台湾ＴＳＭＣ、ドイツ学生に職業訓練へ　半導体部門の熟練工不足に対応

【台中ＡＦＰ＝時事】独東部ザクセン州は１９日、半導体受託製造世界最大手の台湾積体電路製造（ＴＳＭＣ）との間で、半導体部門での求人増に対応するため大学生を対象とした職業訓練を同社に委託することで合意した。（写真は、〈左から〉ドイツ・ザクセン州で化学分野を担当するゼバスティアン・ゲムコウ大臣、ＴＳＭＣの何麗梅氏、ドレスデン工科大学のウルズラ・シュタウディンガー学長。台湾・台中で）
　ドイツでは、高齢化による半導体部門などでの熟練労働者不足が大きな問題となっている。
　ＴＳＭＣは先月、３８億ドル（約５６００億円）相当を投じて半導体工場を同州の州都ドレスデンに新設すると発表。
　それに続く州当局およびドレスデン工科大学との今回の合意は、「特にＳＴＥＭ（科学・技術・工学・数学）専攻学生に半導体産業でのキャリアに向けた訓練を施すことを狙ったもの」と、同社は説明している。
　具体的には、最大１００人の州内の優秀な学生を交換留学制度を通じて６か月間、台湾に招き、トップ大学で研修させる。最初のグループは来年２月に留学を開始する予定という。
　ＴＳＭＣのドレスデン工場は主に自動車用半導体の製造を手掛ける。来年着工し、２０２７年末の稼働を目指している。約２０００人の高度専門職の雇用が見込まれている。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2023/09/21-16:55）

Germany's Saxony state signed an agreement with Taiwanese chip giant TSMC on Tuesday to train German students in an effort to meet the growing demand for workers in the semiconductor sector.
A shortage of skilled workers including in the crucial chip sector has emerged as a major challenge for Germany, Europe's largest economy, as vast cohorts of older employees retire.
Last month, the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company -- which controls more than half of the world's chip output -- announced a new $3.8 billion chip factory in Saxony's capital Dresden.
The agreement, signed between TSMC, Saxony and the Dresden University of Technology (TU Dresden) is specifically designed to train German STEM students for careers in the semiconductor industry, the Taiwanese firm said in a statement.
Up to 100 high-achieving students from the state will come to Taiwan for a six-month exchange programme and collaborate with Taiwan's top universities, it added.
The first students are expected in February 2024, according to TSMC.
Market research has shown a demand for more than one million skilled workers in the chip industry, said Lora Ho, TSMC's senior vice president of human resources.
We are preparing in advance for the shortage of talents that may come shortly and strengthening semiconductor education is the most critical way to resolve the global shortage of technical talents.
Construction of TSMC's Dresden facility, which will be focused on automotive chips, is scheduled to begin next year, with production starting by the end of 2027.
It is expected to create around 2,000 direct high-tech jobs.
We know companies from the semiconductor field (are) facing problems with finding enough talents, Sebastian Gemkow, Saxony's State Minister for Science, told AFP.
That's why we started very early to structure this process so TSMC and later ESMC will have all the employees that it needs, he said, referring to the European Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.
ESMC is a joint venture between TSMC, Germany's Bosch and Infineon, and Dutch firm NXP that will build the Dresden plant.
TSMC's production has expanded beyond Taiwan as Western powers lines have raised concerns about the chip industry -- critical for the modern global economy -- being centred on an island that China claims as its territory.
Beijing has ramped up political and military pressure on the island in recent years, adding to fears about the global semiconductor supply chain.