68 A vitally important element in our role as managers is to identify our employees’ talents and potential for development and deliberately encourage these. The options need to be discussed together, especially during the annual staff review, and that forms the basis for the employee’s objectives and any measures that need to be taken. Ideally, this would lead to employees and managers taking on additional responsibilities or being promoted into more demanding roles. The guarantee of traineeships in various vocations will remain a given at both sites and work placements will also continue to be offered wherever possible. Sustainability as a concept will also become a component of vocational training at Girsberger in future. In 2022, the offering from “ ClimateLab” was incorporated in the company’s training programme for the first time. Two trainees from Endingen and one from Bützberg took part in this two-day training workshop. After the course, the trainees work on a small project in the field of sustainability which they then present to ClimateLab and internally and, where feasible, also implement. Further information can be found at www.myblueplanet.ch In the last reporting period, our focus was on the targeted advancement of young professionals, i.e., trainees and employees in their first or second job after completing their vocational training. Our development and training of young people is intended to counteract the shortage of skilled workers, as well as prevent the loss of company- specific knowledge due to retirements. At the Bützberg site, eight employees completed professional development; five of these were awarded a Swiss Federal Professional Education and Training Diploma. During the pandemic year of 2021, many professional development courses, particularly at the Endingen site, were cancelled by the employers’ liability insurance association and other providers, which is the reason for the low training rate. We were able to offer work placements at the Bützberg site, particularly in the field of surface finishes and treatments. Students from the Bern Technical College each worked at our plant for about two weeks. In 2021 we accepted 14 work placement students, in 2022, 24. We were subsequently able to offer permanent employment to one student. At the Endingen site, hardly any work placements took place as they were cancelled by the schools due to the pandemic. The shortage of qualified specialists will continue to be a major concern for us in the coming years. It is therefore all the more important for us to continue the development of skills in young people systematically, and to identify talented individuals and encourage and train them according to their abilities. This will remain one of our primary objectives in the coming reporting period. Another focus will be on the continuing professional development of managers with employee responsibilities. Training Overview of training Training 2022 7.5 10 9 104 7.5 2021 7.5 10 9 76 5.6 2020 7.4 10 9 61 4.2 2019 7.1 9 9 244 9.1 2018 7.8 10 10 225 8.1 2017 6.9 10 8 192 6.8 Number of trainees as a percentage of all employees Trainees Girsberger AG, Bützberg Trainees Girsberger GmbH, Endingen Total internal and external training days Number of hours of training per employee Unit Percent Number Number Days Hours Social affairs
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