The orientation phase of the Technique Garden IJmond is over. In the first part of this project, the ten participants received six weeks of technical lessons at the NOVA Campus in Beverwijk in various technical fields. They also got to know the 11 companies affiliated to this pilot: they visited them and received guest lectures. This way, the participants got a good idea of what each company does and what skills they need to work there. After these six weeks of orientation, the candidates will do a six-week internship at one of the 11 affiliated companies at the end of May.
The Techniektuin IJmond is a project of Techport, the Province of North Holland, the WerkgeversServicepunt ZKIJ, the Nova College Beverwijk and 11 companies that allows new entrants to actually start in a technical profession.
Instructor Jacco Regtop from the NOVA Campus in Beverwijk taught the 10 participants electrical, metal, installation, process and insulation technology. He looks back on it with a good feeling.
