204 apprentices start their careers at AMAG

The automotive importer AMAG is one of the largest training centers in Switzerland: The more than 700 apprentices represent around 13% of all the company's employees. It is therefore important to the mobility services provider that all apprentices receive a flawless start to their vocational training. Every year, therefore, new apprentices complete an introductory event - the AMAG Welcome Camp, which is designed to introduce them to the AMAG world and promote group dynamics and networking.

Learners from all over Switzerland in one place

On Thursday and Friday, August 4 and 5, the first nationwide AMAG Welcome Camp was held in the Umweltarena in Spreitenbach. A total of 204 AMAG apprentices took part; 152 apprentices from German-speaking Switzerland, 42 from French-speaking Switzerland and 10 from Ticino. As a major innovation this year, all new apprentices from the whole of Switzerland were invited to the same event. The AMAG Academy, AMAG's training institute, revised the Welcome Camp program and spread it over two days.

The management welcomes the apprentices

At the beginning of the introductory program, the young people were welcomed by the management. Bernhard Soltermann, Managing Director of AMAG Import and COO, Jost Eggenberger, Managing Director of AMAG Retail, Beatrice Angst, Head of HR Region, and Gerald Ziegler, Head of AMAG Academy, talked about AMAG's professional life and addressed the apprentices with motivational words. This was followed by a post run, in which playful AMAG topics such as the organization, corporate divisions, philosophy, personnel administration, etc. were introduced. A visit to AMAG's vehicle logistics center in Birrfeld, where numerous new vehicles were on display, rounded off the program.

Source: AMAG