Apprenticeship Precision Optician EFZ (m/f/d) 2026

About the job

Apprenticeship Precision Optician EFZ (m/f/d) 2026

Widnau, St. Gallen, CH, 9443

Your Mission

Precision opticians manufacture highly precise optical components such as lenses, mirrors, prisms, as well as other plane and round optical parts. These are used in optical devices for medical technology, photo and film technology, as well as surveying technology.

At STORZ, we focus on the production of components for medical technology. Your tasks as an apprentice include grinding, lapping, and polishing prisms, plane plates, aspheres, and rod lenses. You work with the highest precision and care, as the quality of the optical components is crucial for their later use in medical devices. You will learn to handle various measuring instruments and use them specifically for quality control. In addition, bonding, sealing, and assembling the optical components are important tasks for you. These work steps require manual dexterity and good technical understanding.

Your Talents

• Precise working method and enjoyment of precision work

• Steady hands and fingertip sensitivity

• Spatial imagination

• Secondary school with good grades (especially mathematics) or secondary school diploma

Your Benefits

• Compensation for school commute

• 1x per week learning afternoon (doing homework, preparing for exams)

• Block hours (until 3:00 pm)

• 6 weeks vacation in the 1st and 2nd year of apprenticeship, 5 weeks in the 3rd and 4th year

• School materials are 100% covered (books, laptop)

Are you interested in an exciting and varied training?

Then feel free to register for a trial day with our trainer Yaren Yorganci, yaren.yorganci@karlstorz.com / Tel. 071 726 12 83, and submit your documents directly here. We look forward to your application.