Alstom has officially opened its new welding and fitting training centre in Mátranovák, Hungary, which will be used to train new specialists and provide extensive training for employees already working in a production capacity.
The new centre is hoped to strengthen the job market across the region by providing new knowledge and skills to any potential candidate interested in steel assembly, whilst also playing a crucial role in Alstom’s ‘Right First Time!’ principle by supporting improved factory efficiency and customer satisfaction.
The training centre will be used to train new specialists and provide further training for employees already working in production
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Featuring 10 welding stations, a cutting machine and two console cranes, as well as component clamps and rotators already in use; the facility has been designed to closely simulate typical shop floor conditions, allowing for acclimatisation for students looking to transition to the production line.
Carine Siegwalt, Site Managing Director of the Alstom Factory in Mátranovák, said:
We are committed to safety and quality! Mátranovák is Alstom’s most important site for the production of railway bogie frames, and its knowledge and competency is essential for the company to be able to deliver the ordered trains to our customers on time.
It is important for us to strengthen the inflow of well-trained professionals to our site and keep the knowledge of our most important operators at a high level.
As the bogie frames are one of the most important parts of our trains in terms of railway safety, it is also a responsibility to invest in the training of the colleagues producing these important parts of Alstom trains.
As well as hands-on practical training, the centre is also fully equipped with a dedicated classroom offering theoretical lessons, as well as a changing room and common area for students enrolled in the programme. Those involved will spend 8-12 weeks working on precise welding techniques required for bogie frame manufacturing, learning basic locksmithing skills and gaining proficiency.
Carine Siegwalt, Site Managing Director, said:
The new teaching methodology developed by my colleagues specifically for our needs and the new training centre provide an excellent opportunity to further expand our cooperation with vocational training institutions in the region. In this respect, we are in a good position, as we are now accredited as a dual training centre and are authorised to provide practical training in several professions.
In addition to steel industry professions, we now also accept students participating in logistics training, but we also provide opportunities for university internships in administrative and technical fields.