The Stier Group ‘brings Galician seafarers to safety’ by training them in emergency situations

In Galicia, region of northern Spain, the sea defines a beautiful and unique landscape and also its most renowned economic activities. Discovering the dangers that can be encountered by those who work or set out on maritime routes from this region is essential. Moreover, knowing how to deal with them is vital. From the Taliarte Training Centre in Gran Canaria, opportunities to work at sea more safely and at a lower cost open up.

In 2015, Grupo Stier took a firm and bold step by opening the Stier Training Centre, the first private centre in Spain, specialised in obtaining international certifications that are essential to work in three key sectors: the Oil Sector (OPITO), the Wind Sector (GWO) and the Maritime Sector (STCW/DGMM). This initiative marked an important milestone in the development of vocational training in Spain and strengthened the region’s position as a strategic enclave between three continents: Africa, Europe and America.

This first-class centre, located in Taliarte, Gran Canaria, welcomes men and women from different parts of the world, who want to train and learn. Above all, they want to know how to survive in emergency situations at sea.

Since its inception, this Centre has been ‘nourished’ by Galician sailors, who have found a place where they can be trained, in a language they understand, at a reasonable cost and in their own country.

We are proud to be able to bring training to Galicia and, from Stier, we always maintain the same line of defending the interests of all those Galician sailors, betting on everything they need.

During these years, professionals from Galicia have come to Gran Canaria to learn and get to know the possible ways of survival when facing all kinds of dangerous situations.

Grupo Stier and the Stier Training Centre continue to play an essential role in the training and development of professionals in the maritime and port sector. Providing the necessary knowledge to enable its students to defend themselves in this competitive maritime market.

On the other hand, the links and union between Galicia and the Canary Islands go beyond the sea. A union that is experienced through the “Camino de Santiago” (Way of St. James), recalling the Jacobean route of Gran Canaria, which links Maspalomas with Gáldar, whose jubilee celebration was granted to the Church of Santiago de los Caballeros (Gáldar) in 1965 and in perpetuity since 1993. It is not only the sea that connects the two regions…