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Trainee Blog

To apply for Elkem's technical trainee programme, please visit our career page.

Elkem technical trainee programme: Navigating work and life in the heart of France's Silicon Valley

Trainee Blog 25.02.2025

Elkem technical trainee programme: From "krampestudent" to industry apprentice

Trainee Blog 26.12.2024

Elkem technical trainee program: Out to explore the world

Trainee Blog 14.10.2024

Elkem technical trainee program: From Raw Materials and Into the Furnace

Trainee Blog 05.07.2024

Elkem technical trainee program: An enriching journey across the world

Trainee Blog 20.06.2024

Navigating the Crossroads: My Path to Professional Fulfillment

Trainee Blog 19.04.2024

Create an Impact Through a Career Path of Endless Opportunities

Trainee Blog 04.04.2024

Stepping outside of the comfort zone

Trainee Blog 20.02.2024

Beyond Graduation: Paving a Professional Course with Elkem

Trainee Blog 09.01.2024

After the calcining furnace

Trainee Blog 30.11.2023

Embarking on a Journey of Growth and Discovery

Trainee Blog 30.10.2023

The Trainee Experience: What is it like to start your career as a trainee?

Trainee Blog 06.10.2023

From southern battery labs to arctic silicon smelters

Trainee Blog 11.08.2023

Exploring the silicon value chain

Trainee Blog 29.06.2023

My First Year as a Trainee: From R&D to Smelting Plant

Trainee Blog 16.05.2023

Casting with a View

Trainee Blog 20.03.2023

Carbon, cake & Cognite

Trainee Blog 06.03.2023

Elkem Biocarbon in Norway and Canada

Trainee Blog 01.11.2022

Tryst with the forgotten

Trainee Blog 10.10.2022

A year of contrasts

Trainee Blog 20.09.2022

Working with startups at Elkem

Trainee Blog 09.08.2022

From the North to the South

Trainee Blog 19.05.2022

The benefit of being a trainee at Elkem Salten

Trainee Blog 25.04.2022

From an icy land to Iceland

Trainee Blog 10.02.2022

Digitalization, home office and the future!

Trainee Blog 30.08.2022

Finishing the trainee program, hiking across Norway and cabin trips

Trainee Blog 07.06.2021

Life at a smelting plant in Hardanger

Trainee Blog 29.03.2021

Interesting R&D and digitalisation projects

Trainee Blog 10.03.2021

Practical metallurgy, data analysis and teamwork

Trainee Blog 15.02.2021

Smart Maintenance, Crushing Plant and Deer Hunting

Trainee Blog 03.01.2021

Data-driven projects, cross-cultural collaboration and agile mindset

Trainee Blog 10.09.2020

Digitalisation, IR cameras and scenic hikes

Trainee Blog 06.05.2020

Design, smelters and karate

Trainee Blog 09.09.2020

Graphite, lithium-ion batteries and hiking in Kristiansand

Trainee Blog 12.05.2020

MATLAB, IR images and fishing trips

Trainee Blog 06.04.2020

Green winter in Kristiansand

Trainee Blog 26.09.2019

From student life in Trondheim to working life in Svelgen

Trainee Blog 17.09.2019

Every person is a new door to a different world

Trainee Blog 03.07.2019

From Silicon- to Carbon production

Trainee Blog 10.06.2019

My first steps in Norway

Trainee Blog 06.05.2019

Production experience and cabin life

Trainee Blog 07.04.2019

Global opportunities with Elkem Carbon

Trainee Blog 03.03.2019

Summer time in Sørlandet

Trainee Blog 03.01.2019

Bringing a silicon furnace back to life

Trainee Blog 19.12.2018

Furnaces, pumps and robots

Trainee Blog 15.11.2018

Working with digitalisation

Trainee Blog 02.08.2018

A very warm welcome in a very hot city

Trainee Blog 01.07.2018

Living in an industry village

Trainee Blog 06.05.2018

Maintenance – A world of continuous improvement

Trainee Blog 08.04.2018

Getting a solid overview of silicon production at Elkem Thamshavn

Trainee Blog 08.03.2018

Process Safety in a Silicones Plant

Trainee Blog 08.02.2018

From university to heavy industry: A slow transition

Trainee Blog 04.01.2018

Leaving Iceland with a heavy heart

Trainee Blog 14.12.2017

Silicones and the French way of life

Trainee Blog 15.11.2017

Elkem’s trainee programme: a unique opportunity

Trainee Blog 06.11.2017

Working with new challenges

Trainee Blog 30.08.2017

From the everyday life at a plant to an R&D environment

Trainee Blog 31.05.2017

Train your brain – Trainee style

Trainee Blog 01.08.2017

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