Apprenticeship, dual or cooperative study program in plant and mechanical engineering

The flat hierarchy of our family-owned company encourages you to help shape the big picture even during your training. Your work will contribute directly or indirectly to the installation of new, advanced systems for customers worldwide, ensuring our company’s success. In addition, you’ll learn the theoretical basics at vocational school and can bring new ideas from school to our company.

During your technical training at our training center in Eppingen, you’ll be supervised by trainers Matthias Höfle and Hauke Schmidt, as well as their assistant Lukas Henrich. Here, you’ll learn the basics of our profession from the ground up. Your project work will teach you various working techniques and methods.

Commercial apprentices rotate through different departments and specialist areas to gain an overview of areas of responsibility and meet their colleagues. In each department, you’ll have a main contact person to support you in carrying out tasks. Trainer Nicola Bräumer is always happy to help you with general concerns.

Other apprenticeship activities include various seminars on MS Office software programs, project management and presentation techniques. Internships abroad and company training provide an overview of the entire company and processes. After your apprenticeship, you’ll be ready for your first job or further training.  

Our industrial trainees’ construction site assignments are varied and a real adventure. During your vocational school breaks, you’ll have the opportunity to visit one of our construction sites around the world for several days or weeks and work on site with your colleagues on the commissioning of a new system or a modernization project.

Industrial apprentices in Eppingen attend the Christian-Schmidt-Schule in Neckarsulm, while commercial apprentices attend the Andreas-Schneider-Schule in Heilbronn.  Our cooperative students also attend the Christian-Schmidt-Schule in Neckarsulm or the Wilhelm-Maybach-Schule in Heilbronn during their training, depending on their chosen specialization.

If you want to continue your education after your apprenticeship, please contact us. We’ll support you individually with training to become a master craftsman, technician, university student or with other career plans.

Our three-year dual study programs alternate between theoretical phases at the university and practical phases at our company. We cooperate with the Cooperative State Universities (DHBW) in Heilbronn, Karlsruhe and Mosbach.

With our cooperative study programs, you’ll achieve a double qualification after approximately five years through the shortened vocational training at Dieffenbacher and a subsequent course of study at Heilbronn University. Upon successful completion at Heilbronn University, you’ll have completed both vocational training and a degree.

During your practical phase at our company, you’ll learn the basics and contribute to exciting projects. You’ll contribute directly or indirectly to installing new, advanced systems around the world, thus ensuring Dieffenbacher’s long-term success.

In addition, during the theoretical phases at the university, you’ll learn the basics and help bring new ideas to our company.

During your practical phases, you’ll work in different departments and on project teams, giving you a broad knowledge and an overview of our workflows and processes. You’ll also spend several weeks at our training center learning basic technical skills. Here, trainers Matthias Höfle and Hauke Schmidt will supervise you. Matthias is always happy to help you with any general concerns.

Our training program for apprentices and students ensures that you receive specialist knowledge and soft skills to prepare you for your first job and career after your studies.

We offer exciting practical experience, not just theory! During an assignment abroad lasting several weeks, you’ll get to know one of our foreign locations such as the USA, Canada or Finland. We also offer you the opportunity to work on a construction site with one of our global customers.

Please contact us if you’d like to continue your education after your studies. We’ll support you individually in your further education, such as with a Master’s degree. That includes, for example, time flexibility, financial support, a re-employment agreement and more.