Six young people have successfully completed their training at Stadtwerke Gießen this year. Five of them will remain with the company.
Stadtwerke Gießen (SWG) has been pursuing this strategy for many years in order to counteract the foreseeable shortage of skilled labour with sound training. Once again, the associated efforts are bearing fruit: on 29 January, one automotive mechatronics technician, two electronics technicians for industrial engineering and three plant mechanics received their certificates from Matthias Funk, SWG's Chief Technical Officer. "I am delighted that SWG has once again given six young people a good start to their careers," he said at the presentation ceremony. He added: "I am firmly convinced that our trainers and employees in the specialist departments have given them everything they need for a successful career."
The first steps
Five of the six graduates will initially remain with SWG for one year. Automotive mechatronics technician Jannis Kutscher is deepening the knowledge he has acquired so far in SWG's own workshop. Alexander Pfeffer is now working as an electronics technician for operating technology in the heat supply department, where he is primarily responsible for the electrical measurement, control and regulation technology in the generation plants. Marek Kern, who has also completed his training as an energy electronics technician, has joined the Metering Services team. In future, he will therefore be working primarily with meters. And the two plant mechanics Marcus Linker and Shahid Omar will be regularly found in SWG's pipe trenches and plants as members of the Networks Energy & Water department.
"Now it's up to each of them to prove themselves," Matthias Funk encourages the young men. In fact, there is a good chance that SWG will take on its own new recruits permanently and offer them permanent contracts. On the one hand, SWG regularly needs well-trained staff, especially in the commercial sector. Secondly, young specialists who have trained at SWG have a decisive advantage: They know the company, know how the general processes work and usually already have experience with the tasks they are confronted with. "Filling vacancies with our own trainees is always our preferred solution. But of course the performance has to be right," concludes Matthias Funk.