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Future technicians receive training at

Aqualia’s laboratory in Oviedo

Students in diferent

professional training

programs are completing

their internships as

technicians during this

academic year.

In keeping with Aqualia’s Corporate So-

cial Responsibility policies, Aqualia is co-

llaborating, as it usually does, in providing

training courses to students at its Oviedo

laboratory. During this academic year, seve-

ral groups of students have been doing an

internship in the company’s facilities. They

include students from the Environmental

Chemical cycle from Universidad Laboral;

Some of the students are receiving training at Aqualia’s laboratory from (From left to right): Jorge

Luis Suarez, head of Aqualia’s laboratory in Oviedo; Alfonso Tomás, manager of the Department;

Agustín Iglesias, government councillor for water affairs; and Francisco Delgado, the company’s

representative in Asturias.

another group involved in Environmental

Health at Instituto Cerdeño,; and students

from Instituto Ciaño’s cycle of Manufactu-

ring Operations for Pharmaceutical Pro-

ducts. All of them will earn a professional

training degree as technicians in their feld.

Analysis laboratories are essential for de-

veloping Aqualia’s business. The main

function is to ensure that the quality of

water supply is optimal as determined by

health authorities. In fact, the Oviedo labo-

ratory features the most innovative and eff-

cient material resources in the market. The

laboratory was awarded the Quality Mana-

gement System (UNE-EN ISO 9001:2008)

and Environmental Management (UNE-EN

ISO 14001:2004) certifcates. It has also

been certifed by ENAC (National Accredita-

tion Entity) in accordance with the UNE-EN

ISO/IEC 17025:2005 standard in recogni-

tion of its technical competency in perfor-

ming analyses.

Each year, Aqualia performs 20,000 water

analyses at its fve certifed laboratories.

This quality system employs more than

100 technicians involved in analytical con-

trol and also serves as the support for the

development of currently ongoing R+D+i

projects.