A work placement on Malta

On Monday, 1st June 2026 we started our four-week adventure from MUC airport to Valletta, Malta. The LH-flight took about two hours and our 26 students were rather excited.
During the first week, our apprentices were busy attending English lessons at the ESE language school in St. Julian’s. Meanwhile job interviews for the practical training took place. Most of the local personnel managers were very delighted to have such highly qualified young people to support them for a period of three weeks. From the second week on, our trainees went for work placements with different Maltese companies. Our students got used to their new work environment and most of them were working from Monday to Friday speaking English only. At the weekends they enjoyed their free time and some of the students went on sightseeing tours, for example to Valletta or Mdina. However, staying on Malta can be rather expensive. Surviving on a self-catering basis in their apartments made the stay even more challenging. The trip was accompanied by Eva Schatz, Tamara Achatz, Elisabeth Schmalz and myself.
All in all, one can say that being away from home and doing a work placement is a great experience. Many thanks to Thomas Forster, our Head of the English department, and Simon Agius, the Head of the ESE language school, for organising this outstanding project, which was financed by Erasmus+. In addition to this, we thank our independent and well-behaved students. With you, this working holiday was more pleasure than work.

Elke Sterz, StDin