The steel industry is committed to offer employees the opportunity to further their education and develop their skills.

Not only is this a way of enhancing quality of work and productivity but it also boosts employee satisfaction.

According to our 2019 sustainability report, in 2018 the steel industry provided an average of 6.4 days of training per employee.

worldsteel provides three types of services to enhance training skills amongst the steel industry workforce:

steeluniversity

steeluniversity is the learning and training programme of worldsteel. The programme delivers education and training to current and future employees of steel companies and related businesses.

Learning is delivered online at steeluniversity.org and in person, sharing knowledge on steel manufacturing, metallurgy, steel applications, environment, safety, and steel business.

steelTalks

steelTalks is a monthly lecture series on topics of interest to the global steel community. The lectures are presented in a webinar format with a guest lecturer. 

On 18 December 2019, steelTalks-7 will welcome worldsteel Director General Edwin Basson from 13.00 to 14.00 UTC to discuss the "Economic Outlook for the Steel Industry".

This lecture will present the current picture of steel manufacturing and use around the world, prospects for the near term in relation to global economic growth, and identification of major long-term trends that will affect the steel industry.