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Annual Report — Porsche AG — 2015
Success Factor: Human Capital
Marina Tsolakidou is going through her trainee
programme step by step – and sees
every learning achievement as a personal gain.
Foresight
Targeted Training
The success of the vocational training lies in conveying to
thenew employees the innovation culture typical of Porsche
fromthe very beginning. At the new training centre in Zuffen-
hausen, the company provides two bright, light-flooded floors
with state-of-the-art equipment – the best possible prere-
quisites for learning both in theory and in practice. More than
4,500 apprentices have completed their training with Porsche
to date. At the present time, eight technical and two com-
mercial occupations as well as six dual-system courses of
study areoffered, with a total of 150 training positions. “They
are highly sought after,” says Head of Training Dieter Esser;
“weget more than 2,800 applications every year. From these
wechoose the candidates that fit in best with Porsche.” For
the young men and women, a great deal is at stake; for exam-
ple, pointing their lives in a good direction. In addition to
toptraining, they also have a guaranteed job if they pass their
courses.
What does a top training course include? “Naturally all the
course contents as prescribed by the Chamber of Industry
and Commerce. In addition, we teach extensive modules
tailored precisely to the needs of Porsche,” Esser explains.
The company, he adds, is highly innovative, the products
thebest on the market – and these high demands also apply
of course for the training of our future employees.
That is why a vehicle like the new Porsche Mission E with its
innovative electric drive and complex control engineering
isalready flowing now into the teaching schedules of the tech-
nical occupations, for example. Or the “Production 4.0”
philosophy thanks to the use of networked production pro-
cesses. The robots now have their fixed place in the teaching
schedules and, using practical examples, handling becomes
amatter of course. The new training centre in Zuffenhausen
has several mini production plants which are every bit as
good as their larger role models from the plant next door –
complete with electronic control, mechanical and pneumatic
elements, conveyor belts and a bright orange robot. “Part
ofthe teaching programme is, among other things, to identify
malfunctions in the small, but highly complex plant and then
fix them,” explains Esser. “Real situations on real compo-
nents, just like the ones that electronics technicians in indus-
trial engineering will face later on in their job.”
The trainers see the biggest learning success in hands-on
demonstrating, identifying and experiencing. It is all about
grasping in the truest sense of the word. The apprentices
soon learn that even the smallest imprecision can have great
consequences. Like Marina Tsolakidou, who is filing a part
and who is still amazed after her first year of training “that I
have made so much progress. I would never have thought
that at the beginning.” No matter what occupation is being
learned: “Our younger generation become familiar with every-