Over a Hundred Students Graduate from Fempa's Vocational School

Fempa's Vocational School has celebrated the graduation ceremony of over a hundred students who have successfully completed the intermediate and advanced training cycles corresponding to its eleventh class.

These constantly evolving training programmes incorporate annual improvements aimed at enhancing student employability, including additional training in languages, digital skills, soft skills, internships, and the development of a business creation project as the culmination of the training itinerary.

During the graduation ceremony, attended by the team from the Alicante Teaching and Training Centres Employers' Association (CECE), Santiago García Gutiérrez, Secretary General of CECE Spain and a renowned expert in Vocational Training, Marisa Artiaga, President of CECE Alicante; Miguel Ángel Latorre, Secretary General of CECE Alicante; and Ana Gosálvez, Secretary General of CEV Alicante, the key role that business organisations in the Community are playing in the field of Vocational Training was highlighted.

In a context of constant transformation, having talent from Vocational Training—highly qualified, adapted to market demands, and equipped with key competencies—has become an essential factor for the development of productive sectors.

Fempa's commitment to Vocational Training aligned with the real needs of the business fabric has allowed this class to achieve a new record in employment insertion. "The training model of the Vocational School is aimed at providing students with the technical and transversal skills currently demanded by companies in the sector," they state from the centre. This close link between the training provided and the requirements of the labour market has consolidated one of the highest employability rates in the system, confirming the effectiveness and relevance of its educational approach.

This success reinforces the metal federation's commitment to dynamic and adaptive Vocational Training, aimed at generating highly qualified professionals, prepared to face the challenges of the current labour market with guarantees. Fempa emphasises that today, companies not only value technical qualifications but also the growing importance of so-called soft skills, such as resilience, creativity, problem-solving, teamwork, leadership, empathy, and social skills.

Furthermore, from Fempa, the strong emphasis placed on the attitude, disposition, and interest of the students is highlighted, aspects in which the students of the Vocational School receive particularly rigorous preparation. Industrial Vocational Training, with its strong practical component, represents another major pillar of Fempa's training model. With cycles in strategic areas such as Automotive and Electricity, the centre offers young people a real opportunity to learn a profession and access the labour market with guarantees in just two years.

Vocational Training has also been consolidated as a highly effective pathway for qualification and employability, with employment rates that match—or even exceed—those of some university degrees in terms of future prospects. This reality underscores its strategic role in the current economic context, positioning it as a top-tier educational option.

Fempa has wanted to highlight that "Vocational Training is key to the economic and social development of our country, as well as to the modernisation and progress of our companies and society as a whole." Its role in the "effective fight against youth unemployment and in the continuous improvement of professional qualifications" has also been valued.