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▲ The apprentices will be trained in close cooperation with the Technical University in Mardin, Turkey.
Apprentice training
center Mardin
Offi cial opening ceremony in Turkey
Turkey is of long-term importance
for ANDRITZ HYDRO,
and a variety of projects range
from large to smaller hydropower
plants. ANDRITZ HYDRO now also
emphasizes its social responsibility
in this country, especially in the
South-East Anatolian region.
In 2010 ANDRITZ HYDRO decided to
plan and build an apprentice training
center in Mardin, South-East Anatolia
and operate it for several years. After a
short construction period the center
was inaugurated on 4 May 2012 and
handed over to its destiny. 3 Turkish
ministers, local mayors and governors
attended the opening ceremony as well
as the Austrian ambassador and the
trade commissioner.
Over the next three years more than
100 young people from the region will
be trained as skilled metal workers,
electricians and certifi ed welders. This
training is fully financed by ANDRITZ
HYDRO. After three years the training
center will be handed over as a gift to
the local Technical Institute in Mardin.
In close cooperation with the Technical
Institute, the training center's curriculum
is based on one that corresponds
to Austrian apprenticeship training. The
students are trained in theory and
practice and in the English language.
This kind of curriculum, where both
theoretical and practical training is offered,
is a first in Turkey. It is expected
that it will set an example and will be