With battery competence in high demand, FREYR Battery brings learning focus to the factory floor.
The bells have already rung, loud and clear, telling the world that battery supply needs to keep up to meet the global exponential demand. Battery manufacturers are called to arms, challenged not only to scale but do so sustainably, and much faster.
To succeed in this mission, FREYR is aiming to disrupt the typical talent development model and finding new ways to build enough competence to propel Norway’s next industrial adventure.
Lars Kvadsheim, Vice President HR & Sustainability in FREYR Operations, said:
Producing battery cells is a fast-moving production process with a high degree of digitalization and automation.
“So, what does that mean for the factory workers in Norway’s next green industry? We need people who can monitor and analyze data, who can find defects and troubleshoot problems. All of this creates a need for high competence.”
“This is really a mission to create the next generation factory personnel,” adds Kvadsheim, who is tasked to lead FREYR’s proactive approach to recruit and develop the experts who will produce battery cells at the planned Giga Arctic plant in Mo i Rana, Norway.
“We don’t need a bunch of siloed teams, each with its own unique and specific competence. Rather we need multi-disciplinary teams who can be more autonomous – make their own decisions, implement changes, have fewer dependencies, and who together can run the most automated and advanced factory in the world.”
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With battery competence in high demand, FREYR Battery brings learning focus to the factory floor, January 10, 2022
