Florian Reil shines with an excellent grade of 1.1. For this, the German Chamber of Industry and Commerce “DIHK” honoured him in Berlin.
The best production-department mechanic doesn’t work in the automotive industry (where the production mechanic profession is most in demand), but at a company that manufactures HORSCH agricultural machinery. As for being the best in all of Germany, Florian Reil could hardly believe it at first. “I was simply thrilled to get a good grade. When they told me in Regensburg that this was the highest grade not only in the Lower Bavaria and Upper Palatinate region, but possibly across all of Bavaria, or even all of Germany, I was speechless,” says Reil, whom HORSCH, of course, hired into its service-retrofit department.
As a gift for his excellent grade, Florian Reil and his parents were given a two-night stay at a hotel in Berlin so they could attend the DIHK award ceremony and see the city. Why did he decide to train at HORSCH? “I’ve always been close to agriculture. We have about 150 ha of land, which is considered a fairly large area in our region. I really wanted to become a production mechanic and, in the future, not work on an assembly line, but have the chance to work individually and independently, which was and always will be possible at HORSCH,” Florian continues. Anton Graufogl, head of professional training at all German HORSCH factories, can’t stop praising his student’s success either. “This shows that all the investment we’ve made in training over the past years is paying off! Every factory has invested heavily in both modern equipment and PCs/iPads, so that training is not only high-quality but also enjoyable,” says Mr Graufogl. The company currently has 47 apprentices in training.
