Our vocational training is an important investment into the future

For K+S, vocational training is an important investment in the future. Our training activities are also an expression of our responsibility as an employer in regions that suffer from structural weakness in part, and are a commitment to Germany as a location, which, as a competitive industrial base, needs new generations of welltrained specialists.

As of 31 December 2011, 634 young people at 14 sites prepared themselves to start their careers in 17 training professions at K+S in Germany, from whom 178 trainees were taken on in 2011. At the end of the year, the training ratio was at 6.3 % at the high level of the previous year.

After their final examination, the trainees stand a very good chance of obtaining a permanent position if they have performed correspondingly professionally and are personally suitable. In recent years, we have taken on about 90 % of our trainees.