Employment, Social Affairs & Inclusion

EAfA membership and pledges

The European Alliance for Apprenticeships is a multi-stakeholder initiative steered by the European Commission. The originator of the pledge is solely responsible for implementing the actions outlined in the pledge.

Volkswagen Group

Organisation name:Volkswagen Group
Type of organisation: Large employer (more than 250 employees)
Organisation operations:Mobility-Transport (includes automotive, shipbuilding)
Objectives:
Country:Germany
Start date:01/01/2017
Contact person(s):Mr. Olaf Katzer
Email(s):olaf5.katzer@volkswagen.de

Description of the Organisation:
The Volkswagen Group has 626,715 employees, making it one of the largest automotive companies worldwide. The Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Ducati, Lamborghini, MAN, Porsche, Scania, Seat, Skoda, Volkswagen, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicle brands all belong to the Group. As of 2016, the Group delivers 10 million vehicles to customers annually. To ensure employees continue to be qualified in future, 19,490 young people are being trained according to the dual training principle in 60 vocations and 50 dual study programmes (as of 2016). Taking all of the companies into account, around 15,200 apprentices are currently in training in Europe.

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