Apprentices and dual students who start their careers at and with HEIDELBERG can expect a fascinating training program: digital, international, practical, with a view to the future.
This is because Heidelberg is taking account of the increasing digitalization of job profiles in the graphic arts industry and is focusing on state-of-the-art standards, such as the use of digital learning management systems, end-to-end digital learning processes and, increasingly, artificial intelligence, when training qualified junior staff. This message has been well received and as of 1 September, 125 young men and women will start their apprenticeships or dual studies at one of the four sites of the German company, 87 of them at the Wiesloch-Walldorf site alone. This includes five trainees from cooperating companies as part of the Heidelberg ‘Training for third parties’ initiative.
“The challenging training at Heidelberg is a central pillar of the company’s competitiveness as a total solutions provider,” says Jürgen Otto, CEO and Labour Director. “We want the best trainees who are motivated and willing to perform. Numerous interesting career opportunities are open to them in the most diverse areas of a digital and international company.”
The company offers apprenticeships in a total of fourteen professions: from electronics, mechatronics, industrial mechanics and materials testing, to the highly sought-after IT specialist, industrial clerks and media and logistics professions. In addition, there are a large number of dual study courses in the fields of IT, business administration and technology. The company says it is striving to increase the proportion of women, particularly in technical professions. Heidelberg has been offering internships in technical professions for years. A new addition is an offer specially tailored to young women in the form of a three-day technical internship for school pupils, which gives participants the opportunity to experience their technical and manual skills together in an all-female group.
“We want to encourage young women in particular to take an interest in exciting future topics and convince them of our attractive and high-quality training opportunities,” says Otto.
