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A future- and demand-oriented vocational education and training policy in the aerospace sector is a key factor in making our industry fit for the future. The aerospace industry, unlike any other sector, requires a growing number of qualified technicians and engineers in order to be able to carry out current and future, multinational and complex programs. At present, almost 4,000 engineers and some 2,000 qualified technicians need to be recruited in Germany.
The aerospace industry has been carrying out comprehensive recruitment measures at trade shows for many years now. In addition, many BDLI member companies are actively involved in national initiatives and their company’s project days in order to attract potential new recruits - whether they be elementary school student or university graduate - to the varied vocational field of aerospace engineering. Girls’ Day Engineers’ Day Renowned research locations such as the Hamburg region have launched initiatives of their own. Universities and student-led initiatives such as BONDING and EUROAVIA enable students to perform active networking within the aerospace industry’s environment. Close cooperation between science, applied research and industry allows educational institutions and industry to jointly ensure that new recruits can be sensitized at an early date and receive need-driven, time-optimized training. Both, the universities and the industrial enterprises involved will benefit from the synergies created in terms of job relevance and development competence. The BDLI strategically supports the efforts described above through its ILA Career Center initiative, which serves as an international contact platform for OEMs, equipment and material suppliers and all those career starters, university graduates and other specialists seeking jobs or working in the aerospace industry. |
