Vocational Training

The Volvo Group conducts a variety of professional training programs in emerging and established markets worldwide. We focus on vocational training for technicians, mechanics, drivers, operators and factory workers that equips them with the right skills for roles in the transport and construction industries.

In many countries, the transport and construction industries face a shortage of people with the right competencies. Our vocational training programs facilitate employment opportunities within the local community, while securing the long-term development of our business.

Education and skills development
Vocational school projects

Vocational school projects

Vocational training stimulates employment and creates significant value for our customers. We support vocational training programs in different ways depending on local needs and prerequisites. In Europe and North America, this is usually in the form of supporting technical high schools. In some emerging markets prerequisites are different. The Volvo Group works with international aid agencies and the United Nations to develop local schools. We support in project management, training of trainers and in-kind giving of vehicles or components to learn and work with.

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Iron Women

Iron Women

Iron Women is a heavy-duty truck driving school for women, sponsored by Volvo Group. The aim of the Volvo Group training program is to enhance the capacity of professional drivers and to improve road safety. Volvo Group is committed to educating women to qualify as heavy-duty commercial truck drivers. Women are severely underrepresented in the transport-industry, this Volvo Group training initiative will help increase the number of skilled women drivers. The aim of the program is to enhance the capacity of professional drivers and to enable them to contribute to their future employers’ fleet productivity, safety, profitability and efficiency.

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Higher technical education

Higher technical education

Gothenburg Technical College is a collaboration between private and public entities. The school is owned by Volvo Group, Volvo Cars and the city of Gothenburg. 

Official website of Gothenburg Technical College

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Safety through awareness and driver training

Safety through awareness and driver training

With the fast pace of today’s traffic, it is vital that as many people as possible are aware of the risks in order to avoid accidents. The Volvo Group runs traffic and site safety programs for drivers, operators and the public all over the world. 

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Volvo Trucks safety education - Stop, look, wave

Stop Look Wave

Through our traffic research analysis of real-life accidents, it is clear that the majority of road accidents involve human behavior. Children are the most vulnerable of all road traffic users. Stop Look Wave is designed to teach children all around the world about the dangers they face in traffic every day.

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