Fundación Valenciaport launches a survey campaign to find out the professional profiles required by companies

The results of the campaign will make it possible to define a training offer aligned with the new needs of the sector and promote the specialisation of cluster professionals in digital transformation and green transition.

Valencia, 15 November 2024. – The Fundación Valenciaport has launched a survey campaign at European level with the aim of finding out the real situation of companies in the port community, their business prospects, the professional profiles required and the training activities demanded by the sector in order to face the two major challenges of the port logistics sector: digital transformation and energy transition.

This initiative is part of the European project ‘NeXTraIn.PortS’, which seeks to promote the training and employment of professionals in the port logistics sector, define a training offer aligned with the new needs of the sector and promote the specialisation of professionals in an environment as complex as the port.

The Fundación Valenciaport is leading the creation and dissemination of this survey campaign, which will be available until 5 December and will be sent to port sector professionals in Livorno, Venice, Rotterdam, Piraeus and Valencia.

A presentation event is planned for the first quarter of 2025 in which the results will be shared at regional level, as well as the conclusions drawn.

Based on these results, a Professional Profiles Manual will be launched , which will be used to develop the necessary training pathways to train the cluster’s professionals in these key areas through the development of innovative competences and skills based on immersive reality and focused on logistics and port management, technical planning and management of goods and passenger handling, and port and logistics operational handling.

In addition to this campaign, the NeXTraIn.PortS project, co-financed by the Erasmus+ programme, includes other interesting activities such as the creation of an observatory and the holding of several workshops with experts.

The NexTrainPorts consortium

NexTrainPorts partners are the Autorità di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Settentrionale (coordinator), the Fundación Valenciaport, the Provincia Livorno Sviluppo, the Centro Formazione Logistica Intermodale di Venezia, the Centro di competenza per la sicurezza e l’ottimizzazione delle infrastrutture strategiche, Stichting STC group and the University of Piraeus Research Center.