LaborLan is a mixed job training program, now in its second edition. This program offers comprehensive support, training, work experience (with a four-month employment contract) and approach to companies. The program is aimed at people looking for work but companies can also participate.
It is not limited to teaching courses, nor is it another employment program. He has previously worked with companies to find out which sectors need skilled workers.

Comprehensive support will provide you with training in job orientation, mentoring and personal skills, both in training and in recruitment, as well as personal follow-up beyond the duration of the program, looking for your job placement.

The LaborLan II program offers comprehensive support, training and professional experience in six sectors (including recruitment): Biomedicine, Economics of Personal Care, Agriculture, Foundry, Construction, and -innovation- sixth, for the unemployed over 45 who want to enter the Metal sector, industry - in the fields of electronics or aeronautics.

The registration period for the LaborLan program began on March 1st. This mixed employment and training program is promoted by the Provincial Agency for Employment and Entrepreneurship (DEMA) of the Department of Employment, Social Inclusion and Equality of the Provincial Council of Bizkaia.

In short, this public employment policy provides comprehensive support to the participants, training in the selected sector, as well as something essential in these times of crisis due to the Covid-19 pandemic: a four-month employment contract and experience and a real business in Bizkaia. opportunity to approach the tissue.
Provincial Deputy Teresa Laespada emphasized that Laborlan "helps the unemployed" in a comprehensive way. “It is no longer an employment program, it is a program that offers training, end-to-end support, professional experience through an employment contract and getting closer to companies,” he added.

He also explained that the work will be carried out in sectors that require manpower, based on a study and evaluation carried out in conjunction with the business world.

Six sectors

This second edition of Laborlan is divided into six sectors: Biomedicine, Economics of Personal Care, Agriculture, Foundry, Construction and Metal (industrial, electronic and aeronautical).

• The biomedical sector program has been carried out with the Basque Health Cluster, the organization with the largest representation in the biosciences and health sector in our territory.
• The Economics for the Care of People program has been carried out in collaboration with the cooperative society Integrated Social Services. This group includes social initiative and public benefit companies (SSI), the organization with the largest representation in this sector in Bizkaia.
• The employment and training program for the agricultural sector has been carried out in collaboration with the Basque Agricultural Organization of Professional Farmers (ENBA), which has the largest representation in the agricultural sector in Bizkaia.
• The foundry sector program has been coordinated with the Association of Losers of the Basque Country and Navarre (AFV), the organization with the largest representation in the sector in our territory.
• An employment training program in the construction sector has been promoted in collaboration with the Bizkaia Builders' Association (ASCOBI-BIEBA).
• And finally, the metal sector (industrial, electronic and aeronautical branch), for those over 45 or over that age, has been designed in collaboration with Urbegi Social Inclusion. The aim of this non-profit organization is to promote people who have difficulty finding work in Bizkaia.
• All the organizations involved in this mixed employment and training program are key actors in perceiving the needs of their sectors and, above all, in facilitating the adjustment between supply and demand for professional profiles and skills.

The LaborLan I program, which began last year, is currently alive and covers six other sectors and / or professions: Confectionery, Psychology, Programming, Industrial Manufacturing, Bus Driving and Mechanical Manufacturing-Welding. According to DEMA forecasts, the first edition of the mixed employment and training program will end in May this year.