Further to our article ‘Foreign Exchange’ in last month’s ‘Metal Centre’, Blake’s have had another visitor (this time expected) from Germany.

Rolf Hoffmann, is a teacher in metalwork and work-related English at the Dr. Georg Schäfer vocational school in Schweinfurt, Bavaria. Rolf specialises in quality control, automation, system safety, manufacturing processes, tools, turning and milling. Rolf previously worked in the automobile industry with BMW.

Rolf Hoffmann

The objective of Rolf’s trip was to learn better ‘technical’ English in the work environment by being ‘hands on’ on the shop floor and to get him up to speed in ‘metal-speak’ surrounding both tools and production processes.

We hope that Rolf has had an enjoyable and informative time in Edinburgh and look forward to hearing how his experience with Blakes translates to the classroom in Schweinfurt.