Once again this year, the Ifema Madrid Trade Fair Centre was the chosen venue for Aula, the Student and Education Fair, held as part of Education Week. country. From 6 to 10 March, students from Secondary Education and Baccalaureate, mainly, toured the two pavilions set up for the thirty-second edition of this event, consolidated as one of the main references in the educational field in the country.
FLC, present for another year
In line with its commitment to bring construction closer to the new generations, Fundaci贸n Laboral de la Construcci贸n once again took part in this meeting, informing visitors about the wide range of training activities offered at its centres, as well as the most sought-after profiles in a sector in high demand and undergoing a process of transformation. In this sense, the director of Training and Employment of the joint entity, Javier Gonz谩lez, spoke of “a different way of building”, in which technologies such as “robotics, point mapping or BIM methodology” are used.
In this way, through a 48 square metre stand, a team made up of experts in training and guidance presented the vocational certificates, subsidised courses and the Basic, Intermediate and Advanced Vocational Training cycles, taught at the different FLC centres. In addition, the students of the Basic Vocational Training Degree in “Reform and Maintenance of Buildings” from the Madrid Training Centre carried out, during the first three days, a practical demonstration of paving work.
Moreover, visitors to the stand were able to try out the virtual reality machinery simulator, with which they were able to see various models of RT mobile crane, articulated boom crane, overhead crane, truck crane, lifting platform and backhoe loader.
Finally, and as a novelty, the stand had a Work at Height, Vertical and Confined Space station, where professionals from the sector showed and allowed visitors to try out the different activities. Thus, through five stations, the volunteers performed an ascent and descent using a fall arrest device and a positioning with a restraint device; they used a planned rescue system, live; and another system to create mechanical advantage through pulleys and a rope. Finally, they were also given the option to raise and lower a partner as if he/she were a load and to assemble and disassemble access and rescue elements, such as a gas detector, a thermographic camera, etc.
