LED Male meets flashlight:

Germering, May 10, 2016.

The thermal printer specialist GeBE Elektronik und Feinwerktechnik GmbH hosted five female students on April 28, 2016.

For all five of them, this was the first Girls’ Day; for GeBE, it was the fifteenth in a row. Nevertheless, the day for the Germering host was no less exciting. What do the girls expect and what impressions will they take home? To ensure that the young people not only gain information about technical vocational careers but also have a lot of personal experience and have fun along the way, the family business offered something special for this day. After mandatory safety instructions and a tour of the company, the guests first came into contact with electronic circuits and problem-solving tasks, work they had not previously experienced.

Supported by GeBE employees, they had the task of assembling and soldering a circuit with the appropriate components. The result was an LED male that lit up green on one wire arm and red on the other. Hand-eye coordination was just as important as later, when practicing mechanical skills. A metal workpiece was measured, shaped, drawn, and finally drilled. And at GeBE, they found that everyone was fully engaged with the task with interest and skill.

In the afternoon it was time for electronic circuit number two. This resulted in a flashlight – and it lit up on all the girls at the same time, just as it was supposed to.

To crown the event, the students designed their very own pendant with initials or their favorite motto on it at the milling machine. Of course, the girls took everything they made at the Girls’ Experience Day at GeBE home with them. The joy was immense and when the discussion turned to the things they particularly liked about the event, there was also a decent amount of pride when the topic turned to the handmade flashlight.

“You never know which professions the girls will ultimately choose at the end of their school career. But we want to have contributed to one thing: at Girls’ Day at GeBE they will recognize to what extent they can demonstrate skill in certain activities with which they would otherwise probably not have come into contact. We always very much hope that they might develop a lasting interest from this, dare to venture into the unknown and “untypical” things for a girl in the future, or even discover their affinity for a technical profession,” said Managing Director Sandra Pabst.

At GeBE, many women also work in technology – from development to production planning to manufacturing. At the same time, the family-run business always keeps in mind the desire for the best possible balance between work and family – one of the points that the five guests highlighted as being “important” or even “very important” for their future professional careers, alongside “enjoyment in the work” and “good career development opportunities”.