Training Manager Katrin Scheid, plant managers Nicole Schuck-Kümmel, Fritz Bornträger and Matthias Ernst and Deputy Works Council Chairman Thomas Dettweiler welcomed 30 new trainees and three new FOS trainees at Schaeffler's Homburg location.

Start of working life
Schaeffler offers training with a future
Apprentices build their own 3D printer
18 different training occupations and 12 dual study programs

Working life has begun for a total of 33 young people at the Schaeffler location in Homburg with the new training year. From the commercial sector, this includes nine mechatronics technicians, three electronics technicians, two cutting machine operators, eight industrial mechanics and five machine and plant operators. Three young people can be trained in the commercial profession industrial clerk / woman. Also started three Fachfachschul interns, including two from the field of technology and one in the field of business informatics.

Katrin Scheid, head of training in Homburg, welcomed the new apprentices on their first day: "With an apprenticeship you are well prepared for the further professional career. You will be able to shape the future of the company as highly qualified employees. There is an instructive and exciting time ahead of you. "The plant managers Nicole Schuck-Kümmel, Fritz Bornträger and Matthias Ernst as well as the Deputy Works Council Chairman Thomas Dettweiler also gave tips for the start and further careers at Schaeffler.

The first days at Schaeffler

The first days of apprenticeship at Schaeffler are mainly used to familiarize with processes and the new working environment. In various activities, such as factory tours and a joint excursion to the Fun Forest climbing park in Jägersburg, the future junior staff and their instructors can get to know each other better. On September 10, the new trainees from all Schaeffler locations in Germany will be invited to Herzogenaurach for the company's headquarters to lay the foundations for a future network.

Qualification for tomorrow with training project 3D printer

Trends and topics such as e-mobility, Industry 4.0 and digitization are changing the products and organizational processes at Schaeffler. As part of the "Agenda 4 plus One" future program, there is the "Qualification for Tomorrow" initiative. At the Homburg location, too, the training of junior staff will be further developed. One building block is the project "Social skills in the training project 3D printer". To accompany their apprenticeship, Schaeffler's trainees build their own, individual 3D printer: from the manufacture of individual parts to assembly and commissioning, they learn the relationships between mechanics, electronics, software and hardware. The trainees have to deal with a variety of disciplines and skills and work closely with different professional groups at Schaeffler.

Great training offer at Schaeffler
At present, the Homburg site trains a total of 95 young people. Throughout Germany, Schaeffler offers training at the highest level to around 1,500 young people at 22 locations. The technology company offers training in 18 industrial-technical or commercial occupations as well as the possibility of twelve different dual study programs.