The Workshop School 'Photovoltaic Systems and Solar Thermal Energy' in which twelve students, between 20 and 24 years old, have trained for two years at the facilities of La Mareta in Teguise, opened its doors to the media this Thursday morning.
A training launched by Patrimonio Nacional, and which has been promoted by the State Public Employment Service (SEPE), with a course divided into four phases in which 35% was theory and 65% practice. The students have learned to carry out the installation of photovoltaic panels, the electrical adaptation in a garage and the electrical assembly to provide light to a mill, among many other notions.
In addition to learning, they have also been paid for the practical part carried out and have obtained two certificates, the one for 'Assembly and maintenance of photovoltaic solar installations' and the professional one for Assembly'.
Enthusiasm and progress throughout the workshop
The director and theory teacher José Casal, and the teacher of the workshop practices, Martín Cuesta, have highlighted to La Voz the "enthusiasm" and the "progress" of the students during the training. "Some knew nothing about electricity, and now, they know how to do professional installations," says Casal.
"We highlight the enthusiasm and progress of the students during the training"
Facilities that they describe as "not easy at all", in which they finish their work on October 31st. Thanks to the learning, "four companies have been interested in the curriculums" of the students, says the director. Such has been the impact that the training has had on the young people, that some want to "dedicate themselves professionally to it", adds Casal.
This is the case of Ariel Alarcón, a student who began his training in the Higher Degree of Dietetics before COVID and after finishing it, wanted to change his path and sign up for this SEPE course. "I was unemployed, they called me and I signed up," he revealed. "I decided to bet on the opportunity of renewable energies, which are the future," says Alarcón.
"Renewable energies are the future"
In addition, he envisions his future studying a degree and working on weekends. "I would like to study Engineering," the young man highlighted to La Voz. "I didn't even know how to pick up a tool," and during the training "I have managed to improve myself day by day," he says.
Yanara Medina, the only girl who has participated in the course, recognizes that it has brought her personal and professional "growth": "It has taught me to be self-taught". She started with "zero" experience and now, "I can do the maintenance, look for the faults in the installation and solve them," adds the young woman. Like her partner, she wants to "get to form a company and be known".
During the presentation, Patrimonio Nacional has announced that there will be "a second edition" of the renewable energy course, a training that they estimate will begin "in December or the first quarter of 2024".