Ivanka Trump visits Siemens training center in Berlin

Around 12,000 young men and women worldwide – of whom more than 9,000 are in Germany – are currently enrolled in training or two-track programs at Siemens, making the industrial company one of the largest providers of such programs. Due to the great success of the German model, Siemens is increasingly offering two-track training, which combines theory and practice, to young people in countries outside Germany, including the U.S., Canada, Mexico, South Africa, India and the UK. Siemens currently operates training programs in 20 countries.

These programs offer instruction in a wide range of commercial and, above all, technical fields – for example, mechatronics, IT, electronics and technical product design. Courses are constantly being updated in a targeted fashion to prepare young people for the challenges of digitalization, for example. Aspiring cutting machine operators, for instance, now also learn how to operate 3D printers.

The continuing education of the company’s employees is also a top priority. In fiscal 2016, Siemens invested €270 million in employee upskilling worldwide. For example, 655,000 employees are currently using a Siemens e-learning module. In fiscal 2016, Siemens Learning Campus – the Corporate Unit responsible for continuing education measures at the company – organized some 3,300 face-to-face seminars, some of which extended over several days. These seminars alone attracted a total of 61,000 participants around the globe.

Including its investments in training of €240 million, the company thus spent more than €500 million for the training and further education of its employees.