Renewable energy company ENERTRAG has opened a new training and qualification centre at its Dauerthal headquarters in the Uckermark region of Brandenburg, as it steps up efforts to secure skilled workers for its wind-service business.
The centre, commissioned on 4 August, brings apprenticeships, qualification and further training together in one place, with workshops for metalworking, hydraulics, pneumatics and electronics alongside a room for training service technicians. For the first time, ENERTRAG is training its technical apprentices entirely in-house, without an external partner; from 2028 it plans to bring a class of five apprentices a year to qualification.
The opening coincided with the arrival of four service technicians from South Africa — part of a relocation programme to recruit experienced staff abroad — who will complete a German language course and technical training before being deployed at various sites. ENERTRAG says its total number of trainees has risen to 29 this year, nearly double the previous year, with Kiel added as a new training location and Berlin reactivated after 15 years. “The energy transition is decided in rural areas, where the turbines stand and where we need qualified specialists for the long term,” said Jan Neuhann, managing director of ENERTRAG Service.
The move points to a constraint felt right across the Baltic-rim wind sector: as installed capacity grows, the shortage of technicians to build and maintain turbines is becoming as pressing as permitting or grid access. Operators that can train and retain their own workforce hold a quiet but real advantage.
