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Vehicle technology and production training courses
Vehicle upholsterer
       
   
   
       
    The vehicle upholsterer is an all-round expert for the most diverse materials and tools: Leather, plastic and textiles are made into seats, side parts, floor coverings, trims and interior finish parts.

The variety of materials is matched by the range of tools: For example sewing machines, foam saws, pneumatic tackers, leather splitting and skiving machines.

The upholsterer not only makes interior equipment for cars using instructions from the designers. The training also includes producing and designing parts for the most diverse seat models.

It is the upholsterers that guarantee that a car is sporty, elegant and comfortable - with their workmanship and feeling for form. To ensure that the interior elements of our cars harmonise perfectly and the seats are not just comfortable but also pleasing in terms of their aesthetics and form.


Duration of the course.
3 years

Working areas.
Production, assembly, prototypes and development.

Opportunities for development.
Further specialisation in a specific area, master craftsman, technician.

Requirements.

- Good grades in arithmetic, geometry and drawing

- Manual skills, a careful approach and spatial awareness

- Enjoyment of using different materials, sense of colour and shape, good visual judgement

- Creativity and enjoyment of installing various materials

- Independence and good manners

- Qualifizierter Hauptschulabschluss, mittlere Reife



Training locations.
Dingolfing Plant, DE


   
   
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Updated August 30, 2011