{"id":53425,"date":"2021-12-20T16:30:39","date_gmt":"2021-12-20T15:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fonderieariotti.com\/student-internship-in-the-name-of-the-melting-of-values-skills-ambitions\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T13:51:59","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T12:51:59","slug":"student-internship-in-the-name-of-the-melting-of-values-skills-ambitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fonderieariotti.com\/en\/student-internship-in-the-name-of-the-melting-of-values-skills-ambitions\/","title":{"rendered":"Student internship in the name of the &#8220;melting&#8221; of values, skills, ambitions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our experience with the Castel Mella professional school<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><p>Working in a foundry, undertaking a professional path in this sector, discovering the many <strong>varieties of professions<\/strong> necessary to make the products of casting (\u201cmelting\u201d) &#8211; the oldest metal working process &#8211; technological, competitive and sustainable.<\/p><br\/><div id=\"gtx-trans\" style=\"position: absolute; left: 206px; top: 78.7969px;\">&#13;\n<div class=\"gtx-trans-icon\">\u00a0<\/div><br\/><\/div><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><p>\u201cMelting\u201d is a term that indicates the phase transition that transforms a solid into a liquid, but it also means <strong>&#8220;unite&#8221;, &#8220;put together&#8221;, form a single &#8220;whole&#8221;<\/strong>. And it is from this important concept that the third-year students of the <strong>professional school of Castel Mella (Brescia)<\/strong>, which has an agreement with AIB-Confindustria, set out to get to know Fonderie Ariotti in depth in their student internship program.<\/p><br\/><div id=\"gtx-trans\" style=\"position: absolute; left: 172px; top: 126.391px;\">&#13;\n<div class=\"gtx-trans-icon\">\u00a0<\/div><br\/><\/div><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"350\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.fonderieariotti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/03-altenanza-scuola-lavoro.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53406 lazyload\" title=\"\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fonderieariotti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/03-altenanza-scuola-lavoro.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53406\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fonderieariotti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/03-altenanza-scuola-lavoro.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.fonderieariotti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/03-altenanza-scuola-lavoro-480x305.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 550px, 100vw\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"350\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.fonderieariotti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/04-altenanza-scuola-lavoro.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53409 lazyload\" title=\"\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fonderieariotti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/04-altenanza-scuola-lavoro.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53409\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fonderieariotti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/04-altenanza-scuola-lavoro.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.fonderieariotti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/04-altenanza-scuola-lavoro-480x305.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 550px, 100vw\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><p>Twenty students, divided into small groups, followed an experiential program, during which they personally carried out small l<strong>aboratory, mechanical workshop and foundry activities<\/strong>, alongside experienced operators and under the watchful eye of the prevention and protection service. Their experience culminated in the casting of our company blog <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fonderieariotti.com\/fusioni-storie-di-fonderia\/\">\u201cFusioni &#8211; Storie di fonderia\u201d<\/a><\/strong>, which tells the stories of some workers who are symbols of union, exchange and integration between different cultures.<\/p><br\/><div id=\"gtx-trans\" style=\"position: absolute; left: 156px; top: 102.594px;\">&#13;\n<div class=\"gtx-trans-icon\">\u00a0<\/div><br\/><\/div><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"350\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.fonderieariotti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/02-altenanza-scuola-lavoro.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53403 lazyload\" title=\"\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fonderieariotti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/02-altenanza-scuola-lavoro.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53403\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fonderieariotti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/02-altenanza-scuola-lavoro.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.fonderieariotti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/02-altenanza-scuola-lavoro-480x305.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 550px, 100vw\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"350\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.fonderieariotti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/01-altenanza-scuola-lavoro.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53400 lazyload\" title=\"\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fonderieariotti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/01-altenanza-scuola-lavoro.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53400\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fonderieariotti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/01-altenanza-scuola-lavoro.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.fonderieariotti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/01-altenanza-scuola-lavoro-480x305.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 550px, 100vw\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><p>One of the objectives of our project with the school, in fact, was precisely to convey to the students the value of the <strong>union of skills, teamwork, collaboration and mutual respect in the work environment<\/strong>, which are the basis of healthy growth and evolution of a company, from both a production and a human point of view.<\/p><br\/><div id=\"gtx-trans\" style=\"position: absolute; left: 230px; top: 102.594px;\">&#13;\n<div class=\"gtx-trans-icon\">\u00a0<\/div><br\/><\/div><\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A project to unite school and business in the foundry<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><p>\u201cI am very satisfied and enthusiastic about this project, and about how you guys have interpreted the spirit with which we started the company blog\u201d, said <strong>Giorgio Ariotti<\/strong> during the closing day of the project. &#8220;In our company there are people who come from over a dozen different countries: <strong>open-mindedness, openness to dialogue and collaboration<\/strong> are essential to be able to work peacefully and make the company a welcoming place, where people feel at home&#8221;.<\/p><br\/><div id=\"gtx-trans\" style=\"position: absolute; left: 192px; top: 150.188px;\">&#13;\n<div class=\"gtx-trans-icon\">\u00a0<\/div><br\/><\/div><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the final day of the school-work alternation program, the students identified some key words to describe their experience, including: &#8220;molds&#8221;, &#8220;teamwork&#8221;, &#8220;sand&#8221;, &#8220;competence&#8221;, &#8220;traction tests &#8220;,&#8221; Eco-sustainability &#8220;,&#8221; casting &#8220;,&#8221; happiness &#8220;. <strong>Technical terms alternated to moods and ambitions.<\/strong> Because the foundry is exactly that: it is the place where the necessary competences \u201cmelt\u201d with the expectation and the dream of growing professionally and affirming one&#8217;s identity in the company and in the work group.<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The importance of safety<\/h3>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Union and integration are also given by the <strong>common sense of compliance with safety standards,<\/strong> which must be known and followed by all, so that they can be effective for the protection of themselves and others. In this regard, <strong>Paola Schena<\/strong> &#8211; Healthy and Safety officer and person in charge of the development and growth of the Fonderie Ariotti\u2019s workers &#8211; stressed the importance of training and the correct use of PPE, to work safely in any working environment.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI am happy to have met you in this internship &#8211; said Paola Schena to the students &#8211; and I hope that some of you decide to come and work here one day. Your school and the teachings you are following <strong>prepare you to be people ready to enter the world of work<\/strong> . . . with the right \u201cmelting\u201d spirit!<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Some account written by the students to remember the experience with Fonderie Ariotti<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the end of the school-work alternation project, some students of the professional school of Castel Mella (Brescia) wrote and openly shared their experiences. We report some passages:<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><p>\u201cThe visit to Fonderie Ariotti was a <strong>wonderful experience<\/strong>. I enjoyed seeing the cast iron being poured in the foundry, which fascinated me, and watching the machine tools at work.\u201d \u2013 <strong>Marcello<\/strong><\/p><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><p>\u201cBefore starting this project, I thought working in a foundry was dangerous and dirty, but at the end of this journey, <strong>I changed my mind<\/strong>.\u201d \u2013 <strong>Cristian<\/strong><\/p><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><p>\u201cDuring my time at Fonderie Ariotti, I was able to <strong>visit the mechanical workshop<\/strong>, the laboratory where I saw the tensile test, and the foundry where I admired the casting.\u201d \u2013 <strong>Felice<\/strong><\/p><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><p>\u201cA very funny moment in our experience was when <strong>the tensile test broke and everyone jumped<\/strong>.\u201d \u2013 <strong>Cristian<\/strong><\/p><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><p>\u201c<strong>I overcame my preconceptions of confusion<\/strong>, dirt, and disorder at the foundry, finding it to be a clean and tidy environment.\u201d \u2013 <strong>Matteo<\/strong><\/p><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><p>\u201cIt&#8217;s definitely a job where <strong>you don&#8217;t work alone, but as part of a team<\/strong>, and everyone has their own responsibilities.\u201d \u2013 <strong>Jacopo<\/strong><\/p><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><p>\u201cI saw the casting process, which was one of the things that intrigued me most. I visited the foundry, where it&#8217;s a bit noisy, but from what I saw, it&#8217;s full of <strong>people who help each other when needed<\/strong> and work as a team. \u2013 <strong>Simone<\/strong><\/p><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><p>\u201cWhat I liked most about the Ariotti foundry was the <strong>tensile test<\/strong> because it wasn&#8217;t too tiring, and the casting process.\u201d \u2013 <strong>Sukhchain<\/strong><\/p><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our experience with the Castel Mella professional school Working in a foundry, undertaking a professional path in this sector, discovering the many varieties of professions necessary to make the products of casting (\u201cmelting\u201d) &#8211; the oldest metal working process &#8211; technological, competitive and sustainable. &#13; \u00a0 \u201cMelting\u201d is a term that indicates the phase transition [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":53413,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fonderieariotti.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fonderieariotti.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fonderieariotti.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fonderieariotti.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fonderieariotti.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53425"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.fonderieariotti.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53425\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54847,"href":"https:\/\/www.fonderieariotti.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53425\/revisions\/54847"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fonderieariotti.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fonderieariotti.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fonderieariotti.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fonderieariotti.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}