Industrial in-house training

Careful training is always successful

The diversified Swedish labour market calls for a number of skills which are not readily available through the basic educational system. In-house training, especially in a variety of industrial contexts, is an important complement to raise the competence of the employees.

Many of the large companies in the region focus on their own in-house training programmes to improve the skills of their personnel. A further important feature is, however, the co-operation between private enterprise and the various labour market bodies, where solutions are often found to meet very specific company needs.

The local employment exchanges have an open dialogue with the industrial companies to discuss these needs in order to develop the region's commercial and industrial life. In many major cities there is an ongoing training activity where private interests and regional bodies co-operate to adapt special education programmes to the existing labour market. The aim is to prepare the students for work in very specific areas, including e.g. industrial techniques, computer programming and other high-tech sectors.