The manufacturer of public transport vehicles near Poznań has been cooperating with the Vocational School in Murowana Goślina for five years. The cooperation concerns education in professions where the training lasts 36 months, namely automotive electromechanic and mechatronics assembler. It is in this latter trade that fourteen new students will be trained, joining the group of over 2,000 employees working at Solaris. The students will work based on the status of a juvenile employee undergoing practical vocational training.
– It is largely to qualified personnel that we owe our success on the Polish and European market, which is why we understand how important it is to invest in the knowledge and skills of young people – says Solange Olszewska, CEO of Solaris Bus & Coach S.A. – The dynamic development of the company means that we must plan the employment of specialists in advance. We believe that both the company’s development and the students’ results will allow us to hire all graduates of the program for production.
During their practical vocational training, Solaris students rotate through production stations, working in various teams, starting from component assembly, through electrics and pneumatics, and ending with hydraulics. Thanks to this training model, by the end of the second year, they are already performing 75% of the tasks and activities assigned to a full-time employee. All participants of the Solaris Bus & Coach S.A. Practical Vocational Training Program are employed under an employment contract and receive remuneration in subsequent years of study in accordance with the Regulation of the Council of Ministers of May 28, 1996, on the vocational preparation of juveniles and their remuneration. At the same time, just like full-time employees, they are covered by benefits from the Company Social Benefits Fund (ZFŚP) and receive, among other things, holiday gift packages. The dynamic and rapid development of the company causes a constant increase in employment and results in the search for employees in very specific professions. Solaris is looking for specialists in such professions as: electrician, electronics technician, mechanic, assembler, or welder. That is why the company is so actively taking action to develop vocational education. The Solaris Practical Vocational Training Program, in cooperation with other vocational schools, will also be implemented in the near future at the factory in Środa Wielkopolska. Students there will be prepared for work as welders.