The work on the excavation of the 18 kilometers of tunnels, the tunnel port and the land reclamation in South Lolland is gradually reaching its goal.
The same is true of FBC’s work in training apprentices on the largest construction project in Denmark’s history. The developer, Femern A/S, has a contractual requirement that the various contractor consortia must train a number of apprentices.
Now the marine contractor consortium Fehmarn Belt Contractors, FBC, has done its part. In fact, it has managed more.
It was a requirement that the Dutch companies had to train 15 man-years, but the fourteen newly trained apprentices who have been on the construction site mean that Fehmarn Belt Contractors comes up to 17.6 apprentice-man-years.
Apprenticeship efforts on the Fehmarn Belt
The developer behind the Fehmarn Belt connection, Fhemrmann A/S, has set requirements for the contractor consortia that a minimum of 500 apprentice man-years must be trained during the construction period.
An apprentice year’s work corresponds to 1924 hours.
The contractor consortium Fehmarn Link Contractors, FLC, will train 470 apprentice man-years, while the remaining approximately 30 are distributed among Fehmarn Belt Contractors, FBC, and Fehmarn Systems Contractors, FSC.
– We are very happy
Fehmarn Belt Contractors consists of the two Dutch excavation and marine contractor companies Boskalis and Van Oord.
And the student manager at FBC is delighted that it can now tick off the task.
– We are very happy to have more than fulfilled our commitment to train 15 apprentices. It is completely in line with the social responsibility that Boskalis and Van Oord already take on projects around the world, says Helle Aagaard, HR coordinator and student manager at FBC in a press release.
From apprentice to logistics manager
Two of the apprentices have subsequently been employed permanently.
One of them is 30-year-old Mads Nielsen from Nykøbing Falster. He graduated in warehouse and logistics in August 2022. Now he is warehouse and logistics manager at FBC with responsibility for FBC’s warehouse at the harbor quay in Rødbyhavn.
– As an apprentice at FBC, I learned all workflows in relation to warehouse management, coordination with the office, preparing rope and wire for ships and sorting waste from the ships. Therefore, it was only natural to continue in FBC when I got the offer. And not least subsequently becoming a Supervisor when the opportunity arose in the spring, says Mads Nielsen in the press release.
The builder, Femern A/S, is also satisfied that FBC has met the requirement in the contract.
– The construction industry has a great responsibility to contribute to training the qualified workforce of the future, and as a developer we take that responsibility seriously. Therefore, it is a great pleasure that FBC has more than fulfilled their obligation to train 15 apprentices during the construction period, says Emilie Juel-Helwig, director of sustainability at the Fehmarn Belt project.
