The Working in the Port program is moving full steam ahead
Open days, guest lectures, internships and port tours. After the official kickoff of the Working in the Port incentive program last December, it is full steam ahead. Through various activities, pupils and students are informed about port jobs and internships in a fun way. Like last week, when the Montessori Lyceum Oostpoort visited the Amsterdam port with some 200 students.
What is the oldest port profession? How much do you earn as a mechanic or shipbroker in the port of Amsterdam? What courses can you take if you want to work in the port? Questions that were addressed during the Working in Educational Tour. For two hours on board the River Dream, the students took up the challenge about port professions. They took an interactive port quiz and a guest speaker came on board. Of course, the students had front row seats for the spectacle that occurred in the Amsterdam port. Experiencing up close how a tug takes on an oil tanker or how a cocoa ship is unloaded: you don't experience that in school.
A matter of planting seeds
Montessori Lyceum Oostpoort, like many other high schools, had a career orientation (LOB) project week. The whole week was dedicated to internships and professions. Besides a visit to the port, the school also visited Techcampus Amsterdam - also a partner of the Working in the Port program. There the students were able to put their technical skills to the test. An LOB experience is an important component for schools in both primary and secondary education. Young people get to know various industries, companies and courses at a young age. Useful for later study choices or further skills development.
More and more companies are also jumping on the project weeks. They themselves give guest lessons or a tour of the company. Not so much because they want to recruit grade 8 or pre-school students for a job, but because companies find it important to invest in new talent and to transfer their knowledge. And if these young people do end up working for the company in 6 or 7 years, that's a good thing. It is a matter of planting seeds.
Amsterdam Seaport Days
At the end of June, the third edition of Amsterdam Seaport Days will take place. Once again, the organization will welcome young people from primary and secondary schools, MBO and HBO for the education program developed by the Working in the Port program. A job fair will also be organized for work and internship seekers. In any case, the students of the Montessori Lyceum Oostpoort have been invited again. Because the power of repetition also applies to good promotion and match.
The stimulation program Working in the Port is a collaboration between ORAM, Amports, Port of Amsterdam, the port business community and the City of Amsterdam. Together they are committed to promoting port professions and improving the match between job-seeker and employer.
