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Presentación ANNUAL REPORT 2014

2.3 Professional Profiles,

Training and Quality

Our objective is one of constant qua- Excellence in providing services
lity improvement, in terms of both to its clients has, from its foun-
our internal training resources and dation, been the company’s main
the reliability of our methodologies mission. Excellence rests on the
and procedures. Our staff are highly premise of the quality of those
qualified, with over 68% having services.
5-year or advanced university Hisdesat has had an ISO 9001 Qua-
degrees and 19% having lity Management System in place
3-year degrees. 13% of since 2008. This system is certified
13% the staff have admi- by AENOR and is recognised both
nistrative training. in Spain and abroad.

19%

68%

The Team

The company currently has 33 In addition to its own staff, Hisdes-
employees, who work either at the at indirectly employs more than 30
company’s head office or in the professionals including operators
Control Centres for satellite ope- and maintenance personnel at the
rations at Arganda (Madrid) and satellite control stations at Argan-
Maspalomas (Gran Canaria).
da (Madrid) and Maspalomas (Gran
Over the past three years, the Canaria).
workforce has grown by 37%, lar-
gely to meet the needs related to It also makes use of a similar num-
the development of the company’s ber of employees in the Ottawa
new programmes and projects (Canada) and Mount Jackson
within the framework of the Earth (Virginia, USA) control stations,
Observation Programme (PNOTS) through its investee company
with PAZ and INGENIO. Xtar LLC.

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