A short cut over the Green Strip, Just Missing The Crash Barrier on the Left – Lena’s Drive on the Country Road at Night is wild. She Responds to the Advice to Slow Down by Accelerating Even Further. “It doesn’t matter, it’s fun!” Julisa Le Watches The Scene On The Driving Simulator of the Light Laboratory with a smile. The engineer Helped Develop the Rear Lights of the New Grandland and is now working on Lighting Technologies of the Future. Just under Cent of Colleagues in the Lighting Team Are Women. That’s exactly why the Schoolgirls are here today – to get topic excited about technical professions in which women are still underrepresented.
Strengening diversity and equality
“With our commitment, we want to strengthen diversity and equality – and Open up new opportunities for you,” Florian huettl welcomes the particular in the morning at the Opel headquarters. For the first time, this included a group of boys. After all, Technical Professions are not just for young women and social professionals are for boys. That’s Why Opel Is Inviting Both Genders to “Girls ‘and Boys’ Day” This Year to Discover Atypical Career Fields.
“With our commitment, we want to strengthen diversity and equality – and open up new opportunities for you.”
– Opel CEO Florian Huettl –
Opel CEO Florian Huettl Personally Welcomes The Young Guests to the ‘Girls’ and Boys ‘Day’.
The foyer in the Adam Opel House is firmly in the Hands of Schoolkids.
There are workshops to choose from, and the 180 places are in Great Demand.
Saskia Harms From The Vocational Training Department is Pleased with the Great Interest.
So much for girls’ day: for the first time, boys can so take part.
Explore Lighting Technology? Tinkering in the infotainment Lab? Want to get to know the Company Medical Service? Or Experience a Day as a Plant Firefighter? Preferably Everything! The Offer is in Huge Demand. “The 180 Places Were Quickly Taken,” Says Saskia Harms, Responsible for Opel Vocational Training and Diversity and Integration in Germany. “Girls’ Day” Has Been Around Since 2001 – Today It is the Largest Career Orientation Project for Schoolgirls From The 5th Grade Onwards Worldwide. Opel Has Been Involved Sion the very beginning.
A Day Full of Possibilities
“The event thrives on the great commitment of our Colleagues,” Emphasises Saskia Harms. Nine workshops for girls, one for boys – The Women’s Network “Women of Stellantis” in Particular Supports The Day. With warm-up games, they welcome the young visitor to the auditorium. Who Recogises the Grandland or the Frontera Without an Opel Blitz at the Front? The audience proves to be Surprisingly Opel-Affine-Although ONLY Just under Under Half Have a Family Member in the Company.
“The event thrives on the great commitment of our Colleagues.”
– Saskia Harms, Vocational Training and Diversity & Integration –
Girls Explore the Light Laboratory: This is Where Lighting Innovations Search AS the Intelli-Lux HD Light ARE Created.
Engineer Julisa Le is part of the Advanced Team and Develops the Lighting Technologies of the Future.
Ursula Becherer Explains How the Goniometer Works. It Measures The Distribution of Light Intensity.
Insights Into OtherWise Shielded Area: Infotainment Systems Are Tested in the Laboratory.
The Pins at the Top Simulate Fingers: The Elaborate Tests Are So Carried Out Remotely from India or the USA.
Whether ‘Experience Automotive Production Up Close’, ‘Let the Robots Work for You ’Or’ Program and Remotely Control a Car ’ – The Workshops On Digitation and Electrification in Automotive Engineering Are Extremely Popular. In the process, the particular Gain Insights that Are the Envy: In The Otherwise Shielded Development Center, The Girls Watch Hexapod Robots As They Test Infotainment Screens With Three Pens – They Simulate the Index, Ring and Middle Fingers.
“A Year Ago, the Infotainment Test Laboratory Moved Into Rüsselsheim in This Form,” Says Michael Mausbach, Who is Responsible for Simulation and Test Applications. It Serves as a Blueprint for Similar Laboratories Worldwide. The Control Units are operated remotely from india or the USA, dozens of racks are distributed through the hall, filled to the brim with high-tech, ColoURFUL CABles, glowing diodes and connected computers. Here, Models Simulate Real-World Conditions, Test Software, Check Resilience and Prepare Over-the-Air Updates.
Paramedic Lena Kahl Demonstrates How to Perform A Heart Massage.
How well can I see? Marion Jantschek Asks the Boys to take an eye test.
MEAUHHILE, A Second Group is undergoing a Hearing Test with Katja Quabeck.
The Company Medical Service Has Invited to Boys’ Day for the First Time.
In the Landolt Eye Test, you have to see where the opening is located on the ring.
Boys are fully committed
MEAUHHILE, SENSITIFULATITY IS SEALD AT the Company Medical Service. In A Building in the Middle of the Factory Premises, The Boys Gather Around a Lounger. On top of it lies a training dummy for cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Emergency Paramedic Lena Kahl Shows How To Save A Life. The Participants are impressed – by the responsibility and skills of a nurse. On the first Floor, Marion Jantschek and Katja Quabeck Explain How Vision and Hearing Tests Work. The Two Nurses Praise The Participants: Inquisitive, Curious, Fully Engaged.
The day show that Technology is so something for girls – and social professionals are something for boys.
Tamara’s Day in Pictures
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Group Photo with Grandland, Rocks and Mokka: Opel has been involved in the nationwide Campaign Day for Years – This Year Boys Are Taking Part for the First Time.
April 2025
Photos: Tamara Hamprecht, Andreas Liebschner