In the new Starlim- Sterner training center, the floor reflects: “Our apprentices clean everything themselves,” says Training Manager Reinhard Koch. High-ranking visitors were announced for Friday. Managing Director Thomas Bründl is visiting Energy AG Director General Werner Steinecker. As President of zukunft.lehre.Österreich, the energy board member travels through the country to beat the drum for apprenticeships: “We lose 50 billion euros in gross domestic product because we lack 500,000 skilled workers. Upgrading apprenticeships secures our business location.”
Because Steinecker ennobles Starlim-Starr as a “role model” because of his apprenticeship training, Bründl feels flattered: “We couldn’t grow to this extent without specially trained staff. We don’t just need the best. There are many job profiles.”
Starlim- Sterner has six training and further education courses on offer: from apprenticeship with Matura to the dual academy for AHS graduates to the TQM model, a partial qualification for metalworking professions. 23 companies are involved in this form of training. It is aimed at young people who are having trouble finding an apprenticeship. You learn the basics of working with metal and are allowed to get to know and operate machines.
Graduated after two years
After two years, a certificate beckons: “Our people’s graduation rate is 83 percent,” reports training manager Koch. The lesson can be made up for later. The training time will be counted. “Apprenticeship used to be a dead end,” says the Starlim-Sterner boss. For this reason, the company, headquartered in Marchtrenk, introduced the apprenticeship with Matura eleven years ago. From this point on, the number of apprentices skyrocketed. Since then, Starlim- Sterner has accompanied over 300 trainees through to their matriculation examination. In the new training center on Karl-Schönherr-Strasse, boys and girls can learn ten technical trades. Despite many incentives, the women’s quota (13 to 18 percent.) (fam)
Source: Nachrichten
