Diveshini Naidoo MyZA

Join Port Elizabeth and MyPE in congratulating Mover and Shaker, Diveshini Naidoo from VWSA:

Diveshini Naidoo was one of the 40 talent recipients at this year’s international awards ‘Best Apprentice Award 2013′ for the one of the Volkswagen Group, and one of two of Volkswagen Group South Africa’s (VWSA) engineering apprentices to receive the award.

The accolades for performance excellence and specialist competence during vocational training, were presented to Volkswagen Group’s young employees from 15 different countries around the world. In recognition of their achievements, the award winners were invited to Germany to participate in an exciting programme spanning several days.

After a stringent internal selection process – where competency, efficiency and initiative were evaluated – the applicants were shortlisted and thereafter assessed through interviews.

“Working at VWSA and being surrounded by such talented and knowledgeable colleagues, has allowed me to grow and develop in my chosen field. Also being exposed to challenging projects, has given me the confidence to tackle any task thrown my way,” says Diveshini Naidoo.

Naidoo started working at VWSA in 2012 as a graduate trainee in the Industrial Engineering Department and has worked on crucial productivity improvement projects. She has introduced an auditable system to reduce the misallocation of funds for cleaning suppliers, developed a head count guide for suppliers, designed a concept for an ergonomics training facility and is currently working on introducing ergonomics integrating training at VWSA.

“Being recognised for my performance at an international level has been so rewarding and has motivated me to excel to greater heights,” affirms Naidoo.

Chairman of the Board of Management of Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, Prof. Dr. Martin Winterkorn, presented the awards in Germany and commented: “All of the young award winners have demonstrated outstanding performance during their apprenticeships. We are relying on them to be tomorrow’s high performers. Great dedication and professional skill on the part of our employees are one of the factors behind the Volkswagen Group’s success. That is why we will continue to invest extensively in training and developing young people.”

The awards are held every year and have been running for the past 13 years with VWSA apprentices receiving fourteen Best Apprentice Awards during that period.