An apprenticeship as a mechatronic or electronics technician is a future-oriented career field. Installing a smart power grid, creating intelligent connections of existing energy systems or maintaining Hightech solutions for the combined generation of electricity and chemicals – nothing will work without the Know-how of a electrician.

The current trainees at the vocational training school “Julius Weisbach” in Freiberg had the chance to expand their knowledge regarding not only the current but also the possible future usage of energy resources with a lecture at the IEC on July 5, 2019. The main topics were about the present electricity supply situation and future challenges of the whole power supply management complemented by the question, which ways of energetic and material energetic resource usage will be possible in the near future. A topic of big importance for the would-be electricians regarding the fact, that this will mainly influence their future job perspectives.