Industry: National Education Award for AMAG

At the award ceremony, Johann Schneider-Ammann described vocational training as a success factor. In his laudatory speech, National Councillor Christian Wasserfallen described the AMAG apprenticeship program as sustainable, exemplary and versatile.

The National Education Prize was awarded jointly for the first time by the Hans Huber Foundation (HHS) and the Swiss University of Applied Sciences Foundation. Both institutions are committed to promoting the dual education system. With his commitment, Federal Councillor Johann Schneider-Ammann wants to help find and promote young talent and increase the mobility of the workforce: "We need to strengthen vocational education and training. Basic vocational training has now even become an export product, but it cannot be prescribed by the state. The key to success is employers offering practical apprenticeships."

The right people for the right place
Morten Hannesbo, CEO of AMAG Automobil- und Motoren AG, accepted the National Education Award on behalf of his training team from Christian Wasserfallen. The National Councillor is President of the Swiss University of Applied Sciences Foundation and emphasized that AMAG markets apprenticeships in an authentic and attractive way and thus attracts the right people for the right place in the economy. Apprentices could put their concerns directly to the boss. Hannesbo is a "CEO you can touch". Accordingly, he wants to use the prize money in a target group-oriented manner: "We will use the prize money to recruit apprentices: It will flow into a work project "Apprentices recruit apprentices"." The project deals with questions such as how technical professions can be made more attractive, how parents, schools and young people can be motivated to take up a technical apprenticeship or what is expected of a future training company.

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