​Newly hired employees by the end of January have started a three-month training program in a special training center, opened by Unipetrol RPA by the end of last year. The aim of the program is to improve skills of 25 young graduates who should assume the position of operator.

"There was a  great interest in the operator position– we had 120 registered candidates in the selection procedure, out of which we selected the participants of the training centre. We recruit new employees in connection with the need of generational replacement for part of our highly experienced employees," says HR Director Michał Chmiel. The intention is  to train them into competent operators in chemical production within a few years. "Thanks to the training centre, our new employees will  get to know how the company operates in details and become acquainted with strict safety rules and try out some activities directly in operation under the supervision of experienced colleagues," says Michał Chmiel. 

Among new employees there are mostly graduates of EDUCHEM, the Technical High School in Most or the Technical High School in Velebudice, They are on average 23 years old, men and woman.  

The theoretical part consists of seven educational areas
The training program includes seven educational areas focusing for example on occupational safety, fire protection and environmental protection, mechanical engineering, chemistry or electronics. "The candidates will learn, among other things, why we have built an integrated management system and why quality is important to us. In scope of the measurement and control area, there will be a presentation about plants in operation and about the used measuring and controlling technology. The energy services unit is important for plant operation. For this reason, the electrical circuit focusing on the production of electricity and its distribution in Chempark Záluží were included in the program. A four-day training in communication and team cooperation is also part of the program," says Michał Chmiel.

The training centre also focuses on practice in individual factories, where the trainees will acquire comprehensive understanding of the complexity of individual processes in chemical production. After training at the end of March, new operators who have successfully completed the training part will start working in five production plants.

Unipetrol RPA plans to recruit more employees during the year.