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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).

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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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The European PHAROS project opens citizen participation in the first mega event of the Gran Canaria Living Lab

The European PHAROS project opens citizen participation in the first mega event of the Gran Canaria Living Lab

The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN), as the coordinating entity of the European PHAROS project, invites citizens to take part in the first open mega event of the Gran Canaria Living Lab. The event will take place on 29, 30 and 31 January next year and will feature workshops, panel discussions and seminars

LEER NOTICIA 15/01/2026
PLOCAN announces the 16th Glider School edition

PLOCAN announces the 16th Glider School edition

LEER NOTICIA 13/01/2026
PLOCAN brings green hydrogen closer to the education community at Gran Canaria’s Climate and Sustainable Energy Fair

PLOCAN brings green hydrogen closer to the education community at Gran Canaria’s Climate and Sustainable Energy Fair

LEER NOTICIA 17/12/2025
PLOCAN strengthens ocean observation in the Canary Islands with more than 200 days of operation of its fleet of autonomous marine vehicles

PLOCAN strengthens ocean observation in the Canary Islands with more than 200 days of operation of its fleet of autonomous marine vehicles

LEER NOTICIA 17/12/2025

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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