Lufthansa Cargo invests in training young people

Lufthansa Cargo AG is ploughing huge resources into training young people and, by 2010, more than doubling the number of traineeships at its Frankfurt home base from 15 to 32. It is additionally making more training positions available in Munich, Dusseldorf, Hamburg and Stuttgart, raising the total number of traineeships on offer in Germany annually to 37.

By expanding our training programme, we are measuring up to our responsibilities as an employer and offering more young people secure prospects for their future,” said Dr. Roland Busch, Lufthansa Cargo Executive Board Member Finance and Human Resources. Investment in skilled training also guarantees our future success in international competition.

The Lufthansa airfreight subsidiary has been providing commercial courses in forwarding and logistics services for the past ten years. Additionally, a BA degree course in logistics management came on stream this year for young logistics students in a dual study programme, combining theory and practice, at the European University of Applied Sciences (Europaische Fachhochschule) in Bruhl near Cologne. The "Start Cargo" trainee programme for university graduates topped off the training portfolio at the beginning of 2007.

Around 2,000 pupils, students and university graduates visited a training exhibition, marking the tenth anniversary of Lufthansa Cargo’s training programme, to enquire about future training and career prospects at Lufthansa Cargo.

Source: Transportweekly