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Good and close follow-up. This is the key to shaping the workforce of the future — our apprentices.
Mantena is an attractive
place to train, because apprentices are offered a variety of tasks as they move
between departments in their training period. Another benefit is that they have to learn how to collaborate with different people. The feedback from
the apprentices is that they get plenty of help when they are not sure about something. -Mantena has extensive experience with apprenticeships, and they are good at looking after the young people and giving them good follow-up.
These words are from Nikolai Johansen at the training office for mechanical trades, which monitors the apprentices at Grorud.
Elisabeth Grebstad Rødseth, who is an HR adviser at Mantena, is delighted with the positive comment from Johansen. She says that working on the railways is not such a well-trodden career path for young people, but collaboration with the various training offices and schools is just the way to change this.
Gaining wide experience
-Anyone doing an apprenticeship with Mantena will gain wide experience of component maintenance. Here they can try their hand on wheels, bogies, goods wagons, valves and many other exciting tasks. The various departments have built up a good culture for involving the apprentices in everything that goes on in their area. So when you have done
your apprenticeship at Mantena, you will take away a good reference wherever you move on to. Companies will know that you have tried your hand at many different tasks and that you are very versatile.
Grebstad Rødseth says that they are working hard at Mantena to make the company known as a good place to train. Among other things, they are in close touch with the schools and training offices to talk about the vocational opportunities and about Mantena itself.
Good results
-At Mantena we are so lucky to
have many capable young future tradespeople with a keen interest in
Elisabeth Grebstad Rødseth. HR advisor in Mantena
the subject, says Grebstad Rødseth. The proof of this is that many of the apprentices get a ‘Distinction’ rather
than the usual ‘Pass’.
-I’ve been working in Mantena for almost ten years and there hasn’t been a single year without at least one Distinction. I think the good results are due to the fact that we are genuinely concerned
to ensure that our apprentices do the best they can, and we take our training role seriously. Because we hope they will stay with us after their apprenticeships, their time here is more than just a stopover, she says.
-Taking on apprentices is important because we pick up fresh ideas. We also find that our more established employees appreciate the chance to pass on their skills. It’s natural to want to pick up fresh knowledge and to help to shape the young so that they are proud to work for Mantena.
WHEN YOU HAVE DONE YOUR APPRENTICESHIP AT MANTENA, YOU WILL TAKE AWAY A GOOD REFERENCE WHEREVER YOU MOVE ON TO
Sustainability, CSR and HSE
WILL MAKE OUR
APPRENTICES PROUD
TO WORK AT MANTENA
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