Training and development

Employees are given plenty of opportunities to progress through specialist training, regular reviews and tailored career paths. Each year, around 190,000 days are spent on activities aimed at maximising skills and knowledge with programmes covering everything from IT to leadership, languages to intercultural awareness.

We have a core set of competencies that define the requirements of every Airbus position. This helps managers when they need to recruit or plan someone’s next steps, and clarifies what is expected of each employee.

The Airbus Key Competences (AKCs) include composites design and manufacture, architecture, manufacturing engineering and supply chain management. Hundreds of actions have been put in place ranging from new training programmes and career paths, to state-of-the-art knowledge management and expertise transfer solutions. In fact, 40% of all training hours are spent on AKCs.

The Airbus Key Competences:

• Configuration Management
• Project and Programme Management
• Components and Aircraft Architects
• Composites Design and Stress
• Lean
• Supply Chain Management
• Management and Leadership
• Management of External Work Packages
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Quality Engineering
• Services Solutions
• Electrical Design/Integration
• Composites Manufacturing & Assembly