The Ministry of Education, Science and Universities and the FP awarded the Valga Institute a grant of €55,000 to create a space for technology applied to welding with the aim of improving the qualifications of students, allowing them to simulate the real work of welding centers and working environments.
Specifically, the Valgo Institute will provide a multifunctional space for robotics applied to welding, testing, automation and 3D printing, as confirmed by its director Eliseo Mera. This area will be equipped with high-performance equipment and new technologies, in addition to tools and elements that simulate working environments. This will allow students to use methodologies specific to the productive sector to which they are directed, and will lead to a significant improvement in their training, according to municipal sources.
Other bridal centers
In total, Xunta will provide vocational training centers with eighty applied technology spaces. In addition to Valga, centers in Vilagarcia, Ribeira and Apoberra will also benefit from this measure. The objective is to strengthen the connection of vocational education and training teachings to the reality of companies and to promote technological transfer between training centers and the productive fabric.
In the case of Vilagarcía, CIFP Fontecarmoa, the classroom will have a store simulation and virtual reality for trade courses; in A Pobra, IES in A Pobra do Caramiñal will have an integrated technological space for auxiliary nursing care; and in Ribeira, CIFP Coroso, with “Eco-acceleration: innovation in electric mobility”. Each center will receive a contribution of 55,000 euros to allow the simulation of real work centers and working environments in disciplines adapted to the courses offered.
