Around twenty unemployed people are training at the new Employment Workshop in Benidorm

Around twenty unemployed residents of Benidorm have been training since early March at the Pepita Puchades centre in the new Employment Workshop launched by  Benidorm City Council through its Department of Employment and Local Promotion. This program, called "Citizen Service and Cemetery Maintenance," lasts for one year.

This morning, Mayor Toni Pérez and Councillor for Employment Mónica Gómez visited the centre, accompanied by the workshop leaders and greeted the trainees. Pérez wished them "all the best" in their training and reminded them that "this is a fantastic opportunity to enter the job market."

Benidorm City Council has launched this Employment Workshop, which this time is training and employing 20 unemployed people for one year in jobs related to customer service and cemetery maintenance. For its development, the City Council obtained a grant of €565,384.80 from LABORA – the Valencian Employment and Training Service – to cover the salary costs of the management and teaching staff, the salaries of the student-workers, and the training and maintenance expenses of the program. The City Council supplements this funding with a municipal contribution earmarked for materials necessary for the work.

The mayor indicated that, as in previous editions, “this workshop is focused on training to improve the employability of the participants” and highlighted that at the end of the program, “they will obtain the corresponding professional certificate after passing the theoretical and practical modules.”

The 20 students in the Employment Workshop are divided into two groups of ten, combining vocational training with practical work through a training contract. The training specializations offered are those categorized as ADGG0508 – Data and Document Recording and Processing Operations (Level 1); and SSCI0212 – Funeral and Cemetery Maintenance Activities (Level 1).

The student-workers will carry out their practical training in various public offices and municipal cemeteries, “thus contributing to improved service to the public and the maintenance of these spaces, while acquiring professional qualifications that will facilitate their entry into the workforce,” the mayor emphasized.