Un centenar de personas mejora su empleabilidad con los PFAE del Cabildo de Fuerteventura
In 2025, the island Corporation will maintain its commitment to these five PFAE programs and will offer a new program focused on caring for the elderly in their homes
The Cabildo de Fuerteventura today awarded diplomas to a hundred unemployed individuals who worked for eleven months in the five alternating training and employment programs (PFAE) of the island Corporation: ‘Fuerteventura Blooms for You’, ‘Fuerteventura bets on its local products’, ‘Hidroventura’, ‘Fuerteventura Play’, and ‘Fuerteventura a destination with flavor’.
The closing of this edition of the PFAE was held today, February 26, at the Insular Youth Center, with the presence of the island president, Lola García, the Employment Promotion councilor, Nuria Cabrera, the director of the Canarian Employment Service, María Teresa Ortega, and the councilor for Local Development and Employment of Puerto del Rosario, Erica González. Also in attendance were Antonio Ojeda as SCE technician, other island councilors from the government and opposition groups, as well as councilors and municipal representatives.
«With an investment of 2.1 million euros, these five PFAE programs have not only served to improve the training and employability of a hundred individuals, but have also focused on the real needs of our island,» explained Lola García. «From the maintenance of our water networks and training in new technologies to support for local products, the tourist offer, and the preservation of the natural environment.»
García highlighted «the clear commitment that this Cabildo makes to employment plans. So much so, that in 2025 we are not only maintaining these five programs, but we will also have a new PFAE program focused on the care and attention of our elderly in their homes.»
For her part, the Employment Promotion councilor, Nuria Cabrera, congratulated all the participants, expressing her satisfaction with the results obtained. «This is thanks to the support of the Canarian Employment Service and to each and every person who has been part of these projects, whose commitment has been more than demonstrated.» The island councilor also highlighted the coordination between the different areas of the Cabildo and with the municipalities.
María Teresa Ortega pointed out that «today this hundred individuals have new opportunities to improve their employability and development. From the SCE, we will continue to educate and train those individuals who are unemployed.»
The PFAE programs have been co-financed by the Cabildo de Fuerteventura and subsidized by the Canarian Employment Service (SCE) and the State Public Employment Service (SEPE).
Eleven months of work
During the event, the management teams and students of the PFAE programs shared their work experience during these eleven months. The participants of the ‘Fuerteventura bets on its local products’ PFAE were trained in basic knowledge for cheese production. The participants obtained a professional cheese certification in a program that seeks to guarantee generational succession and highlight an important craft of the Majorcan economy. On the other hand, the ‘Fuerteventura Play’ PFAE focused on a new and emerging sector, training fifteen worker-students in web page design and publication. They also conducted workshops and E-sport events in educational centers in Antigua, Puerto del Rosario, and La Oliva, senior centers, the Sociosanitary Residence of Puerto del Rosario, the Intellectual Disability Day Center, and several cultural centers.
Likewise, the ‘Fuerteventura a destination with flavor’ PFAE trained the participants in bar and cafeteria services, providing services throughout the year in preschool and primary educational centers, the II Canarian Congress of Cancer Patients and Families, other events related to healthy habits, and managing the cafeteria at the Training and Congress Palace. Additionally, the ‘Fuerteventura Blooms for You’ PFAE was developed, training participants in gardening while enhancing the island’s landscape, promoting the integration of the landscape in different tourist spaces, and working in preschool and primary educational centers, La Tunera Park in Corralejo, and the Biological Station of La Oliva.
Under the title ‘Hidroventura’ PFAE, another program focused on training for the assembly, commissioning, and maintenance of water supply and distribution networks, in coordination with the Fuerteventura Water Supply Consortium. They worked on the maintenance of the three production centers (Puerto del Rosario, Gran Tarajal, and Corralejo), pumping stations, network extensions, and other infrastructures.
The participants also received additional training in occupational hazards, information society, job orientation, languages, and other transversal skills.
