Hapag-Lloyd, UASC Focus on Staff Training

 

Now as the shipping lines continue the transitional integration period, a global training program is already underway for all UASC staff joining Hapag-Lloyd.

 

In all, around 1,700 days of training are planned, and face-to-face trainings have already started in Asia, Europe and the Middle East. By mid-July, some seven weeks after the closing, half of the more than 500 planned training events are expected to have been completed.

 

The training structure is based on a blended learning concept, which combines web-based training, basic and advanced classroom training, as well as learning support post training.

 

Top priority in classroom instruction will be given to real-life relevance. “The goal is to get the trainees into exercises as quickly as possible,” emphasized Uwe Karstens, Hapag-Lloyd Director of Global Training. “And that’s why we’ve developed several practical examples for all business fields. In the training-exercise systems, the trainees will be familiarized using examples drawn from normal day-to-day business practice.”

 

The training concept, which covers topics such as processes, applications and company structure, is being implemented by Hapag-Lloyd employees who understand the shipping business and Hapag-Lloyd’s systems and operations in detail.

 

A training program has also been drawn up for the management level.

 

Hapag-Lloyd said the overall training process will be completed within three months, but added this is by no means the end of the learning process. “Nowadays, we expect all employees – new or old – to improve their skills on an ongoing basis,” Karstens said.

 

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