Training
The supply of skills is an important issue for our entire industry and Applia has long been a driving force in these. As the initiator of the YH training for service technicians, we were pleased that over 90% obtained jobs after the training, but our work does not end there.
APPLiA has over the past 15 years worked actively together with schools and authorities to create post-secondary education for service technicians. During these years, the industry has trained approximately 150 technicians. This is far from enough as most service technicians in the industry are elderly. Over the past year, a review has had to be made based on the fact that the Swedish National Agency for Vocational Education and Training did not grant further intakes of students to the current education. APPLiA has, together with TUC and the University of Technology, which is the education provider, applied for a new, partially changed education and course content. A decision on whether this will be granted will come after the turn of the year.
Over 90% of those trained have continuously obtained work after completing their training during all these years, however, we have continuously had difficulty filling all training places, which has been a problem for us when discussing whether the training should receive approval for further intake, i.e. extension of the training.
We want to increase the impact
The technical field does not have the same impact on vocational education and training as, for example, construction, where overarching organizations such as the Swedish Construction and Building Companies Association have been very active and with solid resources have had their area well catered for. Unfortunately, the technical field does not have the same support from overarching organizations, but individual industries work entirely on their own around concrete skills provision in the form of dedicated industry training. This is of course unfortunate and contributes to the fact that the technical field is not invested in to the same extent as other vocational education and training programs. Furthermore, it is difficult for education providers to finance the implementation of technology-oriented education and training because they generally generate higher costs in implementation.
Essay competition
APPLiA is continuously accepting nominations for essay competitions for bachelor's, master's and doctoral theses written about the economic aspects affecting the white goods industry at the industrial and retail levels - distribution issues, technological change, consumer interest, establishment issues and tax systems related to the white goods industry.
The prize for the accepted essay is a scholarship of SEK 20,000. The jury consists of industry experts from APPLiA and Teknikföretagen.
Criteria:
- The thesis must be a bachelor's, master's or doctoral thesis approved by a Swedish university.
- The essay will address economic aspects that affect entrepreneurship in the white goods industry.
- Nominations can be submitted on an ongoing basis.
- Anyone, even the author, can nominate essays.
Send your contribution to matts.spangberg@tebab.com
