AL LAVORO 4.0 – 2021-22 Edition

DIGITAL360 launches ‘AL LAVORO 4.0’, the social inclusion project offering young people who are not working and not studying a free training path to work in Industry 4.0

Social Responsibility projects with which DIGITAL360 wants to make an active contribution to a more inclusive digital labour market.

The programme, which is aimed at young people aged between 18 and 25 who are neither working nor studying, consists of 400 hours of theoretical and practical training on Industry 4.0 and a 300-hour in-company traineeship, provided by several advanced manufacturing companies in the Lombardy region, which will also offer a concrete employment opportunity at the end of the course.

DIGITAL360 S.p.A., an innovative SME listed on the Euronext Growth Italy market of the Italian Stock Exchange, launches ‘Al lavoro 4.0’, a free training course for young people aged 18 to 25 who are neither working nor studying (the so-called NEET – Not in Education, Employment or Training). The course, between theoretical lessons and practical workshops, will be strongly rooted in the new professional needs related to the evolution towards Industry 4.0 of the most advanced manufacturing companies.

Al lavoro 4.0 (At Work 4.0) is an initiative that stems from the desire to give some young people who have not had the good fortune to date to find a real and decent professional job the opportunity to access manufacturing innovation and the new professions that digital technology creates. The initiative was created in partnership with Caritas Ambrosiana and the San Carlo Foundation, which played an important role in identifying interested young people through their capillary network of assistance and listening centres, and involves some important and advanced manufacturing realities in the Lombardy region that, fully sharing the spirit of the project, have provided internships and, above all, concrete employment opportunities.

Fifty-five applications were received through the Caritas care and listening centres to join the “At work 4.0” programme. The 15 young people selected and in the classroom since 10 May have an average age of 21 and belong to different nationalities, giving a multi-ethnic picture of our area. The course consists of a 400-hour training programme and a 3-month company internship. The training programme, which will last about five months, will include theoretical lessons, practical exercises and workshops on topics related to digital innovation, Industry 4.0, and business fundamentals. An important focus will be devoted to delving into the most operational activities of a manufacturing company, from lean production, to mechanical technologies, factory logistics, and quality, looking at the technologies of today and tomorrow. There are also some training modules dedicated to soft skills and preparation for entering the world of work. The company internship, which will last about three months, will enable the students to acquire skills and practical know-how.

The ultimate goal is their placement in companies in the manufacturing industry with different profiles such as assembly and quality procedures operator, machining operator, quality control and measurement operator, internal logistics operator.

The courses – which include an attendance fee for the training days and internship – are taught by university lecturers, specialised professionals and business managers, most of them employees or collaborators of DIGITAL360 or its partner companies.

The PCs for training will be provided by PC4U.tech, a non-profit association created by four Milanese high school students, which collects used devices such as PCs or tablets from organisations and individuals and, after reconditioning them, donates them to students who need them for distance learning activities.

“The course is part of a broader project that DIGITAL360 is carrying out aimed at helping young people in a state of vulnerability or with fragilities of a different nature (cultural, social, ethnic, etc.) to enter the world of work by moving into the new professions that the digital transformation of the economy is creating,” says Andrea Rangone President of DIGITAL360, a company that recently proposed to its shareholders to become a Benefit Company. “With this initiative we provide the advanced skills of our people and our know-how in the world of digital innovation to contribute to a more inclusive labour market”.

“Young people are among the categories that have paid the highest price for this crisis, but it is on their success that our future depends. That is why it is important to offer real opportunities to everyone without forgetting those who often have potential that turns out to be surprising when they are put to the test,’ says Luciano Gualzetti, Director of Caritas Ambrosiana. ‘To do this we need, on the one hand, innovative partners willing to share knowledge generously, and on the other hand, companies ready to take a gamble. In this project this happy convergence has taken place. We hope that it can grow and also become a model for others’ director of Caritas Ambrosiana – To do this we need, on the one hand, innovative partners willing to share knowledge generously, and on the other hand, companies ready to take a gamble. In this project this happy convergence has taken place. We hope that it can grow and also become a model for others’.

“We are accustomed to reading in economic treatises of the essential role that manufacturing has had, and still has, in providing a valuable, inclusive pool of employment, fundamental to social cohesion. This initiative proves that this is true, now as then: with the digital transformation, industry is opening up to include young people who are already familiar with the digital world, but who are not included in the working fabric, young people who, with the right motivation, and a decisive investment in training, can enhance themselves and their territory,’ says Giovanni Miragliotta, DIGITAL360’s Head of Industry 4.0.

Are you a company and interested in our project? We are always on the lookout for companies in the manufacturing sector in the Milan and Milan hinterland area willing to take on young people for a traineeship with a view to employment. For further details write to: Sara Serafini sara@thegoodintown.it