You need the right people to understand the equipment.
Volkswagen’s Chattanooga plant is rebooting a key training initiative as it keeps up with the technology upgrades the automaker is cramming into new vehicles.
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Ricardo Guerrero, organizational development director at Volkswagen, begins with the general announcement of the new Robotronics apprenticeship program on Wednesday.More computer programming, increased hands-on learning in the plant and boosting the daily teaching time will be hallmarks of the Robotronics Program, said Ilker Subasi, who is overseeing the apprenticeship effort in Chattanooga.
The Chattanooga plant is the first of Volkswagen’s many factories worldwide to adopt the new training regimen, according to the German automaker.
“The complexity in the manufacturing environment is huge,” Subasi said. “You need the right people to understand the equipment.”