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Employees
Employment situation in the Volkswagen group
As of 31 December 2012, the Volkswagen group
had 525,245 active employees; 7,804 were in the
passive phase of their partial retirement. 16,714
people were in training. At the end of the fiscal year
2012, the Volkswagen group employed 549,763
people. The number of employees has thus in-
creased by 9.5 percent compared to the figure as of
31 December 2011. A total of 249,470 people were
employed in Germany (plus 10.9 percent). The Ger-
man share of the workforce increased from 44.8
percent as of 31 December 2011 to 45.4 percent as
of 31 December 2012.
Vocational training at Volkswagen
Vocational training is a key factor in the develop-
ment of Volkswagen’s outstanding team.
Volkswagen has stepped up its commitment to dual
education and training and has introduced voca-
tional training at additional international sites. In
December 2012, the group had 16,714 employees
in vocational training worldwide, 11,913 of whom
were in Germany.
As of 31 December 2012, Volkswagen AG was
training 4,838 vocational trainees and students in 32
professions and 26 degree courses at its six Ger-
man locations (Wolfsburg, Hanover, Braunschweig,
Kassel, Emden and Salzgitter) under the StIP inte-
grated study and traineeship scheme. A further 125
vocational training positions were created as
against 2011. 50 additional vocational training posi-
tions were established at Volkswagen Sachsen
GmbH, Automobilmanufaktur Dresden GmbH and
Volkswagen Osnabrück GmbH.
As of the end of 2012, AUDI AG recorded a total
of 2,459 vocational trainees in 23 professions.
Furthermore, 2,212 vocational trainees were em-
ployed at MAN and 453 vocational trainees at
Porsche in Germany at the end of the year.
Dual vocational training and education now ex-
ists at a large number of sites abroad and is in de-
velopment at additional sites. In the Kaluga plant at
Volkswagen Group Rus, for example, the third year
of vocational training began in 2012. Trainees can
now also train to be warehouse logistics specialists
alongside the previous vocational training careers of
vehicle mechatronics specialists, design and pro-
duction mechanics, vehicle painters and mecha-
tronics specialists.
Vocational trainees at Volkswagen in Chatta-
nooga, USA, have started a training program for
mechatronics for the third time. This is run in
cooperation with the local partners: Tennessee
Technology Center and Chattanooga State
Community College.
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