Lufthansa Technik has boosted recruitment for its apprenticeship program in response to rising demand for aircraft maintenance.
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Lufthansa Technik (LHT) has moved to address a pressing need for more maintenance technicians and engineers with a recruitment drive that saw 321 people enter the company’s apprenticeship program this year. The MRO said it needs mechanics, electronics technicians for devices and systems, engineers, and junior staff for the logistics department and the commercial sector.
Germany-based LHT calls the training of highly qualified employees “a central measure” because Lufthansa Technik competes with numerous other companies preparing for the changes brought by what it called the upcoming generation shift and digitalization.
“Today, employees expect exciting tasks, good supervisors and colleagues, career prospects, and job security,” explained Andrea Jacobsen, head of entry programs at Lufthansa Technik. “In addition, they expect comprehensive support during the training period. These features are weighted higher by them than a high training salary or benefits such as discounted flying or an international environment.”
LHT prepared for the influx of trainees with the expansion and modernization of its trainee workshop in Hamburg late last year.
Of the total of 321 new apprenticeship or study places, 215 involve jobs at Lufthansa Technik, 52 at Lufthansa Airline's MRO operations, and the remaining at companies in the Lufthansa Technik Group. Women account for 11 percent of the apprenticeship positions and 18 percent of the study positions this year.
Lufthansa Technik (LHT) has moved to address a pressing need for more maintenance technicians and engineers with a recruitment drive that saw 321 people enter the company’s apprenticeship program this year. The aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) division of the Lufthansa airline group said it needs mechanics, electronics technicians for devices and systems, engineers, and junior staff for the logistics department and the commercial sector.
Germany-based LHT calls the training of highly qualified employees “a central measure” because Lufthansa Technik competes with numerous other companies preparing for the changes brought by what it called the upcoming generation shift and digitalization.
“Today, employees expect exciting tasks, good supervisors and colleagues, career prospects, and job security,” explained Andrea Jacobsen, head of entry Programs at Lufthansa Technik. “In addition, they expect comprehensive support during the training period. These features are weighted higher by them than a high training salary or benefits such as discounted flying or an international environment.”
LHT prepared for the influx of trainees with the expansion and modernization of its trainee workshop in Hamburg late last year.
Of the total of 321 new apprenticeship or study places, 215 involve jobs at Lufthansa Technik, 52 at Lufthansa Airline's MRO operations, and the remaining at companies in the Lufthansa Technik Group. Women account for 11 percent of the apprenticeship positions and 18 percent of the study positions this year.