well, you have the option of completing a further year of training as a Warehouse Logistics Expert (m/f/d).
You take your final exam at the Chamber of Industry and Commerce. We support you with internal and external seminars so that you can prepare intensively for your exam.
- We offer you a varied and interesting working environment in an internationally operating company.
- We have more than 20 highly qualified employees with a trainer's certificate who will pass on their knowledge to you.
- During your training, you will have two mentors at your side.
- You will get to know all departments of the company.
- We offer you internal and external training opportunities.
- You will be given responsibility early on in our apprentice projects.
- In the second year of your apprenticeship, you have the opportunity to do an internship abroad.
- Company social benefits are made available to you.
- If you perform well, we guarantee that you will be offered a position after your apprenticeship.
- And the best thing is: Together with your colleagues, you will take part in great excursions, parties and activities.
- In addition, you can expect numerous benefits.
- You should have completed a secondary school with good grades.
- You have team spirit and are outgoing.
- You have good physical fitness.
- You have an understanding of mathematics.
- You work reliably and independently.
Media Designer Image and Sound (m/f/d)
You like standing behind the camera and you are interested in photo and video editing? Then this apprenticeship is exactly the right thing for you.
Whether it‘s an underwater film about bonding tests in a harbour basin, a live stream to our customers in China or a photo session for new social media content - we have many exciting projects waiting for you. As a media designer for image and sound (m/f/d), you plan, produce and edit image and sound recordings. Not only will you be able to bring out your creative side, but you will also acquire a great deal of technical know-how. For example, you will learn what‘s important when working with professional camera systems and immerse yourself in the world of video, lighting and sound technology. In post-production, you will cut and and edit the audiovisual recordings with common photo and video editing software. We will also teach you the right way to use online platforms and show you everything you need to know in terms of legal aspects when publishing media content.
The apprenticeship takes three years. If you perform well, you have the option of shortening the apprenticeship.
You take your final exam at the Chamber of Industry and Commerce. We support you with internal and external seminars so that you can prepare intensively for your exam.
- We offer you a varied and interesting working environment in an internationally operating company.
- We have more than 20 highly qualified employees with a trainer‘s certificate who will pass on their knowledge to you.
- During your training, you will have two mentors at your side.
- You get to know all departments within our company.
- We offer you internal and external training opportunities.
- You will be given responsibility early on in our apprentice projects.
- In the second year of your apprenticeship, you have the opportunity to do an internship abroad.
- Company social benefits are made available to you.
- If you perform well, we guarantee that you will be offered a position after your apprenticeship.
- And the best thing is: Together with your colleagues, you will take part in great excursions, parties and activities.
- In addition, you can expect numerous benefits.
- You should have completed a specialized secondary school with good grades.
- You have good command German and English language skills.
- You have an understanding of technology as well as a creative streak.
- You have team spirit, are outgoing and customer-oriented.
- You work reliably and independently.
Media Designer Digital and Print (m/f/d)
Flyers, brochures, websites and photos - all of that and much more is what you will create as a media designer digital and print (m/f/d). Sounds exciting to your creative mind? Then this apprenticeship is exactly the right thing for you.
At WEICON, we train digital and print media designers in the field of „Design and Technology“. That means that you will create various media products with the help of special software. By doing so, not only will you develop a well-trained eye for design and aesthetics, but you will also get to know the technical processes behind it. For example, you will learn how to prepare data for print or online media, which software to use to create different media content and which printing techniques exist.
At WEICON, we‘ve always been proud of the fact that we produce all of our media content ourselves - and not just for our headquarters in Münster, but also for our subsidiaries and distribution partners all over the world. So what are you waiting for? Apply now to become part of our international team!
The apprenticeship takes three years. If you perform well, you have the option of shortening the apprenticeship.
You take your final exam at the Chamber of Industry and Commerce. We support you with internal and external seminars so that you can prepare intensively for your exam.
- We offer you a varied and interesting working environment in an internationally operating company.
- We have more than 20 highly qualified employees with a trainer‘s certificate who will pass on their knowledge to you.
- During your training, you will have two mentors at your side.
- You get to know all departments within our company.
- We offer you internal and external training opportunities.
- You will be given responsibility early on in our apprentice projects.
- In the second year of your apprenticeship, you have the opportunity to do an internship abroad.
- Company social benefits are made available to you.
- If you perform well, we guarantee that you will be offered a position after your apprenticeship.
- And the best thing is: Together with your colleagues, you will take part in great excursions, parties and activities.
- In addition, you can expect numerous benefits.
- You should have completed a specialized secondary school with good grades.
- You have good command German and English language skills.
- You have an understanding of technology as well as a creative streak.
- You have team spirit, are outgoing and customer-oriented.
- You work reliably and independently.
Management Assistant for Wholesale and Foreign Trade (m/f/d)
How does business work in a medium-sized company in Germany and abroad? That's what you'll learn with us.
During your apprenticeship as Management Assistant for Wholesale and Foreign Trade, you will get to know all the important processes of our import and export business. Whether it's buying or selling goods, conducting sales meetings or looking after our customers and branches worldwide. With us, no two workdays look the same.
The apprenticeship takes three years. If you perform well, you have the option of shortening the apprenticeship. You take your final exam at the Chamber of Industry and Commerce. We support you with internal and external seminars so that you can prepare intensively for your exam.
- We offer you a varied and interesting working environment in an internationally operating company.
- We have more than 20 highly qualified employees with a trainer's certificate who will pass on their knowledge to you.
- During your training, you will have two mentors at your side.
- You will get to know all departments of the company.
- We offer you internal and external training opportunities.
- You will be given responsibility early on in our apprentice projects.
- In the second year of your apprenticeship, you have the opportunity to do an internship abroad.
- Company social benefits are made available to you.
- If you perform well, we guarantee that you will be offered a position after your apprenticeship.
- And the best thing is: Together with your colleagues, you will take part in great excursions, parties and activities.
- In addition, you can expect numerous benefits.
- You should have completed a specialized secondary school with good grades.
- You have good command German and English language skills.
- You have an understanding of mathematics and technology.
- You have team spirit, are outgoing and customer-oriented.
- You work reliably and independently.
Application tips
Tip 1
What we expect from our apprentices
Of course, it is an advantage if you are a little interested in chemistry, because our company is mostly about chemical products. But the personal impression is much more important to us! In your interview for the job, we expect authenticity above all. We want to get to know you as well as possible to find out if you are a good fit for our team. Show us your personality and convince us that exactly YOU are the right person for the apprenticeship! Because we wish for apprentices who have fun and are passionate about what they do!
Tip 2
Our advice?
We don’t currently offer an apprenticeship? Never mind! If you are interested in our company, feel free to send us your application anyway. We are always happy to meet interesting young people!
Tip 3
What else you should know about us
Our apprentices are an important part of our team. They should enjoy working at WEICON and identify with the company. Yet not just the identification with the company as such is important to us, but also with the whole team. During your apprenticeship, you will work in many different departments and get to know lots of new people and areas of responsibility.
Application process
Apply via our application
After the closing date we will call you, conduct a short telephone interview and invite you for a personal interview
We would like to get to know you personally in an interview
Win us over on a trial working day
We’re a good fit
Welcome to the team!
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