Training as a physics laboratory technician

Physics laboratory assistants carry out series of experiments and physical measurements. They usually work closely with other natural scientists such as physicists or physics engineers. Physics laboratory assistants set up or prepare the experimental set-up, carry out the experiments, document the (measurement) results and evaluate them. Workplaces include the laboratories of companies in the chemical and electrical engineering industries, universities and physics research institutions. In industrial companies, they are often employed in materials testing, quality control and R&D sections.

During your training at FH Aachen, the largely theoretical content of the vocational school is put into practice.

As a future physics laboratory assistant, you will get to know the various fields of physics and their scientific basis in more detail, both theoretically and experimentally.

Starting with empirical methodology, which describes the systematic collection and evaluation of data, you will generally be trained on a very broad basis. This gives you the advantage on the job market of being able to familiarise yourself more quickly with new and unfamiliar subject areas.

The main areas of responsibility during your training will be the construction of test rigs, the associated measurement technology and the soldering of electrical circuits, whereby your workplace will mainly be the physics and laser laboratory. Thanks to the good networking of the individual faculties at the Jülich campus, you will benefit from numerous practical experiences from the fields of classical physics, X-ray and nuclear physics, chemistry, materials science, mechanical workshop, biomedical engineering, microbiology, optics, laser technology and electrical engineering, as well as from much more.

Building on a solid mathematical and manual foundation, in the course of time you will be able to independently characterise materials and fluids according to their physical and chemical properties, measure laser beams, detect faults in electrical devices and learn how to handle enclosed and open radioactive substances through your knowledge of radiation protection.

Your experiments and test series are important because they produce valuable findings for science and industry.

You will complete your training with a practical and theoretical final examination at the Aachen Chamber of Industry and Commerce.