Thionville. The Chamber of Trades is recruiting apprentices for the start of the school year

The campaign to recruit apprentices for the start of the September school year has just started. For the Chamber of Trades and Crafts of Moselle, the objective is to seduce and convince young people to take one of the courses offered. This ranges from graphic arts to the profession of dental prosthetist, including that of painter, electrician, bodybuilder or hairdresser. Without forgetting the food professions: baker, pastry chef, pork butcher, butcher and fishmonger. In all, 15 trades are taught at the Moselle Trades Campus, bringing together the three CFA (apprenticeship training centers) of Metz, Thionville and Forbach. “That is about 1,100 apprentices concerned, welcomed from the age of 15 if they have finished their third class, and up to 29”, explains Thierry Ancel, training director at the Trades Campus.

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Support candidates and their families

“The CFA plays, in a way, the role of matchmaker between the young person and the company. “Thierry Ancel recognizes that, for a young person, the choice is not always easy. Between the pastry dream and the reality of a laboratory, we are sometimes far from the image of Top Chef. Just as the profession of ready-to-wear saleswoman does not necessarily correspond to the image that shopaholics and Cristina Cordula have of it. “For families, it is still a bit unclear”, recognizes the director of training. “They are not aware that their child is neither college nor high school student, but an employee of a company under the status of apprenticeship. It is therefore not a search for an internship that they must carry out but a job search. “Don’t panic though: the CFA is there to help them.

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91% success in exams

Thierry Ancel draws up this observation: “There is a real deficiency in many trades, particularly in those of food, such as butcher, fishmonger or baker. You go out with your diploma in your pocket and the hypermarkets roll out the red carpet for you, ”he does not hesitate to assert.

At this stage of recruitment, 161 positions are already open, which are only waiting for candidates. “It’s starting rather strong”, rejoices the director of training, happy that the crisis has not had an impact on recruitment. “Even though she was able to push back the decision-making. But businesses are always in demand. The Campus des Métiers can also boast a pretty 91% success rate in exams. “75% of our young people are in employment after three months of leaving school. These are numbers that speak volumes! “For the director,” the most important thing is to find your way. A touch of passion is still recommended… ”

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