Strong department with strong trainees - IHK honors training achievements at stoba
Finding a suitable training company is no easy task for many young people. This is mainly because there is often a lack of insight into the company and it is correspondingly difficult to assess what to expect. That's why stoba puts great emphasis on getting to know applicants well during the application process and giving them as clear a picture as possible of the company, its culture and the training process. That this approach works is demonstrated, among other things, by the performance of our trainees: For the second year in a row, they achieved such good grades in their final exams at the Backnang site that the Stuttgart Region Chamber of Industry and Commerce presented stoba with a certificate for particularly good training performance in the technical/commercial field.
The certificate reads: "Trainees from your company have completed their training particularly successfully and achieved excellent results in this year's IHK final examinations in the summer term 2022. [...] These achievements would not have been possible without a maximum of commitment and good cooperation between all those involved in the training." Especially with regard to the fact that the training period of this class largely fell during the corona pandemic, this result is a particular success. "We offer our apprentices continuous project-based training in which they can independently plan and practically implement a holistic manufacturing process and check its quality," says Markus Gebhardt, head of training at stoba in Backnang. "We've done that as best we can, even under the special conditions of the last two years, and we're happy to report that the work has paid off."
The foundations for the successful cooperation between stoba and the trainees include other things in addition to practical relevance: "For example, many applicants do an internship with us before they apply" explains Tanja Siegel, from the training department at the Backnang site. "This gives both sides - the trainees and stoba - a chance to get to know each other and decide whether training is an option."
During the training, care is then taken not only to teach the regular training curriculum, but also to train in peripheral areas that allow the trainees more flexible areas of deployment later on. In addition, trainees spend time abroad and work on joint projects across different sites. Support measures for particularly good performance and a high takeover rate round off the package. "As a result, we have only lost one trainee to another company directly after training, provided they do not go on to master craftsman, technician or engineering school," explains Markus Gebhardt.
Christian Peschke, Managing Director at the Backnang site, sums up: "The training department is and will remain an essential part of our vision for the future - because we need young, motivated skilled workers to help us become better and better. We are proud of the outstanding achievements in our training department and are very pleased that they are also seen and honored in this way."
For more insights into the training department at stoba, check out our trainee video and Svenja's experience report.
Published September 27th 2022
Categories: Precision Technology, Backnang
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