VW honours Hungarian trainee with Best Apprentice Award
Volkswagen honoured 43 apprentices from 18 countries around the globe at its group headquarters, Wolfburg, Germany. One of the awards went to György Víg, a Hungarian vehicle electrician apprentice at Győr-based Audi Hungaria.
The awards went to 11 women and 32 men from a total of 38 Group locations. During their apprenticeships, they convincingly demonstrated excellent performance and specialist competence.
The awards were presented by the Chairman of the Board of Management of Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, Martin Winterkorn, the Member of the Board of Management responsible for Human Resources, Organization and IT, Horst Neumann, and the President of the Global Group Works Council, Bernd Osterloh.
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| Audi Hungaria HR director Erzsébet Knáb, György Vig and Rupert Stadler, chairman of the board of directors of Audi AG |
Winterkorn emphasised: "I am proud of the competence of our young employees. Today we are honoring the best of the best from the Volkswagen world. All of the award-winners have demonstrated high commitment, excellent specialist knowledge and considerable skill during their training. With young specialists like them, we are strengthening the future orientation of our Group."
Neumann said: "Specialist knowledge and skills lay the foundation for a high-performance staff, for outstanding quality, top products and business success. In addition, a thorough training opens up prospects for a promising career.
"This is why we at Volkswagen place considerable emphasis on first-class dual vocational training that closely links theory and practice. Most of our about 20,000 apprentices throughout the world are training in their vocation on the basis of the dual principle, which we also continue in on-the-job further training in our professional families."
Osterloh said: "The dual vocational training system within the Volkswagen Group is a uniquely successful model throughout the world. It lays a firm foundation for almost unlimited vocational development prospects for our young colleagues and therefore ensures that they can shape their own lives. The Group Works Council is committed to ensuring that Volkswagen continues to invest strongly in the training and qualification of our young people throughout the world."
In recognition of their achievements, the 43 award-winners were invited to Germany to participate in a multi-faceted program spanning several days. This year's "Best Apprentice Award" was the 14th of its kind presented by the Volkswagen Group, and a total of 341 apprentices have been honored since 2001.
„We are extremely proud of all of our apprentices in Győr, especially György Víg, who has been selected as one of the best apprentices within the VW group. This is a great acknowledgement for him and for our company, which indicates the high level of standard and efficiency of our vocational training programme,” said Audi Hungaria HR director Erzsébet Knáb.
Audi Hungaria is currently training 250 apprentices in 11 different professions, ranging from vehicle electronics to metalworking. Practice-oriented vocational training forms part of the company's long-term HR strategy. Audi is collaborating with several secondary educational insitutes in Győr.
Since 2001, 1,400 young people graduated in the company's recognised dual education system.
