Duration of apprenticeship | 3 years, shortening possible
Admission requirements | Very good Certificate of Secondary Education, Intermediate School Leaving Certificate, Entrance Qualification for Universities of Applied Sciences, General Qualification for University Entrance (A‑level equivalent)
Vocational School | Vocational School Center Wertheim
What does the apprenticeship offer you?
Scientific glass apparatus makers are the technical version of glassblowers.
At the University of Ulm, our glassblowing workshop produces glass apparatuses that researchers need for their experiments. These are usually custom-made pieces that we design together with our customers to ensure the apparatus meets their exact requirements.
As an apprentice in scientific glass apparatus construction, you learn the fundamental craft techniques needed to turn glass tubes and rods into complex laboratory apparatuses.
During your apprenticeship, you will learn:
how to use table burners and hand burners
how to cut glass tubes and hollow glass bodies mechanically or thermally
how to heat glass in a flame so you can shape and fuse it
how and when to blow into molten glass
how to control the stresses that occur in the material during hot processing
how to drill, grind, and polish glass
how to read technical drawings and build apparatuses accordingly
how to check your work using rulers and calipers
and much more
Your practical training takes place in the glassblowing workshop, which is part of the Scientific Workshop at the University of Ulm.
In addition to training in a workshop like ours, there is also the option to learn the profession at one of the specialized schools:
