Ericsson Spain opens tech school to prepare for 5G talent demand

This article was written and published in Spanish and has been translated into English via Google Translate. Click here to read the original article.

The telecommunications multinational Ericsson has launched the School of Technicians, a training project that has hosted about 80 network technicians during the last four weeks to respond to the growing need of the market to find profiles prepared in this field.

Once the training is completed, which delves into Ericsson's leading radio and transmission solutions and technology as well as its deployment process, installation and quality assurance standards, applicants can join Ericsson's partner services entities, Ezentis, Insyte, OFG and Verne.

In addition, the activation of this School of Technicians has been carried out in collaboration with Adecco, a company responsible for the selection and recruitment of candidates.

Ericsson's headquarters in Madrid have hosted the final tests that have been carried out on future professionals. This phase has been attended by José Antonio López, President and CEO of Ericsson in Spain, who recognizes the important role of the School of Technicians by ensuring that “this initiative is a way to anticipate the arrival of massive 5G deployments and to provide an incremental added value to our customers.”

“It increases the productive capacity of the sector, specializes it to efficiently meet the needs in new technology projects, and helps our service partners in the selection, training and hiring of qualified technicians in different cities of Spain,” adds López.

“In addition, we continue to contribute to the development of employment in the segment that our country needs most, favoring that newly graduated young people enter the labor market through a solid, motivating and long-term project, and that fosters gender diversity in a traditionally masculine field of activity,” concludes the Ericsson CEO.

With this initiative, Ericsson manages to inject into the market new young and committed professionals, duly trained to guarantee high quality work.

The School of Technicians thus manages to attract, identify, select, train and, finally, hire staff and incorporate it into a sector with a great future projection.

Ericsson supervision and coordination

The project has the supervision and coordination of Ericsson to ensure that the training meets all quality standards and the hiring is carried out at the appropriate times.

In this way the company anticipates and prepares the way to 5G, where new skills and abilities that these professionals will have acquired will be required.

The program will also have a very special impact on the prevention of occupational hazards, with a block in the matter taught by service companies once they have contracted.

Gender diversity

The School of Technicians also intends to promote gender diversity in the sector, Ericsson's clear commitment, increasing job opportunities for young women who want to develop professionally in the world of technology.

With this objective, Ericsson helps its partners through the financing of the project in its entirety in the case of women candidates.

This article was written and published in Spanish and has been translated into English via Google Translate. Click here to read the original article.

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