Italian tanneries around Santa Croce are continuing to educate young people on the benefits of leather industry employment with workshops and open days for high school students planned in the coming weeks.

The children of tannery workers will be invited to open days at research institute POTECO (Polo Tecnologico Conciario), hosted by local associations as well as national tannery association UNIC.

It is part of a long-running programme linking schools and universities with tanneries, with the aim of enticing young people into the industry and showing the wide range of jobs on offer.

One of the schools that participated in a recent initiative ranked first, nationally, in terms of helping students into jobs quickly.

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