AKVA recruits iron ladies of Chile
MORE than 20 women are working as welders in Chile’s aquaculture industry, after a special rectuitment programme.
They have been trained for the production line following an inclusion scheme introduced by Norwegian owned AKVA Group that is promoting sustainable development.
The company created the programme at its Puerto Montt base last year, training local women in its production processes and welding workshops.
‘We want to see more empowered women working in the salmon industry,’ said Andrew Campbell, regional president of AKVA Group for America, UK, and Australasia.
‘For a year we have been developing inclusion and training projects for women in the welding area, to create excellent products, with the best welders from both genders.’
There are now 23 women in the welding workshop. They were previously trained in the AKVA academy, which initially offered men-only courses, then mixed classes and, finally, the first women-only course.