Offset Printing
manroland and GTS Offenbach conclude project week
Tuesday 14. July 2009 - The up-and-coming project managers
The Offenbach Commercial and Technical colleges (GTS) have presented the final papers for their project week. The engineering special subject courses were presented as well: the students spent almost a week at press manufacturer manroland where they gathered experience in project management.
Even for people with many years of experience, sometimes projects turn out to be a real flop. Therefore students at the Offenbach GTS cannot start learning about project management early enough. Engineering is one of the pillars of the German economy and here great importance is placed on promoting young talent. Especially at manroland where the companys large printing presses full of high-tech mechatronics have to be transported to all parts of the world. This demands highly skilled project management and manroland is recognized in the industry for its professionalism and reliability in this field.
This is why 29 young people spent almost one week at manroland. On 9 July 2009, the students of the engineering special subject courses presented what they had learned at manroland about design and project management. Albrecht Völz, Manager of the Training Center at manroland, was full of praise for the qualification measure: “The students tackled the tasks at manroland with great enthusiasm. I consider the project week to be a really worthwhile training initiative. Over five days the manroland colleagues, the GTS teachers and the students can accomplish a lot together.”
The students produced technical drawings, worked on designing with a CAD system, and learned how to successfully conclude a project. Since teamwork is an essential part of this, communication tasks had to be mastered as well. An especially entertaining lesson for the students was training in style and etiquette. After all, a botched dinner has sometimes ruined a career.