{"id":20356,"date":"2023-07-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=20356"},"modified":"2023-07-28T06:42:25","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T06:42:25","slug":"high-achieving-apprentice-of-usag-bavaria-gets-honored","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=20356","title":{"rendered":"High achieving apprentice of USAG Bavaria gets honored"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Former trainee Kathrin Schertl (in the middle) together with her school teacher Ivonne Voelkl (on the left) and on the job trainer Hans Pappenberger (on the right) during the recognition ceremony, July 19, in Weiden.
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TOWER BARRACKS, Germany \u2013 An apprentice of U.S. Army Garrison Bavaria received recognition for outstanding performance on her exams July 19, 2023 at a vocational school in Weiden in the Upper Palatinate.<\/p>\n

Kathrin Schertl, former trainee at USAG Bavaria, was among the top graduates of the 2022\/2023 academic year at Europa Berufsschule and was therefore honored for her achievements.<\/p>\n

Schertl started her journey with the garrison two years ago with the Directorate of Public Works where she now continues her work as a management and program assistant.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am very happy I have received this award because I have put a lot of effort in obtaining this degree for the last two years,\u201d said Schertl. \u201cI am also relieved that everything worked out so well, as I have shortened the training period to two years.\u201d<\/p>\n

An apprenticeship in the German system allows interns to obtain on-the-job training while also attending a vocational school. The normal duration of an apprenticeship is three years.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a motivation for the next trainees to see what she has achieved, and it is an honor for them and for us to have had such a trainee and also to be able to keep working with her,\u201d said Hans Pappenberger, program analyst at DPW and Schertl\u2019s on-the-job trainer. “She is always motivated, committed and eager to learn, and all at a level that you would not expect from a trainee.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition to being the top student of the year, Schertl also served as the student representative.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou were very involved and had great ideas, that’s why we want to honor you,\u201d said Ivonne Voelkl, teacher at Europa Berufsschule. “You were a merit to our school. Thank you for your engagement and congratulations!”<\/p>\n

\u201cI am glad that these honors exist, as it shows that the garrison\u2019s energy regarding our apprenticeship program is paying off,\u201d said Pappenberger.<\/p>\n

Schertl not only completed the apprenticeship to become an office management professional, she is also currently finishing her degree in foreign language correspondence as the garrison provides each apprentice with two parallel apprenticeships.<\/p>\n

“It is a big advantage for the trainees of the garrison that we provide them with opportunities to receive further qualification and deepen their language skills,\u201d said Pappenberger.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis path opens up opportunities at all levels and is the guarantee for a successful professional future,\u201d said Florian Rieder, representative from the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Regensburg.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, apprentice Ann-Kathrin Hartmann, who now works for the garrison as a workforce management specialist with the Directorate of Human Resources, became the top-scoring certified foreign language correspondent in English, which the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Regensburg recognized during a ceremony in April. (Read more about that at www.army.mil\/article\/266459<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

USAG Bavaria offers a variety of apprenticeship positions since 1998. So far, there have been more than 100 graduates of the program with 77 percent of the graduates gaining employment in the Grafenwoehr Military Community.<\/p>\n

For a list of American job opportunities and German job and apprenticeship opportunities visit https:\/\/home.army.mil\/bavaria\/index.php\/employment<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Former trainee Kathrin Schertl (in the middle) together with her school teacher Ivonne Voelkl (on the left) and on the job trainer Hans Pappenberger (on the right) during the recognition ceremony, July 19, in Weiden. (Photo Credit: Natalie simmel) VIEW ORIGINAL TOWER BARRACKS, Germany \u2013 An apprentice of U.S. Army Garrison Bavaria received recognition for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20358,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20356"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20356\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20359,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20356\/revisions\/20359"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}