The Upstalsboomke programme

The Upstalsboomke programme is our concept for sustainable and future-oriented training with a focus on the individual personality of our young trainees.

It consists of a range of formats that all build on each other and complement the professional training with personal development. The aim is to offer our trainees the best conditions for a good start to their careers.

UPSTALSBOOMKE CAMP

Once the training programme has started, the new cohort meets for the Upstalsboomke Camp. The aim of this event is to get to know each other better as a cohort and to create a strengths profile for each individual.

This helps us all to organise and coordinate the training at Upstalsboom in the best possible way. Topics include hobbies, strengths, talents, personal goals and chronotypes. The development takes place in a relaxed, playful atmosphere, free from the daily work routine.

AZUBI PITSTOP

This one-day meeting takes place twice a year in Hamburg at an external hotel. All trainee representatives (trainers) and trainee spokespersons (representatives of the trainees) meet there to incorporate the findings of the Trainee Day into the training programme and establish cross-location projects.

We would like to offer the trainees, who have been given the responsible task of representing all trainees in their organisation, the space to express their concerns, ideas and impulses and to have their opinions heard when important decisions are made. There are two trainee representatives in each of our training centres. Elections are held annually so that everyone has the opportunity to take part in a trainee pitstop.

AZUBI DAY

Our Trainee Day takes place once a year. If possible, all Upstalsboom employees at Upstalsboom take part. In this format, we want to shape, develop and improve training together and raise awareness of certain topics. Each time there is a different topic to focus on. We want to bring together all year groups and apprenticeships in order to promote dialogue and mutual learning.

AZUBI KOMPASS

In the first quarter of the new year, the Trainee Compass will be launched for the first year of the apprenticeship programme. The Trainee Compass is our specially developed personality training programme for young people in 5 modules. Each module has a different focus and takes place at a different Upstalsboom location:

Module 1 | Talents & Strengths
2nd module | Communication
3rd module | Awareness & Mindfulness
4th Module | Health & Positive Psychology
5th module | Feedback and error culture

The modules accompany the trainees for three years and help them to find their own personal inner compass. Our Upstalsboomkes should find their own answers to life's questions and develop an understanding of responsibility. The format created especially for our Upstalsboomkes is designed to be a mixture of theory and practice, adapted to their age group.

TOUR OF LIFE

Our Tour of Life offers ten of our trainees - currently every two years - the opportunity to take part in a once-in-a-lifetime experience to surpass themselves. Their investment: the application, ten days of their holiday, as well as commitment and discipline during the preparation phase. The past three tours have taken them to Kilimanjaro and the Arctic Circle and an African hospital.

We want to show our trainees what they are capable of, that they can jump over their shadows and encourage them.

If you would like to find out more about our tours, click here.