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ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe Starts New Apprenticeship Training Year
09/06/2011 - As of September 1, ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG took on 322 new apprentices in 22 different occupations. Apprenticeship training is provided at the company’s Bochum, Duisburg, Dortmund, Kreuztal-Eichen, and Finnentrop sites.
As of September 1, ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG took on 322 new apprentices in 22 different occupations, bringing the total number of apprentices to around 1193. Added to this are roughly 130 apprentices from other companies being trained on a contract basis.
Apprenticeship training is provided at the company’s Bochum, Duisburg, Dortmund, Kreuztal-Eichen, and Finnentrop sites. In Duisburg, 205 new apprentices started work, 51 on commercial apprenticeships and 154 learning industrial/technical occupations. In Bochum, there were 47 new apprentices (four commercial, 43 industrial/technical), and in Dortmund, 35 (three commercial, 32 industrial/technical). In the Siegerland region, the total intake of 29 included five commercial and 24 industrial/technical apprentices (in Finnentrop: six in total, including two commercial).
Apprenticeships generally last three or three-and-a-half years. This can be shortened to two-and-a-half or three years for apprentices showing above-average performance.
To ease the transition from school to working life, all newcomers attend a week-long initiation course. For example, the Duisburg-based apprentices are split into groups of roughly 50 and spend the week at youth hostels in Bad Neuenahr and Oer-Erkenschwick, giving them the opportunity to get to know each other, their trainers, and team leaders outside of work. A key focus of the introductory week is health and safety.
Applications are now being accepted for 2012. ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe says that career prospects are particularly good for young people interested in becoming process mechanics or electronics technicians for automation engineering.
