Q-VALIDUS (QVAL) is a Limited company. An Irish SME, with headquartered at Nexus UCD, the Innovation and Technology Transfer Centre at University College Dublin. the company was founded in 2007 to meet the growing demand for certification of skills, training and knowledge across a wide range of markets and occupations. Q-Validus offers offer clients the latest technology solutions and advisory services to design, develop, market, manage and deliver the very best in assessment and certification programmes.
In the AquaSmart project Q-Validus with focus primarily on training plan/content provision and the drafting of a CEN workshop agreement within CEN/TC 310 – Advanced automation technologies and their applications for the Aquaculture industry. The company also plays an important role in quality assurance will lead the dissemination work package, WP5. Q-Validus will work closely with I2S in particular in this area. The company will develop the training plan and identify new roles in relation with the new skills and competencies required for AQUASMART exploitation in cross-border and multi-lingual setting. It will coordinate the execution of the training plan, organizing and managing the execution of the scheduled events, in multilingual, cross-border and cross-sector settings.