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ware applications. A total of 306 courses can current- ing and fire safety assistant training. Our courses are
ly be booked or accessed through LEARNIE. These taken not only by our own employees but also by par-
include 209 online courses and webinars, 81 in-house ticipants from leading electronics groups, small and
classroom training courses, and five courses in a medium-sized contract manufacturers, and state and
blended learning format. The courses on the plat- federal offices from the entire DACH region. Upon re-
form, which has also been available at RAFI Eltec in quest, we can also conduct needs-specific training at
Überlingen and RAFI Hungaria since 2022, will be customer sites. Our training center is equipped with
rolled out in phases to other subsidiaries. This will es- the latest technology in accordance with AVLE 1505,
tablish LEARNIE as a standardized learning portal 1510, and 1511 guidelines, making it a European lead-
across all locations and countries. er in this area. Our sponsors replace the technical
equipment every three years so that it remains state-
5.2.7 Training center for electronic engineering of-the-art at all times. We have the most modern sol-
qualifications dering equipment available from a wide array of manu-
As a manufacturing company in the electrical indus- facturers. Our instructor is certified according to IPC-
try, ensuring our employees obtain new qualifications A-610 and IPC-7711/7721 as well as AVLE 1515 and
in the field of electronics is essential. For this reason, AVLE 1516. That makes us the only provider in Europe
we organize training courses tailored to the current authorized to conduct soldering training for the police.
requirements and developments in electronics pro-
duction. These courses are implemented in our in- As one of the largest employers in the region, RAFI
house training center in Weingarten together with the also contributes its training expertise in educational
Soldering Technology Electronics Training Associa- settings and offers soldering courses for interna-
tion (AVLE). In addition to AVLE soldering training, tional students in cooperation with Ravensburg-
the course program also includes SMT process train- Weingarten University (RWU). The training center

Training – in-house and external
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

Number of training sessions 561 304 193 226 601
Trained units 11,028 5,830 3,222 4,166 10,328
Number of participants 514 236 158 308 631
Satisfaction very good 94% 97% 98% 98% 99%
Total costs in € €226,761.81 €201,240.00 €200,740.00 €200,740.00 €548,099.16
Saved teaching costs in € €290,790.00 €169,243.95 €187,760.00 €115,705.00 €55,554.24