| The Ministry of Employment, Research and Universities, through the SEF, is working on a contract for an amount greater than one million euros that will allow the teaching 74 courses in the triennium 2021-2023 | Some 240 students will be trained this year in the twenty courses offered by the National Chemistry Reference Center of Cartagena, dependent on the Regional Employment and Training Service (SEF).
Training in analysis and control methods, and specifically in those of material quality control, stands out, and has specialties such as non-destructive testing, with non-penetrating liquid modules, industrial radiography or ultrasound. The Minister of Employment, Research and Universities, Miguel Motas, who visited the center today on the occasion of the open day that has been held, stressed that "it offers some of the courses with a higher labor insertion.
In fact, the certificate of professionalism of 'Organization and control of non-destructive tests' has 85 percent of hires after completing the courses, many of the students have job proposals even before finishing in companies in Cartagena like Navantia materials from the S-80 submarines), Mecánicas Bolea and Metalmecánicas Herjimar ". In addition, the Ministry of Employment, Research and Universities, through the SEF, is working on a contract for an amount greater than one million euros that will allow 74 courses to be taught in the 2021-2023 triennium. The center offers training in the areas of chemistry, analysis and quality control, non-destructive testing (NDT), analysis and quality control, mechanical testing, polymer transformation, pharmachemistry, languages, and welding and metallic structures. In addition, it participates in various transnational research projects, in collaboration with organizations in various countries of the European Union, and collaborates with the National Institute of Qualifications (INCUAL) for the study, analysis and development of new professional qualifications. Training for the chemical sector The National Reference Center for Chemistry mainly offers training in the chemical sector and its subsectors, as well as courses adapted to the needs of companies.
Thus, last year it issued the certificate of professionalism for the Manufacture of pharmaceutical and related products to respond to the demands of companies such as Martínez Nieto (Marnys), Tahe, Grifols, Francisco Aragón, AromSA, Iberchem, Muñoz Gálvez, Takasago and Eurofins Distilleries Villapharma Research. In the Region there are 335 companies representing all the chemical subsectors that employ some 10,000 people, with a turnover of more than 7,000 million euros per year, according to data from the Murcian Association of Chemical Industries.
The chemical sector ranks between second and third in the regional industrial sector, and stands out for its high productivity and investment in R&D. In addition, the Region of Murcia has 57 companies dedicated to pharmachemistry, nutraceuticals, perfumery, cosmetics and related activities, with a turnover of more than 235 million euros and employing 1,332 people, which is 14 percent of jobs in the sector.
Source: CARM