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Job vacancies
Open call for 9 indefinite-term employment positions to work at the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN).
LEARN MOREWe build, equip and operate a set of marine infrastructures for research in the field of marine sciences and technologies.
The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) is a public Consortium created in 2007 between the then Ministry of Education and Science, now Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness (MINECO), and the Government of the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands, with the aim of building, equipping and operating a set of marine infrastructures for research in the field of marine sciences and technologies.
PLOCAN joins the R&D&I ecosystem of the Tenerife Science and Technology Park
The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) has officially opened offices at the Barranco Hondo site of the Science and Technology Park of the Tenerife Island Council, in order to support various research, development and innovation projects in response to the growing activity carried out on the island, and to strengthen coordination and collaboration
UWC Spain and the DISA Foundation bring 30 young Canary Islanders closer to the blue economy at PLOCAN
Sodepal and PLOCAN sign a collaboration agreement to promote the blue economy in La Palma
PLOCAN takes part in a technical meeting on the management and monitoring of cetacean watching in Tenerife
Data service
It consists of providing the data acquired by a set of Lagrangian observation systems, mainly based on autonomous marine vehicles and drifter buoys.
LEARN MOREHosting service
Testing capabilities are offered, at various scales, for experimental fixed and floating devices, special structures, testing of components in the marine environment, operational performance testing of marine technologies, optimisation of equipment at sea and, in general, any testing of experimental technologies, concepts or services in the marine environment.
LEARN MOREMarine technical operations service with VIMAS
The VIMAS facility provides access to the fleet of gliders, ROVs and ASVs based in the Canary Islands.
LEARN MOREMarine operations service on the Offshore Ocean Platform
The Offshore Ocean Platform facility provides efficient access to the ocean at increasing depths in an environmentally sustainable manner.
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