Authorities from the Ministry of Production of the Province and Asinmet visited the Municipality of Guaymallén to close an agreement that will allow women from the commune, and other parts, to be trained in trades associated with metalworking.
Next June 10, the Association of Metallurgical Industrialists will begin to enroll women in a new training cycle called «Women of Steel»through which 40 women will be trained in metal-mechanical trades, they will obtain a per diem of $35,000 per month for the duration of the theoretical-practical course, and then they will have the opportunity to enter the labor market.
To move forward in this sense, this Friday, June 7, the Minister of Production, Rodolfo Vargas Arizu, andThe manager of Asinmet, Mariano Guizzo and the mayor of Guaymallén, engineer Marcos Calvente, They signed an agreement that aims to outline the bases of execution of the program for this 2024 cycle.
In it, those enrolled will take a metallurgical operator module and three modules in different types of welding, for this, Asinmet is committed to having the physical location, logistics and managing the course, in addition to the “basic consumables” equipment (electrodes , cutting discs, saw blades, scratching and marking tips and more); The Undersecretary of Employment and Training will pay for the trainer’s teaching hour; and The Municipality of Guaymallén will provide personal protection elements for the beneficiaries of the program (40 women).
«In Argentina and Mendoza, especially, there is capital (there is investment potential), and it isWe are looking for trained human resources to find new opportunities for growth.. That is why today, especially with the metalworking part, we are bringing the necessary technology and practice closer, so that women join the field with the knowledge to be successful in that field of work,” explained Vargas Arizu.
To its turn, Guizzopointed out that this new edition of «Women of Steel»will end up with qualified welders who will be able to form part of the companies that already exist or even form their own ventures. “A circle will be closed, with the commitment of the private and state parties, so that this inclusion means (for trained women) finding genuine, well-paid employment.”
Companies need metallurgical companies
About, the mayor of Guaymallén, Marcos Calvente, he pointed: “We are making up for a deficit that the industry hasMetalworking is labor-intensive, but it requires trained personnel, and if we propose an economic recovery from the private sector, with companies that increasingly work on more and better projects, “We have to advance in training that serves for that future of reactivation.”
“We in Guaymallén want to generate training opportunities, but thinking about the possibility that the neighbors will then find genuine sources of work that will allow them to grow individually and also generate a positive synergy throughout the department. We appreciate this participation of the private sector, with Asinmet and Adimra, and the Government of the provinceto advance in that sense and above all because the participation of women has been taken into account, who are often the driving force of their families and with this a positive change can be generated for them and for the next generations and seek equality of real opportunities,” added the communal chief.
“We know that metalworking is strong in Guaymallén, we have around 70 SMEs in the sector and we want to promote that also through training to become a true hub that attracts investors,” Calvente closed.
This is how “Women of Steel” will work: Who is it aimed at?
The Undersecretary of Employment and Training of the Province, Emilce Vega Espinoza, He told the details of the Women of Steel program, and invited all Guaymalinas in particular, and Mendozas in general, to join the challenge:
“Starting Monday the 10th you will be able to sign up for ‘Women of Steel’, where women between 18 and 55 years of age that are unoccupied will be able to access training to connect with the working world of metalworking. I invite you to increasingly occupy places that today are extremely masculinized,” she indicated.
Thus, it is expected that in this third stage and Starting June 24, 40 women will begin the training and finish it after 6 months. The program includes a theoretical part and a practical part, and those enrolled will receive an incentive of $35,000 per month to guarantee that they start and finish the course and then join companies in the sector.
In a second stage, Vega Espinoza pointed out that women – already trained – will be able to enter companies in the sector also with other employment support programs, which are part of the Active lines of the Ministry of Production, such as Enlazados by which the Government covers a monthly amount equivalent to 100% of the minimum vital and mobile wage for each of the new employees that a company incorporates, and the company, in turn, must make up the difference (until the agreement salary is reached) .
