Training, Education, and Method Development:
Our Approach to Knowledge Transfer
Partly, it's an additional component of our portfolio, and partly it's simply fulfilling our societal responsibilities as a company (in both cases, as long as operational workflows and time resources permit).
Training in dioxin analytics is offered in a course format. These are intended for companies/organizations from both European and non-European countries that wish to operate as analytical service providers in this field (commercial providers) or expand their knowledge for their inspection tasks (authorities, organizations).
In addition to providing internships, we also support the creation of bachelor’s or master’s theses. We mentor apprentices in a cooperative education program with the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, but due to our company size, we only support one apprentice per training period.
We also offer high school internships; however, these require intensive supervision and must fit within our scheduling capabilities. We particularly look for a pronounced interest in chemistry and some familiarity of the applying students through our staff or customer networks.
Method development is a continuous task for internal purposes in our facility. The commonly used term R&D (Research and Development) would be an overstatement for us. However, joint projects with companies (e.g., equipment manufacturers, chemical industry) are possible, as demonstrated by the "Büchi SpeedExtractor" example.