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Open call for 9 indefinite-term employment positions to work at the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN).

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We 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.

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Ciencia Show 2023 invites PLOCAN on its tour of several Canary Islands.

Ciencia Show 2023 invites PLOCAN on its tour of several Canary Islands.

The project “Science Show” of scientific education through the performing arts that promotes scientific and technological vocations among the young people of ESO, Baccalaureate and FP through humorous monologues with scientific content, has invited PLOCAN on the occasion of its tour of several islands of Canary Islands. Ciencia Show is in its initial phase where

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PLOCAN announces the XIII Glider School edition

PLOCAN announces the XIII Glider School edition

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X1 Wind installs floating platform in the PLOCAN test site

X1 Wind installs floating platform in the PLOCAN test site

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XII edition of the PLOCAN Glider School

XII edition of the PLOCAN Glider School

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SERVICES

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.

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Hosting 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.

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Marine technical operations service with VIMAS

The VIMAS facility provides access to the fleet of gliders, ROVs and ASVs based in the Canary Islands.

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Marine 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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