Shoes must face a generational change. To this end, the Valencian Footwear Entrepreneurs Association (Avecal) has developed a comprehensive program of training and specialist courses throughout 2022. 31 training courses conducted, with over 2,100 teaching hours taught different content about the shoe industry. The courses were held at different centers owned by shoe employers in the cities of Elche, Elda and Villena.
In the courses included in the Avecal training and specialization program More than 500 students participated in 2022. An investment of close to EUR 228,000 was required to launch the different subsidized courses. Specifically, continuing education courses, labor vocational training, social dialogue and collective bargaining table training, training on the digitization of Cepyme, subsidized training, the creation of the contract with the Elche City Council and the trainings stipulated in the Contract were carried out. Elda City Council.
Topics covered include advanced industrial maintenance of shoes, adhesion and adhesives, applied computer-aided design to shoes, inspection of finished shoes, shoe finishing techniques, quality control of upper and sole materials. footwear, production processes and materials, shoe drafting, leather goods repair, shoe repair, leather goods design and manufacture, digitalization in the manufacturing sector, corporate social responsibility, management of diversity and inclusion, among others.
Avecal is authorized as a subsidized education organization through the Tripartite Foundation. As Marián Cano, president of the employers’ association, recalls, “We are working closely with Generalitat’s Directorate General for VET and Special Regime Training and other organizations to review the contents of training cycles and promoting a Dual VET configuration that truly meets companies’ labor demand”.
On the other hand, the association forms part of the Regional Education Council and actively participates in the diagnosis of educational needs Together with the Ministry of Sustainable Economy, Producing Sectors, Trade and Labor and the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports. Likewise, the Valencia shoe employers association is integrated into the Footwear Industry Joint Commission and cooperates with the National Institute of Qualifications (INCUAL).
2023 education program
During 2023, it is planned to develop more than 20 new training and specialization courses.. Among the topics to be covered, cool hunting shoes, computer-aided design, shoe inspection, bonding technology and quality control in shoe gluing, image consulting as a fashion stylist, shoe and leather goods repair and others.
This month of January will start some of the recommended coursessuch as equity schemes; diversity, inclusion and belonging in companies; collective negotiation; working time, reconciliation and absenteeism management; Communication skills, work motivation, etc., which will expire in July. From January 18, other courses will begin, such as leather goods design and manufacture or shoe and leather goods repair subsidized by Labora.