Welding and Boiler-Making Vocational Courses in Spain: New Cycle Launched in Mos, Suspended in Plasencia

The municipality of Mos signed a four‑year agreement with the Galician Education Ministry to launch a new medium‑level vocational cycle in Welding and Boiler‑Making for the 2026/27 academic year. The program will be delivered at the municipal occupational training centre, with the regional government providing teachers, consumables and equipment, while the town supplies the facilities. Local officials highlighted the course’s relevance to Mos’s industrial sector and its potential to create jobs for young people and career‑switchers.

In Plasencia, the Extremadura Education Council announced that the same medium‑level Welding and Boiler‑Making cycle will be paused for the 2026/27 year after a negative occupational‑risk report deemed the workshop unsafe. Twenty‑one students had already enrolled, prompting complaints from families. The council said it is seeking alternative venues but has not found a viable short‑term solution, leading to the suspension of the course for the upcoming term.