Our own apprentices talked to potential candidates about their training and about possible career paths. And we didn’t stop at theory. “Please touch and try for yourself” was the motto when the visitors were shown the control unit of an industrial robot or a pneumatic control system.

Our trainer, Heinz-Hermann Schmidt, talked to the visitors about job profiles, the selection process and career paths at Hettich. The next speaker was Prof. Dr. Gisbert Jäckel from the Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences who talked about the Cooperative Engineering Course. This is a joint project of several years’ standing between the university and Hettich. It gives young people with good school grades (A-level equivalent) the opportunity to obtain a jouneyman’s certificate plus a university degree (in future a bachelor’s or master’s degree).

The pace of technology developments in a global market place is a huge challenge, but it also opens up opportunities for young people with a technical and engineering bent. Hettich has a great need for qualified specialist workers and with events like this, we are taking a proactive approach to coping with demographic developments.