Tuesday, July 24 2018 12:23

ArmInfo. Within the framework of the "New Generation" program in September 2018, the second stage of a set of trainees will begin for work at the enterprises of the  aluminum company "Rusal". This was told in an interview with  Nezavisimaya Gazeta by the HR Director of Rusal, Natalia Beketova.

One of the world's largest producers of aluminum, Rusal, in early  2017, launched the "New Generation" program, aimed at attracting  young prospective employees, both workers and specialists. Since the  start of the project, more than 220 people, including from Armenia,  have been trained, and more than 75 percent of them have become  employees of the aluminum holding. The program gives its participants  the opportunity to pass a paid internship at any enterprise or in the  structural division of the company where the relevant vacancy is  open. In addition to the knowledge gained, the participants of the  program, if successful, get an opportunity for employment. The  program offered to trainees is designed for 6 months for managers and  for 3 months for representatives of working specialties. Each trainee  receives a mentor and HR curator, they make up an individual  development program, help to adapt to the enterprise and plan the  time so as to combine practice and training. The participant of the  "New Generation" program, Gor Hodjayan, was accepted as a repairman  by the locksmith on the site of the "Armenal" enterprise (part of  "Rusal") located in Armenia, and recently became the foreman of the  repair section of the lifting mechanisms. "I graduated from the  Bachelor of Architecture and Civil Engineering of Armenia and now I  am studying at the Master's course of the correspondence department  of the National Polytechnic University of Armenia and I learned about  the internship from the future mentor - the master of the repair  section of Gagik Matosyan's lifting equipment - and decided to try  his hand at production," he said. "It was interesting, because  everything was new for me, but I did not encounter insurmountable  difficulties yet. Without an internship, I would not have acquired  practical skills, theoretical knowledge is not enough for our  profession. "According to Hor, after completing the magistracy he  hopes to continue his career at Armenal.

"It's always interesting, especially if the trainee shows interest  and wit," Gagik Matosyan said. "Working with the trainee is a little  distracting from the main job, but we at the plant pay special  attention to training of young people, we consider this one of the  main duties."

"For me, practically everything in the plant was new and unfamiliar,"  said another intern of Armenal, a foundry worker Mushegh Shambaryan.  "For example, I read about induction furnaces, but I've never seen  them, but now I practice in the process of melting metal and  understand what is happening in production much better." I did not  imagine it in the student's audience. I realized that you can know a  lot theoretically, but you can not apply this is in practice, only  the plant gives this opportunity. " About the program Mushegh learned  from a classmate, who already works for Armenal. "It was he who  reported about the project" New Generation ". It seemed to me  interesting. As a student, I went through an industrial practice  here, after which I decided to continue working, " he shared.

According to his mentor, the senior master of the smelting and  casting department of Vardan Gasparyan, such an internship is not  just interesting, but necessary. "Trainees of the New Generation  project will participate in the implementation of new approaches, new  programs, so investing in prospective staff is an investment in the  future," he said.