BMA’s Future Career Day on 27 March 2014 was rich in variety, informative and exciting for the interested girls and boys.
Visit of the manufacturing shops
Following a safety briefing by our colleague Wulf Schacht, which included the requirement to wear a helmet in the manufacturing shops and walking on designated paths inside the premises, the pupils started their discovery tour well-equipped.
Jens Dohnalek and Mark Bleskin made an interesting tour around the store for un-machined parts, the finishing shop and the production and loading halls. They extensively explained the machining shop, the machine construction shop, and the tank and apparatus construction shop. The assembly of centrifugals was explained to the young participants in detail, using the example of a B centrifugal.
In the subsequent cinema show about sugar production, Ingo Bardischewski illustrated the sugar way from beet processing to bagging.
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Vocational education at BMA
Before the pupils continued their tour to the trainee workshop, they could ask some questions and give comments during a refreshment break before lunch. One of the boys told of his grandfather, who had taken him along on a night tour with a large beet grubber. Another boy proudly told about his mum, who is working at BMA Automation.
After the lunch break with tasty spaghetti Bolognese in the in-house canteen, the young people could look around and inform themselves about the trainee workshop ProASS, which is part of the BMA Group.
The training supervisors Ralf Seidel and Till Reichenberg made a tour around the trainee workshop and explained the activities at the individual workplaces.
Under the guidance and assistance of the BMA trainees, the pupils could try to fabricate their own keyfobs. Fantastic drafts were made with a lot of creativity, which were then sawn, drilled and ground afterwards at the workbench.
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Active after the professional life – at AntiRost!
There was another highlight expecting the young people at the historic factory hall on the BMA premises.
The BMA-sponsored non-profit association AntiRost Braunschweig e.V. advocates the passing-on of knowledge and experience from seniors to pupils. Most diverse projects are jointly implemented by “old stagers” and pupils in a well-equipped wood, metal and printing workshop.
The girls and boys had the chance to familiarise themselves with typography. Under the guidance of Friedhelm Uhlenhut, they could print their names using an antique printing machine. The typesetting using old lead letters turned out to be not that easy: Each letter had to be set mirror-inverted. After preparation of the “Boston” platen press, a more than 100 year-old printing machine, each participant could print his/her name on paper by applying muscular power. The AntiRost-built trick box for mirror-writings was extensively tested, with enthusiasm all over the children’s face. Many of them gathered information about further activities and projects at AntiRost.
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During their BMA tour, the pupils were accompanied by Katharina Timmler and Manuela Knauf, both staff members of the BMA Personnel Management Department. They also look forward to the next Future Career Day for interested young people who want to get an exciting insight into BMA’s areas of work.