The objective is to improve the employability of people at risk of social exclusion who have fewer opportunities to access the labor market
The Orange Foundation, the Adecco Foundation and the Magtel Foundation have established a collaboration agreement to promote access to the labor market for people at risk of social exclusion through the development of training programs for the installation of fiber optics to the home in Jaén, Granada and Málaga.
The project signing ceremony was attended by the director of the Orange Foundation, Daniel Morales, as well as the territorial director of Institutional Relations of Orange, Raúl Maldonado; the regional director of the Adecco Foundation, Miguel Ángel de Pedro; and the director of Fundación Magtel, Adrián Fernández. On behalf of the Malaga City Council, Juan Antonio Bermúdez, from the Innovation Delegation, attended.
Specifically, the project has as objectives the knowledge of different means of transmission of information; the distinction of the types of fiber optic cables and their characteristics; the execution of the installation and configuration of the elements and equipment that make up a FTTH installation, as well as the verification of compliance with the established quality criteria.
The courses will have a total duration of 285 hours, with an initial theoretical phase of 185 hours in the classroom-workshop and a non-labor professional internship module of 100 hours in companies in the sector.
Currently, the telecommunications sector has a high degree of labor insertion due to the high demand for professionals in this field. In this sense, the director of the Orange Foundation, Daniel Morales, has indicated that “for the Orange Foundation it is essential to make technology a tool for inclusion at the service of those who need it most.”
Commitment to insertion
Likewise, he added that “the collaboration with Fundación Magtel consolidates the alliance between our two entities, both committed to the labor insertion of unemployed people through the development of training actions in the fiber optic sector” and has highlighted that “the young people who join these training courses acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to carry out a profession with high demand and with real possibilities of insertion”.
For his part, the regional director of the Adecco Foundation in Eastern Andalusia, Miguel Ángel de Pedro, commented that “in a competitive and constantly changing labor market, it is essential to influence the training of people who have it most difficult, so that so that they are not left behind and can find sustainable employment over time”. In addition, he added that “through this collaboration we materialize this premise, bringing people at risk of exclusion closer to such an important and dynamic sector as telecommunications”.
Finally, the director of Fundación Magtel, Adrián Fernández, highlighted that “the qualification and professional insertion programs in the fiber optic sector that we have been developing for the last 10 years show the commitment of Fundación Magtel to people in situations of unemployment”.
Likewise, he has recognized that “the Orange Foundation is being a magnificent travel companion on this journey, to which the Adecco Foundation has also joined, as there are common goals in the three entities to achieve the employability of the participants.
In relation to employability, Adrián Fernández has advanced that “the people trained in this project have a high probability of getting a job in the telecommunications sector”.
