Christian Schönfelder (Schönfelder Training, Germany)
Dr Christian Schönfelder, a theoretical physicist, has more than 25 years’ experience in training of nuclear engineers, nuclear power plant operators, and maintenance personnel, working in companies such as Siemens, Framatome, and AREVA. Amongst others, he was responsible for designing and implementing the comprehensible training program for the operation and maintenance staff of OL3, the EPR that recently started its commercial operation in Finland. For several years now he has been working as a Senior Training Consultant, active in particular in nuclear Education and Training projects funded by the European Union.
As the German AREVA training center manager, he not only was the member of a community of practice of German training center managers, but also nourished the relation, cooperation and communication between the different AREVA internal training centers as well as the national HR departments.
Currently, in the project ENEN2plus (Building European Nuclear Competence) Christian is managing work package 4: Development of Sustainable Vocational Training Program and Network. Here, one task deals with the creation and operation of a community of practice on vocational training.
Christian is not only a member of the German (KTG) as well as of the Spanish Nuclear Society (SNE), but also a member of ENEN (European Nuclear Education Network) as well as of FuseNet, the European Fusion Education Network. Furthermore, in the Management Board of the Fusion Industry Innovation Forum that consults the European Commission, he is responsible for the topical area Skills Development.
