Cutting machine operator
Precision to the hundredth of a millimetre.
⏱ 28 months (full-time)📅 Start: 2 March 2027🎓 IHK qualification✓ 100% funded
Facts
What you do as a cutting machine operator.
Your tasks
Set up and operate CNC lathes and milling machines
Turn, mill, drill and grind workpieces
Create and optimise CNC programs
Check dimensions with measuring and testing technology
Deploy tools and monitor wear
Document quality requirements (ISO)
Your topics
Machining (turning, milling, drilling)
CNC programming (DIN 66025 / G-code)
Metrology&Quality control
Materials science&Heat treatment
Hard and fine turning
CAM systems&Digitalisation
Cutting machine operator at a glance
Duration28 months (full-time)
FlyerFlyer (PDF) →
Next start02.03.2027
FormatFull-time, Mon–Fri
LocationAcademy Vocational, Sandradstr. 3-5, 41061 Mönchengladbach, Germany
QualificationIHK qualification (skilled-worker/final exam)
Funding100% funded by the education voucher
Good to know:Nothing runs without you: cutting machine operators produce single parts and assemblies without which no machine in the world runs. Top entry salaries.
Perspective
What happens after retraining?
Cutting machine operators are in extreme demand – engine, aircraft, medical technology. After training: specialist for industrial production, CNC programmer or industrial master craftsman metal.
