June 29, 2023
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Sorigué and the FLC of Catalonia collaborate to boost employment in the construction sector
Sorigué and the Construction Labor Foundation (FLC) of Catalonia have signed a collaboration agreement to undertake specific training actions aimed at addressing the shortage of specialized professional profiles with a threefold objective: to modernize the construction sector by ensuring generational renewal, to promote specialized training to meet labor market needs, and to attract and incorporate women.
To this end, the Construction Labor Foundation of Catalonia will promote several initiatives, including training programs specifically aimed at women to meet the profiles identified by the Sorigué business group across its different areas of activity. The Construction Labor Foundation of Catalonia will design the academic content and provide the teaching staff and training materials. For its part, Sorigué will actively participate in the design of the training strategy and in the recruitment of candidates for qualification. Upon completion of the courses, the trainees will be able to take part in the group’s open recruitment processes and apply for its vacancies.
The signing of the agreement between the two entities took place at the facilities of the Construction Labor Foundation in Badalona. The event was led by Eloi Baró, Director of Administration and Labour Relations at Sorigué, and Lucía López, Manager of the FLC of Catalonia, accompanied by Miguel Peláez, Vice President of the Construction Labor Foundation of Catalonia (CCOO del Hábitat); Isabel Gutiérrez, General Secretary of CCOO Hábitat Catalunya; Juani Arenas, Secretariat of the Construction and Mining Sector of UGT-FICA Catalunya, and Fani Galeas, Secretary for Women of CCOO del Hábitat de Catalunya. Representatives from the Administration and Labour Relations department of Sorigué also attended, together with union delegates present within the group.
This collaboration is framed within the co-responsibility between Sorigué and the FLC, as well as within the strategy of both organizations to promote equality and the professionalization of construction, demonstrating a clear commitment to the sector and to the progress of society.
Through this agreement, joint work will be carried out across several lines of action: identifying the professional profiles needed in the sector, providing suitable training pathways, and subsequent job placement within companies of the Sorigué group.
FLC: more than 200 Sorigué workers trained in 2022
So far this year, the Construction Labor Foundation of Catalonia has already trained more than 160 employees of the Sorigué group in occupational risk prevention and machinery training. In 2022 alone, more than 200 students from the group attended FLC training programs across different training areas.
“Through training, the Labor Foundation contributes to increasing the presence of women in the construction labor market. These agreements are the result of collaboration between both organizations and have a direct impact on the employability of women and young people,” stated the Manager of the FLC of Catalonia.
“Once the agreement has been formalized, the important thing is to start working to achieve the established objectives and to see results,” emphasizes Eloi Baró, Director of Administration and Labour Relations at Sorigué.
A foundation at the service of the sector
The Construction Labor Foundation is a joint entity created by the sector itself in 1992, through the General Agreement of the Construction Sector, and is the result of exemplary social dialogue between employers and trade unions in the sector: the National Construction Confederation (CNC), CCOO del Hábitat, and the Industry, Construction and Agriculture Federation of UGT (UGT FICA).
Each year, the Labor Foundation trains more than 80,000 workers in the construction sector through more than 200 different training initiatives it offers. Training, health and safety, and employment in the construction sector are its three foundational pillars. It is organized through 17 Regional Councils and has more than 50 of its own Training Centers distributed throughout Spain, 23 of which have a Preventive Practices Center (CPP).