380 apprentices attend the voestalpine Apprentice Day in Linz

Once again this year, a key part of the program at the Apprentice Day was the opportunity for personal interaction with the entire Management Board of voestalpine AG and the Group Works Council. Other highlights included a guided tour of the redesigned voestalpine Stahlwelt, a site tour, and a keynote address by Ali Mahlodj.

voestalpine invests approximately EUR 100,000 in the training of each individual apprentice. Vocational training takes place in state-of-the-art training facilities and is continuously adapted to new technological requirements arising from an increasingly digitized work environment, as well as from the transition to electrified steel production as part of the greentec steel initiative. In addition to imparting technical knowledge, apprentices are offered numerous opportunities for personal and social development, such as language study trips, excursions, and project days.

With approximately 1,000 apprentices across Austria, voestalpine is the country’s largest industrial apprenticeship training provider and remains committed to training its own next generation of skilled workers, even in economically challenging times. At the start of the new training year this fall, 311 young people began their apprenticeships at voestalpine’s Austrian locations, including 153 in Upper Austria, 116 in Styria, and 42 in Lower Austria. It is particularly important to voestalpine to provide young people with security and prospects for the future—through an offer of continued employment after completing their apprenticeship and long-term career prospects.