A total of fifteen unemployed attended a training course in Gardening and Urban Public Spaces, organized by the municipality of Jumilla.
The course has been closed this morning by the Councillor for Economy Jesus Sanchez, who has delivered the certificate.
The closure has taken place in the Botanical Garden of The Estacada where students have performed various jobs.
The course has a cost of 23,220 euros, funds from the Employment Service and Training and that in turn come from the European Social Fund.
Has had total duration of 270 hours and has been developed since last March.
Jesus Sanchez, who was accompanied by technicians from the Department of Economics and Employment, as well as Zachary Navarro of the company and monitor Local Initiatives Joaquín Martínez, has indicated in his speech that "studies have been conducted in several areas Green town, including the Botanical Gardens, in addition to the hours of theory, and it serves well to form, to give value to these areas where it has acted. "
Sanchez thanked the work of the company, the monitor, the technicians of the department and city officials who have supervised and coordinated the training activities. "
The council also stressed that "education is very important for the future and with the aim of finding a job, so insistently by the council are requesting training and assistance."
For his part, Zachary Navarro thanked the council for having relied on Local Initiatives for the development of this course and congratulated the teachers and students by the interest shown.
Said that "the aim has been to develop work skills to students in a job with prospects of working out."
The Local Initiatives representative also informed that "the course is structured in a series of training modules relating to planting in gardening, landscaping stakeout, fertilization, pruning, plant protection, etc.."
Finally, the monitor has reported Joaquín Martínez extent and form of this course, "what we have been doing throughout the course has been to apply the theoretical knowledge into practice, with different jobs, both new creation, maintenance and garden in which we worked. "
This will have learned the basics of measurement of areas, irrigation network signaling, safety rules in gardening, soil components of this preparation, substrates used in gardening, trees, shrubs, ornamental plants, pits, ditches, different types of planting, identification of major genera of plants used in gardens and green spaces, among other topics
On the practical work has been made of pebbles set of sites and marking areas for planting, pebbles and road construction, soil and cleaning rocking ground, digging ditches, raking and rular and prepare substrates for growing pots.
Have also opened holes for planting, plant ready for planting, and plant these trees, shrubs, bulbous, billowing, embroidery, and perform work surface to establish lawns and crops, among other works.
Students of course, after receiving their diploma, have handed over some gifts to monitor it.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Jumilla