Career. Training & Studies

What happens next when you’ve finished school? At POLIPOL, the possibilities are abundant. For example, work experience, even when you are still at school. Or an interesting and multi-facetted apprenticeship. Or a challenging dual course of studies.
The only thing you have to do is take that first step: the application. Go on, give it a shot! At POLIPOL, everyone gets a fair chance. We offer you a comprehensive and intensive start into professional life. With team spirit and active cooperation, you lay the groundwork for your professional development in an expanding company with bright future prospects.

Industrial Business Management Assistant

One apprenticeship – innumerable possibilities

Industrial business management assistants are needed in all areas of the company. From Purchasing to Logistics and Customer Service to Marketing. This multi-facetted apprenticeship also provides the qualifications needed in Sales and the Financial Department. Deployment in the secretarial office or as a management assistant is also possible.

General

General information

The apprenticeship takes three years and can – with good results and upon consultation with the company – be shortened by six months after the first year. Following qualification, there is the possibility of advanced training as a Certified Specialist, for example in material management, marketing or human resources. The training is also a good basis for further studies, e.g. a Bachelor’s Degree.

Requirements

Requirements

  • Allgemeine Hochschulreife or Wirtschaftsabitur 
    (General Baccalaureate Diploma or Business-based Baccalaureate Diploma) 
  • Fachhochschulreife / Abschluss an einer Höheren Handelsschule 
    (Admission qualification for Universities of Applied Sciences / Final examination in a Commercial College) 
  • A very good Realschulabschluss (General Certificate of Secondary Education) 
  • A distinctive capacity to work in a team
  • A good head for figures and good people skills
Learning and teaching content

Learning and teaching content

Our apprentices pass through all the operational departments from Sales, Customer Service and Route Scheduling to the areas of Finances and Controlling and Purchasing, Development and Marketing. Furthermore you will be familiarised with the overall structure of the Polipol Group and the cross-company working processes in various interdivisional departments. 

Every year, you will spend 1.5 days a week in theory classes in our responsible vocational school, the Berufskolleg in Lübbecke.

Examination

Examination

Examinations: Interim examination after 1.5 years, final examination after 3 years 

In preparation for the final examination, our internal courses begin ca. three months before the written exams. This gives you the opportunity every week to clarify any questions from the vocational school which might still be open, to revise the material and prepare for examination questions under supervision.

Qualified IT Specialist
Specialisation System Integration and Application Development

Technology for the future

Without complex IT systems, many companies nowadays would grind to a halt. Qualified IT specialists develop, implement and administer this technology, adapting it to the special requirements of the respective department. They are among the most sought-after employees in the sector. At POLIPOL, you will generally take a project-based and processed-based approach. And will have the opportunity to assume a project management role.

Upholsterer

Developing new trends

The job of the upholsterer is more than just a trade. You will be trained in our development department where you will assume exciting tasks as a skilled worker once you have qualified. Together with Sales and Marketing, and working self-reliantly, you will develop upholstery models for fairs and showrooms, find creative solutions and establish new trends.

General

General Information

The apprenticeship takes three years and can – with good results and upon consultation with the company – be shortened by six months after the first year. Following qualification, there is the possibility of advanced training as a master craftsman, technician or a technical business economist.

Requirements

Requirements

  • Good Hauptschulabschluss after Class 10
    (Certificate of Secondary Education)
  • Realschulabschluss
    (General Certificate of Secondary Education)
  • A distinctive capacity for team work
  • Creativity
  • Manual dexterity
Learning and teaching content

Learning and teaching content

In our company you will be trained not in the production department but rather in the development department. Here, models of new styles and variations on existing ones are developed and upholstered as prototypes.

During your apprenticeship, you will pass through all the work stations – from the initial idea to the creation of a finished item of upholstered furniture. Your will acquire manual skills in the sewing room, in the cabinetmaking workshop (framework construction), in metal construction and design as well as, of course, in the upholstering workshop. One or two day a week you will attend theoretical lessons in our responsible vocational school, the Wilhelm Normann Berufskolleg in Herford.

Examination

Examination

Examinations: Interim examination after 1.5 years, final examination after 3 years

In preparation for the theory examination, a one-week preparation course will take place in a training centre (full-time). This will give you the opportunity to clarify any questions from the vocational school which might still be open, revise the material and prepare for examinations questions under supervision. We as the apprenticing company look after the preparation for the practical examination and support you in every examination area.

After the training: Growing together!

Recruitment and support

Even after the training, we have quite a lot going on. We offer our trainees an employment agreement. Special talents have the chance to receive special support through a range of continuing education courses, or even a degree in various subject areas.

General

General Information

The offer of this opportunity is dependent on operational conditions and requirements, as well as what the young employees themselves require. Selection will therefore be based on specific criteria only once the training is finished and agreed individually.

Opportunities

The opportunities

The opportunities range from situation-specific additional training, to additional qualifications with IHK certification (e.g. continuing education to become a specialist across a wide range of disciplines, up to master craftsperson, technician) through to degree programmes of a business or technical nature.

Into the future with POLIPOL –
We look forward to getting to know you!

For further information, please contact Ms. Carmen Bödeker,
Tel.: +49 5775- 9680-940, E-mail: c.boedeker@polipol.de

Please send your application documents with curriculum vitae and copies of your most recent school certificates, preferably by e-mail, to bewerbung@polipol.de.

Applications by post should be sent to the following address:

POLIPOL Holding GmbH & Co. KG
Personnel Department
Diepenauer Heide 1
31603 Diepenau