Training and committing specialist personnel is a key challenge for many companies. One way of mastering this is to provide employees with continuous further training. The KHS Group has found a successful method in this respect in the introduction of two special trainee programs. Fifteen people employed by the provider of filling and packaging systems have now been the first to receive their final certificates for KHS’ very own Fit4Commissioning and Fit4Service programs. At the same time they also passed their exams to become qualified CIC service engineers.
“We want to give our next generation of specialists an extra perspective within the company and in their own careers”, says Prof. Dr.-Ing. Matthias Niemeyer, chairman of the KHS GmbH Executive Management Board. “We’re very pleased with the fact that no less than 15 young people have qualified in the first year of the new programs and will now be offering their immediate support to our Commissioning and Service departments”. All of the participants had already trained as mechatronics engineers or industrial mechanics at KHS prior to starting the new courses, where they were able to intensify their knowledge in KHS’ Fit4Commissioning and Fit4Service programs.
The one-year course of further training includes theoretical and practical elements which are fixed at all production sites according to uniform criteria in a ten-stage qualification course plan. Each participant specializes in one type of machine during his or her period of training. Besides specific basic modules and periods of work alongside experienced engineers either at the KHS plant or on customer sites the program embraces various other aspects. These include further training in specialist areas and interdisciplinary seminars, such as classes in English and intercultural skills. Both programs culminate in a certification examination.
First group of KHS Fit4Commissioning and Fit4Service trainees qualified