How I came to Vetter
I was born in Slovakia, and there I completed an apprenticeship in clothing technology. I’ve been living in Germany for 30 years now and have three children. For 21 years, I worked in gastronomy evenings and weekends. Then came the coronavirus. During the first lockdown, I realized that this is not a job I can retire to.
I always advised my children to choose a course of study or training that would allow them to pursue a career at Vetter later on. And when it was time for me to make a change, I thought, ‘Why not do the same thing?’ I applied for a position in Visual Inspection as a career changer — and got the job.
My typical workday
I bike from Weingarten to the RVS site every day. For visual inspection, I put on a lab coat, gloves, and protective clothing. The products come in boxes or trays. We work at illuminated workstations where we manually check units for irregularities. This is how we identify possible defects in the glass containers, stoppers, and even the solution. At each table, there is a blackboard with a white half and a black half. We use the blackboard as a contrast to identify potential defects.
What I like about my job
I’ve been working in Visual Inspection for five years now. And I still appreciate the advantages compared to working in the restaurant business: hardly any weekend shifts, not working on public holidays, peace and quiet in the room, and predictable processes.
For a year now, I’ve also served as the onboarding mentor in our department. This means that I help to train new employees — I supervise them and am there to answer their questions. I care a lot about my new colleagues.
If you want to work in Visual Inspection, you need …
… patience and good concentration, a sense of responsibility, great attention to detail, and a precise and calm way of working.
