Specialist training in the new apprenticeship year

This year, 22 young peo­ple are start­ing their train­ing at OQ Chem­i­cals in Ober­hausen in the nat­ur­al sci­ences, com­mer­cial and industrial/technical fields. The glob­al­ly active com­pa­ny offers tomor­row’s skilled work­ers a wide range of appren­tice­ships with good prospects for the future. In addi­tion to chem­i­cal tech­ni­cians, chem­i­cal lab­o­ra­to­ry assis­tants and indus­tri­al clerks, the com­pa­ny is also train­ing mecha­tron­ics engi­neers for the first time this year.

Solid training with prospects

“Pro­mot­ing and secur­ing young tal­ent is a top pri­or­i­ty for us. As a lead­ing glob­al man­u­fac­tur­er, we invest specif­i­cal­ly in high­ly qual­i­fied train­ing right from the start. As a result, in recent years our appren­tices have always been among the best grad­u­ates in the region — the ide­al basis for a pro­fes­sion­al start to their careers. As a com­pa­ny with a long-term focus, we show young peo­ple the prospects for the future: We fill vacan­cies pri­mar­i­ly with our own employ­ees. So an appren­tice­ship with us can be the start of a suc­cess­ful career with the company.”

- David Müller, Tal­ent Part­ner Downstream

Farewell to training manager Gerald Mosel

At the start of the new train­ing year, there is a new face at the com­pa­ny: Ger­ald Mosel, Head of Train­ing until 2020, is retir­ing. Max­i­m­il­ian Schren­ner will be the new head of training.

“With Ger­ald Mosel, an active part of the com­pa­ny is leav­ing; his absence will be felt in many places in the future,” said Dr. Oliv­er Borgmeier, Man­ag­ing Direc­tor. “Thanks to him, train­ing at the Ober­hausen site enjoys an excel­lent rep­u­ta­tion, which is under­lined by numer­ous IHK hon­ors. Qual­i­ty in train­ing and work­ing with young peo­ple were always impor­tant to him. For his new phase in life, we sin­cere­ly wish Ger­ald Mosel all the best for the future. We thank him for his tire­less com­mit­ment, his many years of loy­al­ty to the com­pa­ny, and for the con­struc­tive and good coop­er­a­tion in his role as a mem­ber and Chair­man of the Gen­er­al Works Council.”