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Training for young construction workers from eastern Germany

Published in: Aannemer, Publication date: 01-10-2009

Crisis or no crisis, the demand for foreign personnel is bound to increase over the next few years because of our aging population profile and the low inflow of young workers. These are the views of Paul Muller of TecLine International, a company finding placements for skilled professional tradesmen from central and eastern Europe. In order to meet this demand he is establishing professional training courses for young people from the former East Germany.

TecLine International have been active for many years now in the placement of staff from central and eastern Europe in a number of sectors of the Dutch labour market, including the construction sector. According to Paul Muller, one of TecLine's three Directors, these are hardworking people who don't have difficulty in working away for a week on an installation job. There is often no work in their own countries, or they make so little from it that they can hardly make ends meet. The European labour market offers a way out.
Despite the crisis there are still plenty of foreigners working in the Netherlands says Muller. "You might think nobody is still active on the Dutch labour market, but in fact nothing could be further from the truth. There are still tens of thousands involved in construction.

Read the article: Training for young construction workers from eastern Germany.