dual vocational training, which combines the teaching in educational centers and in-house training, open step little by little in Spain. This type of formation is very popular in Germany and some Spanish companies are beginning to implement it. An example of this is the programme Talentia, presented by Volkswagen this Tuesday at their Training Centre in Leganés. The company has reached an agreement with the institutes of Madrid, Catalonia and Galicia to organize programs of FP dual for students of automotive. The company wants to build in the next five years to 1,500 students to enter the work in the dealer network of the company and official services.
The program has already kicked off last September. A group of 85 students in Madrid, Catalonia and Galicia receive from this course is the FP-dual of Volkswagen. “This year attend class with their teachers at the institute and next year will be unpaid internship,” explained Luis Ignacio Fatjo, one of the leaders of Talentia. The president of Volkswagen Group Spain Distribution, Francisco Pérez Botello, has stated during the presentation of the program the goal is to expand these agreements FP dual the rest Betasus of the Autonomous Communities and different occupational profiles. “Our network of dealers we are being asked to train commercial and wizards after sales service”, has asserted Fatjo.
Volkswagen has invested four million euros in the Training Centre of Leganés, where courses are provided for their employees and where they will be students of the programme Talentia. These facilities are equipped to perform interventions in electric vehicles. “We are aware of the profound change coming to the automotive sector”, explained Pérez Botello during the presentation. In 2018, the company invested 10.5 million euros in training its own workers, commented Pérez Botello in the act of this Tuesday.
students who complete the program FP-dual of Volkswagen be charged the minimum wage during his period of practice in the company. “After the training period the students can choose where they want to work, but of course we’d like to stay in Volkswagen,” said Fatjo. This manager has explained that students who enter the program have passed an interview and are “the best”.
Perez Botello has been claimed that Volkswagen want to help reduce the high rate of youth unemployment in Spain, which is the second highest of the European Union, behind only Greece. “As a society we have to fight against youth unemployment, the figures are unacceptable,” he affirmed during the presentation.
