Higher Vocational Training Qualification

Forma’t al Port programme

Fundació UAB signed an agreement with the European School of Short Sea Shipping to allow students from the Fundació UAB Vocational Training Centre to participate in the  “Forma’t al Port” programme ("Get trained at the Port"), spread in two courses during the two academic years.

Objectives
  • To ensure that students of International Trade and Transport and Logistics Vocational Training discover firsthand the Port of Barcelona, ​​its infrastructures, facilities and logistics operations.
  • To provide companies with a space to present the characteristics of their businesses and professional profiles they need to develop properly.
  • To cooperate in creating a framework for dialogue and exchanges between logistics companies and training centers, therewith encouraging the development of the sector.
  • To contribute to the alignment of the training needs of companies with curricula designed and taught at training centers.
  • To encourage companies to hire students in dual training.
  • To provide students with the tools and knowledge needed to quantify the environmental impact of transport operations, while familiarizing them with the policy of the European Union on sustainable logistics in Europe.