On the off-chance to become the best precision mechanic apprentice
Trainees at the Technology and Logistics Centre finish their training with very good marks
01.03.2021/Kiel. The decision to become a precision mechanic was more of a coincidence. But this coincidence was apparently just right for Johanna Jöhnk.After two and a half years of apprenticeship at the Technology and Logistics Centre (TLZ), she completed her training in January as the best in her year at the Lübeck Chamber of Skilled Crafts - and in the training year with the highest average marks since the mid-1980s.
Lea Rohde and Lynn Marie Fiehler, who were also trained as precision mechanics at the TLZ, contributed to this good average for the year, too. They also received their journeyman's certificates in January with very good marks . "Very big congratulations to all three of them. Great achievements. We at TLZ are very pleased," says training manager Sven Sturm.
Three years ago, however, Johanna Jöhnk only knew that she wanted to learn "something tangible" before possibly starting university. A friend told her about his training as a precision mechanic. From her family, she knew GEOMAR and its subject areas. "THe Sea has always interested me," she says. When she saw the advertisement for the apprenticeship, she simply applied on the off-chance. "Somehow everything fell into place, I wanted to see what was ahead of me," she recalls. She was able to reduce the usual training period of three and a half years to two and a half years. But the time was enough not only to learn the theoretical and practical basics of the profession, but also to participate in numerous interesting projects. In addition to many sample holders, Johanna Jöhnk has, among other things, worked on a new seafloor crawler that has been created in the TLZ over the past few months. "It was very exciting to accompany this project from the first sketches to the first driving tests," she says.
Now that she has finished her training, she actually wanted to work for a company on Lolland (DK) for three months. "But because of Corona, it's uncertain whether that will work out," says Johanna Jöhnk. After that, she will study media technology.
The application phase for the next training rounds at GEOMAR is already underway. In addition to training positions for office management assistants and IT specialists, training positions for precision mechanics are also being advertised again. "We are looking forward to receiving many applications," says Sven Sturm.
