THE NAUTICAL SECTOR WILL HAVE SPECIALISED DUAL TRAINING FROM NEXT SCHOOL YEAR

THE NAUTICAL SECTOR WILL HAVE SPECIALISED DUAL TRAINING FROM NEXT SCHOOL YEAR

Palma

16/06/2016

The president of the Government of the Balearic Islands, Francisca Armengol, has announced that the nautical sector will have specialised dual training from the next school year. She made the announcement during a visit to the facilities of the companies Astilleros de Mallorca and STP Palma, with headquarters at Palma's Port and dedicated to the restoration and maintenance of vessels.
 
The president has been accompanied by the president of the Balearic Islands' Port Authority (APB), Joan Gual de Torrella, and the Minister of Labour, Commerce and Industry, Marc Pons, who have been welcomed by the General Manager of Astilleros de Mallorca, Diego Colón de Carvajal, and the Managing Director of STP Palma, José María Campuzano.
 
The president of the Government has highlighted the importance of the nautical sector for the economy of the Balearic Islands, as it is an activity that promotes the improvement of the production model. Thus, personnel training becomes an essential element, as these companies require qualified workers. With the combined training, workers will be trained while working full time and getting a salary.
 
For this reason, the SOIB will launch this winter a vocational training course for jobs in the nautical sector, in the modality of dual training. It will be a 480-hour programme dedicated to 30 unemployed people and which will include training related to the maintenance of vessels' electrical systems, leisure boats' equipment, auxiliary supportive activities and English classes.
 
The counsellor Iago Negueruela has also announced that the SOIB is already working with other courses related to the nautical sector, like the maintenance of vessels, specialised in painting and wood, and all the activity related to mechanics and electronics. The main aim is to create quality jobs in a key economic sector for the islands. In this sense, the counsellor has highlighted the work that is being done in collaboration with companies of the sector.