Still doubles capacities
More trainees to combat skills shortage
The intralogistics provider is doubling the training capacity at its branches across Germany at the start of 2018: 40 new apprentices will start their training in mechatronics every year.
"You are the deciding factor!" - This is the motto under which Still intends to increase its nationwide training capacity in the field of mechatronics to 160 trainees over the next few years. With the capacities at its Hamburg headquarters, the company is training a total of more than 260 young specialists in twelve professions, making it one of the largest training companies in the dual vocational training system in Germany.
"By expanding our training capacities, we want to counteract the increasing shortage of skilled workers and demographic change," says Still CFO and Labor Director Thorsten Hofmann. "With our high-quality training, we will support, guide and develop our youngest employees in the best possible way. After all, as co-creators of a major international technology brand, young talent is crucial for our common future! Investing in our vocational training is therefore a top priority for us."
In line with the larger number of trainees, Still is also adapting the structural and procedural organization of its group training: In future - in addition to the training center at the Hamburg headquarters - there will be another central training center in Nuremberg/Fürth, where trainees in the advanced training years will attend modular intralogistics-specific practical seminars together. The vocational training team will also be strengthened with new full-time trainers for its 14 branches across Germany from summer 2018.
And what can future matchmakers expect after their training? "The high quality of our dual training means that we have had almost no terminations of training contracts in recent years. Even failing exams is an absolute exception for us," Hofmann continues. "We currently take on all mechatronics trainees seamlessly as permanent service technicians paid according to collective wage agreements." as
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