Trainees can deepen knowledge practically

Tönnies opens State-of-the-art training workshop

Rheda-Wiedenbrück, 8. September 2021 – The time has finally come: The Tönnies Group’s new in-house and state-of-the-art training workshop has been completed. On an area of around 250 square meters, the technical trainees will be able to improve their mechanical and electronic knowledge even more in the future. They will be supported by their trainers. Clemens Tönnies, shareholder of the Tönnies Group, and his wife Margit also attended the official opening of the new premises at the Rheda site.

For the company’s own training workshop, several rooms on the company premises have been completely renovated, refurbished and modernized in recent months.  Tönnies is thus no longer dependent on an external training workshop. “The apprentices are now much closer to the action. They don’t just learn theory from a distance, but are now right in the middle of it,” says Jan Fuhrmann, training manager for the technical professions. Together with his colleagues, he has driven forward the planning and implementation of the new training workshop. In the future, the Tönnies trainees will be able to work practically here and consolidate their skills in welding, turning, milling, and other areas. For theory, there is an additional training room with computers and a smartboard. The trainers’ master office is also located in the training workshop. As a result, the apprentices and trainers work closely together and can provide feedback quickly.

“We are not just training new skilled workers here, but personalities,” says Clemens Tönnies at the opening. Promoting young talent and training is particularly important to the family-owned company. That’s why Tönnies is providing new incentives for apprentices with the state-of-the-art training workshop. The family-owned company is currently training 25 apprentices from four apprenticeship years and three different occupational fields in the technical area.

The prospective specialists as electronics technicians, mechatronics technicians and industrial mechanics take care of the maintenance, servicing or troubleshooting of machines, conveyor belts and cooling systems during ongoing operations. However, creative solutions are also required time and again. The Tönnies trainees are directly involved in the practical work. “Here, no one has to stand by and watch for weeks, but is allowed to lend a hand right away. And honestly, they often have great ideas that we old hands wouldn’t have thought of,” says Jan Fuhrmann.