Starrag AG is expanding the training center at its headquarters in Rorschacherberg, Switzerland with double the space, additional trainers and broader training expertise. The goal is to offer optimized vocational training for our own trainees as well as for learners from all over the region. In this way, Starrag is addressing current developments in the labor market – especially the shortage of skilled workers.

Marcel Capeder, Team Leader at the Starrag Training Center, emphasizes: “With our optimized training program, we primarily want to inspire young people to explore technical careers and pass on the highly technical skills that our company is known for”. He has no doubt that this program will succeed, because it is built upon a strong foundation. Starrag AG – the largest employer in the municipality of Rorschacherberg (canton of St. Gallen) – is a major manufacturing company in the surrounding region. Even if not everyone is familiar with the company thus far, watching the chips fly out of our machines and seeing the finished high-precision parts usually gets the young people interested in our training program.

Starrag AG currently has 25 trainees. Most of them are being trained as polymechanics and design engineers, but we also offer training for computer scientists, logistics specialists, automation specialists and business people. “This is a considerable offering given that around 200 workers are employed at the headquarters in total”, says Sasa Colic, Head of Group Human Resources at Starrag. Sasa Colic and other managers at the Starrag Group consider the training program to be very important, stating “our most valuable asset is competent, motivated employees. By providing the right basic training, we are securing the future of the next generation and therefore the future of our company”.