DAIMLER TRUCKS TRAINEE PROGRAMME GAINS WIDESPREAD POPULARITY
Daimler Truck welcomed its latest batch of trainees and dual students at its Wörth plant in Germany. In 2022, about 90 such trainees and dual students have started their careers at the Mercedes-benz Wörth plant.
Jürgen Hartwig, member of the Board of Management of Daimler Truck AG responsible for Human Resources and Labour Director, visited the junior staff at the site.
The plant is training a total of 350 young people across all years. The Mercedes-benz Wörth plant offers vocational training in nine trades (six technical and three commercial) as well as in seven dual courses.
Vocational training courses are offered for electronics technicians for automation technology, specialists for warehouse logistics, production mechanics, industrial mechanics, clerks for office management, clerks for digitisation technology, motor vehicle mechatronics technicians for commercial vehicle technology, motor vehicle mechatronics technicians for system and High-voltage technology and process mechanic for coating technology.
The new colleagues had the opportunity to ask Hartwig questions about the company, his person and his personal career, as well as his duties on the board. In addition, the junior staff showed him what they had learned so far at individual stations during a joint tour of the training workshop.
Jürgen Hartwig, Member of the Board of Management of Daimler Truck AG responsible for Human Resources and Labor Director: “For us at Daimler Truck, the Mercedes-benz plant in Wörth plays a central role in the transformation of the commercial vehicle industry towards emission-free driving. This is where the future becomes concretely tangible – in Wörth, for example, our battery-electric Mercedes-benz eactros rolls off the assembly line. Today I am pleased to be able to welcome so many young people as new employees. The young talents with their creative minds and strong ideas have the direct opportunity to shape the mobility of tomorrow.”
In addition, there are dual courses of study: Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration – Digital Business Management, Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration – Industry, Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering in Mechatronics, Bachelor of Engineering in Industrial Engineering and Bachelor of Science in Business Informatics.
In addition, Daimler Truck offers many student internships for students as well as internships or theses for students. While the new vocational training yeas has just started, the application process for 2023 is already underway at all German sites: Interested students can find more information and apply at www.daimlertruck.com/karriere/ schueler/.
Daimler Truck expressly welcomes applications from young people with disabilities. The company sees diversity as an opportunity and consciously focuses on the diversity of employees.