On Girls'' Day and every day, Knorr-Bremse promotes research careers for women
(PresseBox) - Among the many career guidance programs offered for young people, Girls? Day is a real highlight. The Knorr-Bremse locations in Munich, Aldersbach and Dand university students, which can be undertaken throughout the year. Regardless of gender, Knorr-Bremse aims to empower young people to choose a technical career.
Connecting with kids at a young age, the Kids&Engineering project at Knorr-Bremse in Aldersbach shows that elementary-school children can already learn basic manual skills. Supervised by apprentices, the youngest participants get a first taste of soldering, fastening, and drilling. Older children of employees can take part in the ?KB for Kids? programs in Munich and Aldersbach to familiarize themselves with the vocational training programs offered by Knorr-Bremse and engage in activities such as building a locomotive out of aluminum.
Girls? Day 2018
Once they reach their teens, kids can engage with Knorr Bremse?s ?Wanted: Girl Researchers? program, for example at ?Girls? Day 2018? hosted by Knorr-Bremse in Munich on April 26. Employees showed the young participants how to perform technical experiments and helped wherever there were gaps in their knowledge of physics ? like which materials conduct electricity. Working in teams, the young researchers found the answers to questions like this and used a brake test bench to test different materials during the braking process. At all three locations the groups got to present their projects at the end of the day. The girls also had a chance to find out more about vocational training programs. The majority of apprenticeships at Knorr-Bremse are in technical professions ? like electrician, mechatronics specialist, machinist, and industrial mechanic. In Aldersbach, some 15 girls got to know the basic skills called for during vocational training and were able to take home the workpieces they made, like a table clock. And in D ? which will stand them in good stead as they apply for vocational training programs in the future.
Raising the profile of vocational programs
For Knorr-Bremse, ongoing collaboration with local schools is important. For example, the vocational training supervisor at Kiepe Electric in Driety of activities is the key to reaching motivated young people. ?In light of the broad range of vocational courses, schools, and university programs, not to mention the general shift toward academic disciplines, you have to offer a program that appeals not only to high-school students, but to
Knorr-Bremse is the leading manufacturer of braking systems and supplier of additional sub-systems for rail and commercial vehicles, with sales totaling over EUR 6 billion in 2017. In 30 countries, some 28,000 employees develop, manufacture, and service braking, entrance, control, and energy supply systems, HVAC and driver assistance systems, as well as steering systems, and powertrain and transmission control solutions. As a technology leader, through its products the company has been making a decisive contribution to greater safety by road and rail since 1905.
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Knorr-Bremse is the leading manufacturer of braking systems and supplier of additional sub-systems for rail and commercial vehicles, with sales totaling over EUR 6 billion in 2017. In 30 countries, some 28,000 employees develop, manufacture, and service braking, entrance, control, and energy supply systems, HVAC and driver assistance systems, as well as steering systems, and powertrain and transmission control solutions. As a technology leader, through its products the company has been making a decisive contribution to greater safety by road and rail since 1905.
Datum: 02.05.2018 - 09:06 Uhr
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