At Nearing Academy, we don’t just teach skills we shape careers and transform lives.

We believe that with the right knowledge, guidance and opportunities, anyone can build a brighter future.

Training is a strategic investment for Nearing, with training centres in its main markets — notably the International Academy based in Portugal and the Academy in the United Kingdom. Renowned for the quality of their certifications and the high standard of their facilities and equipment, these academies are fully equipped to meet and exceed the requirements of international operators and partners.

We invest in people because we believe in their potential. With a 90% retention rate among our trainees, we don’t just deliver training, we create opportunities, build careers and develop the next generation of industry specialists.

Your journey starts here. Let’s build the future together.

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1166
1750
2333
2916
3500
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TRAINEES TRAINED IN 2025
3
6
10
13
16
20
TRAINERS’ AVERAGE EXPERIENCE (YEARS)
116
233
350
466
583
700
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TRAINING INITIATIVES IN 2025
2095
4191
6286
8382
10477
12573
TRAINING HOURS IN 2025
Our Academies in numbers

Measuring impact, empowering growth

All our trainees are admitted, qualified and certified through our Academies, which continue to grow each year with a sustained expansion of their training capacity. We provide technical training and certification in the fields of Telecommunications and Energy.

Our team of instructors, composed of highly qualified professionals, is continuously reinforced to meet growing market demands, ensuring a diverse and up-to-date range of training modules.

Ready to build your future with us?

WHAT WE OFFER

Skills, growth and opportunity - all in one place

We value our people and offer tangible opportunities for their growth and professional development.
International career opportunities

International career opportunities

International career opportunities

At Nearing Visabeira Academy, your journey doesn’t stop at training, it extends across borders. With a presence in multiple countries, we offer the opportunity to gain international experience, work on global projects, and grow within a multicultural environment. Expand your horizons and build a career that knows no limits.
Career progression

Career progression

Career progression

At our academy, we don’t just train professionals, we build careers. Designed to equip you with the skills and knowledge needed to grow within Nearing, our academy offers clear development paths, continuous training programmes and hands-on experience. Here, you’ll find all the tools to take your career to the next level.
High retention rate

High retention rate

High retention rate

Our commitment to people speaks for itself: 90% of the professionals trained at Nearing Visabeira Academy choose to stay and grow with us. We foster a culture of support, recognition, and opportunity, ensuring that every team member feels valued and empowered to thrive.
Free training with employment contract

Free training with employment contract

Free training with employment contract

Our academy provides specialised, hands-on training at no cost to the trainee, alongside a work contract. This means you start gaining valuable skills while building a stable and rewarding career from the very beginning.
International career opportunities
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International career opportunities
At Nearing Visabeira Academy, your journey doesn’t stop at training, it extends across borders. With a presence in multiple countries, we offer the opportunity to gain international experience, work on global projects, and grow within a multicultural environment. Expand your horizons and build a career that knows no limits.
Career progression
See more
Career progression
At our academy, we don’t just train professionals, we build careers. Designed to equip you with the skills and knowledge needed to grow within Nearing, our academy offers clear development paths, continuous training programmes and hands-on experience. Here, you’ll find all the tools to take your career to the next level.
High retention rate
See more
High retention rate
Our commitment to people speaks for itself: 90% of the professionals trained at Nearing Visabeira Academy choose to stay and grow with us. We foster a culture of support, recognition, and opportunity, ensuring that every team member feels valued and empowered to thrive.
Free training with employment contract
See more
Free training with employment contract
Our academy provides specialised, hands-on training at no cost to the trainee, alongside a work contract. This means you start gaining valuable skills while building a stable and rewarding career from the very beginning.
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International career opportunities
International career opportunities
At Nearing Visabeira Academy, your journey doesn’t stop at training, it extends across borders. With a presence in multiple countries, we offer the opportunity to gain international experience, work on global projects, and grow within a multicultural environment. Expand your horizons and build a career that knows no limits.
Career progression
Career progression
At our academy, we don’t just train professionals, we build careers. Designed to equip you with the skills and knowledge needed to grow within Nearing, our academy offers clear development paths, continuous training programmes and hands-on experience. Here, you’ll find all the tools to take your career to the next level.
High retention rate
High retention rate
Our commitment to people speaks for itself: 90% of the professionals trained at Nearing Visabeira Academy choose to stay and grow with us. We foster a culture of support, recognition, and opportunity, ensuring that every team member feels valued and empowered to thrive.
Free training with employment contract
Free training with employment contract
Our academy provides specialised, hands-on training at no cost to the trainee, alongside a work contract. This means you start gaining valuable skills while building a stable and rewarding career from the very beginning.
About Our Academies

Equipped with high-quality infrastructure.

Our academies are prepared to deliver a wide range of training programmes. Key qualifications include telecommunications training, covering the construction and maintenance of copper and fibre optic networks, customer premises installation and cabling, as well as work at height and in confined spaces. In the energy sector, training focuses on renewable energy systems (particularly photovoltaic systems) and infrastructure across very high, high, medium and low voltage levels. It is also worth highlighting the comprehensive training in Occupational Health and Safety, a fundamental component of technical and operational preparation.
Portugal - Viseu

Portugal - Viseu

Indoor Area
- Training Rooms: 5 training rooms with capacity for 62 trainees at a time.
- Copper and Fibre Optic (FO) Joints: training room equipped with FO joints for constructing and maintaining copper and fibre optic networks.
- Customer Network Simulators: training panels to simulate the installation of cables and terminal equipment for customers (copper and fibre optic).
- Warehouses: 2 warehouses (1 telecommunications + 1 energy) with all the materials, tools and equipment to be provided to trainees.
- Administrative Area: trainee reception room.
- Work room for trainers.
- Medical Office: 1 office for providing medical consultations to trainees.
Telecommunications – Outdoor Area
- Overhead Cable Network (Copper and Fibre Optic): 900 metres long on 25 wooden and 2 concrete poles.
- Underground Duct Network: 6 Permanent Manholes: 2 NR2, 3 NR3 and 1 NL1, 103 metres long, 453-metre borehole and 2 ground cabinets.
- Training Poles: 26 poles for climbing training in a controlled environment and for installing cables and accessories. The poles range from 3 to 12 metres in height.
- Copper Joints: 15 joints distributed over the overhead and underground telecommunications networks.
- Fibre Optic Joints: 10 joints distributed over the overhead and underground telecommunications networks.
- Mobile Network: 1 metal 30 m tower with container and equipment. 1 metal 12 m tower, braced with guy-wires for installing lines.
Energy – Outdoor Area
- Low Voltage Underground Network: 100-metre-long underground gallery, 4 walls with meter equipment, 2 ground cabinets and 4 lighting masts.
- Low Voltage Overhead Network: 650 metres of overhead cable layouts with tripwires and bare wires, on 26 poles.
- 15 KV Medium Voltage Network: 400 metres long in copper and aluminium, 3 disconnecting switches, on 10 concrete and 2 metal poles.
- 15 KV Medium Voltage branch line: 80 metres long, from the public network to the Transformer Sub-station.
- Transformer Sub-station: LOW CABIN – In masonry, measuring 4.60 x 7.20 x 2.80 metres.
- 60 KV High Voltage Line: in 160 mm ALU/STEEL, 200 metres long, 24-metre metal pole with disconnecting switch and a 35-metre underground interconnection with the Transformer Sub-station, 2 x 24-metre intermediate poles (1 metal and 1 concrete) and deadend frame with 2 concrete poles.
England - Liverpool

England - Liverpool

Indoor Area
- Training Rooms: 6 training rooms with capacity for 88 trainees.
- Telephone exchange: replica copper telephone exchange that includes flood and gas monitoring systems, equipment and mobile ladders.
- Copper Compartments: used for the construction, maintenance and failure testing of underground copper network infrastructure. With channels and supports, allowing trainees to set out, shutdown and route to customer construction standards.
- Fibre Junction Bays: 22 indoor fibre junction bays used for underground fibre network infrastructure construction, maintenance and fault-finding.
- Copper and Fibre Joints: training room equipped with FO joints for constructing and maintaining copper and fibre optic networks.
- Customer Network Simulators: 16 training panels to simulate the installation of cables and terminal equipment for customers (copper and fibre optic).
- UG Structures: 6 internal underground junction boxes complete with ducts, allowing trainees to gas test, demonstrate safe access, test rod and rope, and supply cables to customer premises.
- Training Poles: 11 indoor poles for simulating cable supply, used for climbing and safety training at height.
- Cabinets: 9 primary copper and fibre cross connection cabinets, with various types of modules that allow trainees to safely demonstrate the provision and maintenance of services, creating real-life scenarios in a controlled environment.
Outdoor Area
- Training Poles: 26 wooden poles for climbing training in a controlled environment and for installing cables and accessories. The poles range from 3 to 12 metres in height.
- Simulator walls: 5 walls that allow trainees to feed a cable to a simulated property and run it to external network equipment.
- Underground Ducts: 15 outdoor underground structures, with ducts and supports, configured to cover fibre network construction and light and heavy cable supply.
- Covered Section: allows trainees to learn how to use hydraulic lifts.
- Cabinets: 7 primary copper and fibre cross connection cabinets, with various types of modules that allow trainees to safely simulate the provision and maintenance of services, creating real-life scenarios in a controlled environment.