Continued commitment to nautical training

The Regional Ministry of Education and Universities has decided that from September, the intermediate level of Vocational Training in Maintenance of Recreational Boats will be incorporated in the intensive dual mode at the CIFP Can Marines in Santa Eulària des Riu, Ibiza.

The councillor of Education and Universities, Antoni Vera, accompanied by Maria Isabel Salas, director general of Vocational Training and Educational Planning; Juan Álvarez, territorial director of Education in Ibiza and Formentera; Ramon van der Hooft, president of the Association of Nautical Industries and Services of Ibiza and Formentera, and Pep Marí Tur, director of CIFP Can Marines, yesterday presented the new intermediate level of Vocational Training in Maintenance of Recreational Boats, which will be taught for the first time in Ibiza and will respond to the needs and demands of the nautical sector of the Pitiusas.

Students who enroll in the new middle grade of Maintenance of pleasure craft, will do the practices in the facilities of the members of the Association of Industries and Nautical Services of Ibiza and Formentera. The studies will have 15 places and will be taught in an intensive dual system, which means that students will have an employment contract and remuneration during their training.

The incorporation of this intermediate degree responds to the demands of companies in the sector, which warn of the lack of qualified labour. Professionals with this profile are in great demand in Ibiza, and in response to this need, the Regional Ministry of Education and Universities has opted to incorporate this educational offer, which has a high labour market insertion rate.

These studies are already offered in Mallorca and Menorca, and now they are also being incorporated into the CIFP Can Marines, where the intermediate degree in Navigation and Coastal Fishing Technician and the advanced degree in Maritime Transport and Deep-sea Fishing are already being offered.