Helion has opened its own training centre. At the Helion TrainingCenter, future specialists in the energy sector learn hands-on “just like on a real construction site”, according to a media release from the provider of energy solutions on the opening. The training centre consists of a model single-family house with a pitched and flat roof in original size. It offers space for the training of more than 200 solar specialists per year. In addition, 50 training courses per year are possible.
The goal is eight to ten apprenticeships per year. People coming from other backgrounds could also be qualified to become solar specialists through adult education. Thanks to the linking of photovoltaics, electromobility, bidirectional charging and heat pumps, the training centre covers the training of specialists for both the energy and mobility sectors. “Both areas will shape the future,” Anja Bates, head of HR at the AMAG Group, is quoted as saying. Helion is part of AMAG.
With a total area of 200 square metres, the facility forms the most comprehensive learning environment for renewable energies in Switzerland. The training centre can meet the “high quality demand for urgently needed specialists”, Frank Rutschmann, head of the Renewable Energies Section at the Swiss Federal Office of Energy, is quoted as saying. They are “our capital for the expansion of renewable energies”.
Helion has already been training new staff on its own initiative for four years, including numerous lateral entrants. Before the creation of the solar training programmes for “solar installers and solar installers with a federal vocational certificate”, they were taught the skills in a two-week course. This laid the foundation for the Helion TrainingCenter. It is supported by the Federal Office of Energy and the Canton of Solothurn.
