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Grants for up to nok 50,000
FMC employees who are members of the union Norwegian Engineers and Managers Association (FLT) have access to valuable education benefits. “FLT has Norway’s best grant scheme – they take further and continuing education seriously,” says Lars Christian Nilsen, who is based in Kongsberg and is FLT’s representative at FMC. “The more employees who learn about this opportunity, the better.” Approximately 650 employees at FMC are currently members of the union. These are spread across Kongsberg, Bergen, Krstiansund, Asker and Stavanger, in addition to Technical Service Personnel stationed at bases around the world. User focus / FLT makes a concerted effort to provide solutions that are user centred, making it possible to combine education with full-time
FLT’s financial support for professional development
How to apply for an FLT grant
• Up to NOK 50,000 per year for full-time studies • Up to NOK 37,000 per year for part-time studies • Up to NOK 15,000 for short courses For more information: www.flt.no
1. Fill out the form that can be downloaded from the FLT internet site (www.flt.no). 2. Have the form signed by the FLT contact at FMC, Lars Christian Nilsen. 3. Mail it in to FLT.
employment. Elisabeth Vethe, Senior Planner Customer Support EH in Ågotnes, began her studies via FLT in 2007, initially with a focus on project management, and she has continually taken courses since she began at FMC in 2008. Vethe says, “I am sure that my project management studies had a posi-
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tive impact on my being offered my first job at FMC.” Today, she is working on her master in management at BI in Bergen, supported by an FLT grant. “I strongly recommend this grant scheme to my colleagues at FMC. The application process is so easy (see box),” says Vethe. “And the grant
provides a great opportunity for self development, new learning, getting to know new people and meeting your own individual work requirements.” She has also been pleased by the quality of the teachers and small details like having her books delivered in the mail and her expenses covered when she had to travel to Oslo for a course. Free education / The union’s offering is not just about grants – it provides free education as well. Its subsidiary Addisco offers courses free for members, and university-level studies are available at no cost – including a master’s degree worth up to nok 200,000 via FLT’s collaboration with the Australian union APESMA and La Trobe University in Australia. /