– “Magallanes is key to the future of salmon farming and has the capacity to be a pole of innovation and development in aquaculture, which is why we have proposed having these training sessions that have already benefited 97 students in the last 4 years,” highlighted Blumar’s deputy production manager in the region, Pablo Solis.

As in previous years, thanks to Blumar’s alliance with the María Behety High School in Punta Arenas, 23 students specializing in Aquaculture took a course that will allow them to work as operators of underwater robots, called Remote Operated Vehicle (ROV).

The classes were both theoretical and practical, and lasted 50 hours, divided into two weeks. This is the fourth time that this course has been carried out in alliance with the educational establishment, in agreement with OTEC Surterra, whose modules were financed through tax franchises from the National Training and Employment Service (Sence).

The Deputy Production Manager of Blumar in Magallanes, Pablo Solís, stated that “it is very important for us to give continuity, for 1 more year, to the robotics course. This is the fourth year that we contribute to the professional development of young people. It is a great input that they can use when they leave school, hopefully joining us in the salmon industry.”

The OTEC Surterra Underwater Robotics instructor, Robinson Cárdenas, commented that “there was a lot of interest and support, especially from the teachers, who coordinated the practice places, support material, etc. The students were also very willing and in tune with the course contents.

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One of the Aquaculture students who participated in the course, Bastián Carvajal, valued the event, since “beyond theory, you also learn a lot in practice. It is very positive to test our knowledge at sea, and it was very entertaining.”

Her classmate Génesis Godoy stated that the course gave her “a different vision from that of my specialty, and has taught me even more than what we often learn in the classroom.”

Marcela Andrade, director of the María Behety High School, assured that the event “was a tremendous learning opportunity for the students, even more so this year, when they were able to have the experience in situ, not only of handling the robot, but also entering the sea for the first time in their specialty. “The students highly valued this course and the certification it provides.”

“Magallanes is key to the future of salmon farming and has the capacity to be a point of innovation and development in aquaculture, which is why we have proposed having these training sessions that have already benefited 97 students in the last 4 years,” Solis emphasized.