After a short and stressful time in Essen,Bochum, Dortmund, Gelesenkirchen and Witten, I ended up in Hannover at the Kavernbau and Betriebs GmbH. For nearly 3 years I analyzed waters and calculated the progress in constructing caverns in the salt. (Certificate)

From 1976 to 1979 I worked as an apprentice at the Company Walter Rau in Hilter. Also in this case the company tried to fire me after 3 months, but I successfully won the trial and I had to be reinstalled. I finished successfully and got the title of a "Chemielaborant".

Walter Rau produced fats and other foods. I was working in food analysis and I learned a lot about food ingredients and contaminants. (I learned specifically how little our food is contaminated....)

1 day after my "Abiturpruefung" I started working at the "Kloeckner" steel factory in Osnabrueck, where I stayed 7 months; for further 2 years I was working in various factories, mostly fired quickly, because of political activities.