Schuler graduates first class of apprentices at Cedual training center in Mexico

At Schuler’s Cedual vocational training center in Puebla, Mexico, the first group of apprentices have received their leaving certificates. The newly qualified industrial and tool mechanics all passed their German Chamber of Commerce and Industry exam. They are the first skilled workers in Mexico to have completed a three-year apprenticeship based on the German dual education standard.

The 25 mechanics have been given a three-year contract to continue working at their respective companies. In addition to Schuler, the companies include the auto part suppliers Allgaier, ThyssenKrupp Presta, ThyssenKrupp Materials, LuK, Gestamp, and PWO. All partner firms have facilities in the vicinity.

In addition to drilling, turning, milling, and grinding machines and numerous workbenches, Cedual also houses a technical college. As in Germany, the apprenticeships comprise both theoretical and practical phases. German trainers and Mexican teachers instruct the apprentices in an audiovisual lecture hall and three classrooms.

The training costs are covered by the various partner companies. In addition, Cedual receives financial support from the German-Mexican Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, the Mexican state of Puebla, and the Mexican Ministry of Economics.

As well as providing education for apprentices, Cedual also offers training for the employees of companies in the fields of die and press technology, sinker EDM, welding, hydraulics, pneumatics, CNC technology, turning, and milling.