Make the port your workplace

 

An apprenticeship At HPA

Merchants or business

Management assistants for office management (m/w/d)

Organization and processing with a wide range of applications

The main topics of the training are: Commercial management and control (financial accounting, cost and performance accounting, controlling) as well as human resources management (personnel processing, recruitment and development). You will get to know all the important areas of the HPA in which office management assistants are employed in order to gain a varied overall impression and to be well networked.

Requirements

  • MSA or higher (good performance in the main subjects German, Math, English)
  • Interest in commercial topics, shipping and the port
  • Affinity for information technology
  • Ability to communicate and work in a team
  • Independence, commitment and initiative

Key points

  • Start: August 1
  • Duration: 3 years
  • Training location: Speicherstadt (Warehouse P, Neuer Wandrahm 4 or Warehouse X, Brooktorkai 1, 20457 Hamburg)

Mechanic

CONSTRUCTION MECHANIC

Metal construction from planning to assembly

This apprenticeship is about metal constructions of ships, barrages, locks, cranes, conveyor systems or special constructions for the port infrastructure. Among other things, you will learn how to make technical drawings, define assembly plans for components such as railings or platforms, or dismantle and reshape metal structures. And you will learn how to join sheet metal, pipes, profiles, etc. using various welding processes.

What are the main areas of training that await you?

  • Preparing and evaluating technical drawings
  • Determine machining operations or assembly plans
  • Form and separate components and metal constructions
  • Joining sheet metal, tubes, profiles or assemblies
  • Apply various welding processes
  • Assemble components and assemblies (e.g. railings, platforms)
  • Disassemble metal constructions

Requirements

  • High school diploma / ESA (preferably good grades in STEM subjects, no G grades).
  • Technical understanding
  • Spatial imagination and mathematical understanding
  • Physical fitness
  • Weather ability
  • Ability to communicate and work in a team
  • Independence

Key points

  • Start: September 1
  • Duration: 3.5 years
  • Training location: Harburg technical plant,
  • An der Horeburg 9, 21079 Hamburg, Germany

Nautik

Port skipper (m/w/d)

Moving goods and people

This apprenticeship gives you the knowledge needed for cargo transhipment and passenger transport on tugboats and barges. You will learn how to moor and cast off, to use tugging equipment and all on-board facilities, how to maintain the ship and engine, to perform ropes work, to load and unload vessels and much more. And you will gain extensive knowledge about the entire port area, as well as gain sailing skills, learn about the tides and shipping regulations.

What training focuses await you?

  • Mooring and casting off
  • Rope work
  • Operating the towing gear
  • Maintenance work on ship and engine
  • Operation and maintenance of all on-board equipment
  • Correct behavior in dangerous situations
  • Loading and unloading of port vessels
  • Knowledge of the entire port area, navigation and laws and regulations relevant to navigation
  • General knowledge of tides and application of tide tables

Requirements

  • Secondary school education / ESA (preferably with good grades in the MINT subjects)
  • Technical understanding
  • Physical fitness, Health fitness (red-green visual impairments)
  • Seaworthiness and ability to work in any weather
  • Local knowledge and good sense of orientation
  • Willingness to work in shifts

The training lasts 3 years and starts on September 1.
The training location is Rugenberger Damm, 21129 Hamburg, Germany.

If you have any questions, please contact our training manager Kay Schmidt.
E-mail: flotte@hpa.hamburg.de
www.flotte-hamburg.de

Technology

Survey technician (m/w/d)

From the survey to the plan to the chart

Over the course of three years, we train you to be a survey technician. You are on the field and perform location and altitude surveys according to various procedures, before using the survey data to generate updated plans and charts on the computer. You will learn, amongst others, how to use CAD programs, about all the requirements for the production of chart material and about the methods used for technical survey calculations. What’s more, you expand on graphical data processing systems and perform comparisons of charts and satellite images. 

What training focuses await you?

  • Set up graphic data processing systems
  • Get to know the regulations for the production and continuation of maps, plans and rips
  • Carry out surveying calculations
  • Produce plans and drawings with various programs at CAD workstations
  • Carry out height and position surveys using various methods
  • Carry out field comparisons according to maps and aerial photographs

Requirements

  • Intermediate school certificate / MSA, second school certificate or vocational school-leaving certificate (preferably with good grades in maths and German)
  • Technical understanding
  • Spatial visualisation capability
  • Physical fitness
  • Enjoy working outdoors
  • Ability to work in teams and independently

The apprenticeship is 3 years and starts on 1 August. The location is Speicher X in the Speicherstadt, Neuer Wandrahm 4, 20457 Hamburg, Germany.

Electrics

Electronics technician for operating technology

Switching and controlling electrical systems

What is the main focus of your training?

The apprenticeship will provide you with comprehensive knowledge about the installation, maintenance and repair of the entire operating technology in the port. You will commission switching and control systems, lighting, power and communication systems, drive and automation systems for ships, barrages, locks and bridges. To do this, you have to assemble and wire components or set up pneumatic and hydraulic components, for example. You will also program, check and expand the systems and eliminate faults.

Requirements

  • Realschulabschluss/ MSA (preferably with good grades in STEM subjects)
  • Technical and mathematical understanding
  • Spatial imagination
  • Physical fitness and aptitude (no red-green weakness)
  • Weather suitability
  • Communication and teamwork skills
  • Independence

Key points

  •  Start: September 1
  • Duration: 3.5 years
  •  Training location: Harburg technical plant
  • (training workshop), An der Horeburg 9, 21097 Hamburg.

Dual studies At HPA

WE ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS

Nadine Mikolasch

For apprenticeships and dual studies
Phone: +49 40 42 84 7-2276
Emaill: nadine.mikolasch@hpa.hamburg.de