Lower Austria's apprenticeship offensive: inspire young talents for craft!

Lower Austria's apprenticeship offensive: inspire young talents for craft!

Laimgrubengasse 10, 1060 Wien, Österreich - Lower Austria dares to take a brave step to combat the alarming shortage of skilled workers. From June 2025, the new "Lower Austria internship funding" will be introduced, which offers young people financial support for internships in craftsmanship and gastronomic professions. Another innovative approach is the program "masterly equipped", which helps from April 2025 to graduates of the master examination with the purchase of the necessary work materials. LAbg. Rene Lobner emphasizes that these measures are decisive, especially in economically difficult times, to promote young talents and increase the attractiveness of manual professions, such as apa ots reported .

New funding opportunities for apprentices

The measures should also emphasize the craft as a training path. Susanne Rosenkranz, the state councilor responsible for the labor market, announced the support of up to 120 euros per week for a maximum of four weeks for internships, with a total budget of 300,000 euros for this internship funding. The prerequisite is that the students live in Lower Austria in the last school level and the internships are completed in a company based there. The pupils should get an increased insight into the diverse professional possibilities, such as Kurier reported .

In addition, the cost of master classes are made significantly easier for the "masterly equipped" program: up to 100 percent of the costs for course materials, specialist literature and tools are covered up to 400 euros, while up to 80 percent of the course fees have previously been subsidized. The aim of State Councilor Rosenkranz is to double the annual number of master's degrees, which is currently around 1,000, and thus give more importance to the craft professions. The need for well -trained specialists is emphasized to ensure economic stability in the region.