Overview
Caterpillar is accepting applications through 30 August 2026 for a three-year Technical Product Designer apprenticeship in Wackersdorf, Bavaria, starting in September 2026.
Full job description
The apprenticeship focuses on CAD-based modelling and technical drawings using Creo, revision of component and assembly drawings, technical documentation and participation in prototype assembly for Caterpillar mobile excavators and material handlers. The vocational-school location is Weiden.
Requirements & qualifications
The official posting asks for Mittlere Reife from a technical track, relevant strengths in mathematics, technical drawing, German and English, technical interest and understanding, and good spatial imagination. Applicants should review the original German-language vacancy for the complete apprenticeship requirements.
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Verification notes
Append-only importer-compatible correction of this run's earlier payload: the opportunity schema does not define a standalone apprenticeship category, so the valid category is job while employment_type remains apprenticeship. Verified on Caterpillar Careers on 27 Aug 2026. Requisition R0000314687 is in Wackersdorf, Bavaria; Full time; Apprentice - Temporary; applications close 30 Aug 2026. Caterpillar states a three-year apprenticeship and gross monthly training pay of €1,184 in year 1, €1,250 in year 2 and €1,332 in year 3. No closing time is stated, so machine deadline is null.
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