Vacancies

The ZDS as an employer

We sweeten your professional future!

Welcome to the Confectionery Academy, the Central College of the German Confectionery Industry (ZDS)! As a world-renowned training and further education academy, we have been offering our more than 250 member companies, well-known confectionery and food manufacturers in Germany and abroad, individual training programs since our foundation in 1951.

From school-based training and internships to seminars and congresses, our spectrum of confectionery production know-how is wide-ranging. We also advise companies around the world on process optimization and support product development with test series.

What does that mean for you? You will work in an education and innovation center with a campus atmosphere and international flair: in charming Solingen-Gräfrath.

We have a lot to offer

  • High degree of independence and a wide range of design options
  • Small, motivated, open-minded team
  • Training by specialist staff
  • Varied work
  • Modern working environment
  • Classrooms with SMART Board technology
  • Possibility of an assessment procedure for lateral entrants
  • Catering in the in-house canteen
  • Company pension scheme

Would you like to become part of our team?
We currently have the following vacancies:

We are looking for a freelance lecturer (m/f/d) on a fee basis for the training course for certified industrial foremen in confectionery and food.

Your tasks:

  • Preparation for the IHK exam
  • Teaching according to the existing curriculum
  • Lesson times from Monday to Friday between 8:00 am and 5:00 pm
  • The courses are taught in blocks, one course consists of 4 blocks of 3 or 4 weeks each, spread over approx. 15 months
  • Total scope: 55 lessons (45 minutes each with 3.5 lesson blocks per day)

Prerequisite:

  • Completed university degree or equivalent educational qualification
  • Practical professional experience in the subject area to be taught
  • First experience (e.g. as a trainer, teacher or instructor) in conducting lessons
  • Interest in digital and modern education

If you have a high level of expertise in one of the subject areas we are looking for, we look forward to receiving your application.

Learning content to be covered:

  1. Functions and tasks of occupational health and safety, health protection and environmental protection
  2. Planning and implementation of instructions
  3. Properties of hazardous substances and hazardous substance register
  4. Measures to improve occupational safety
  5. Measures to reduce and prevent accidents and damage to health and the environment

Application:

If you are interested, we look forward to receiving your detailed application with CV, school and work references and your telephone number to the following contact:

u.medicke@zds-solingen.de

or by post to:

Zentralfachschule der Deutschen Süßwarenwirtschaft e.V.
attn.
Ms. Medicke
De-Leuw-Str.
1 – 9
42653 Solingen