Work-linked training
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HIRE WITH CONFIDENCE
Apprenticeship gives the apprentice a combination of theoretical training at the Faculté des Métiers de L'Essonne, which is a CFA (apprentice training centre) and practical training within your company.
For a successful recruitment, follow these three steps:
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1 - Identify the apprentice
Aged 15 to 25, apprentices from the Faculté des Métiers can be hired from CAP level up to Bac +3, in various trades including craft, industrial, and tertiary trades. -
2 - Contact the CFA
Our Company Liaison Officers are there to help you with your recruitment and to set up the contract, to simplify the adminstrative procedures for your company. -
3 - Draw up the contract
The apprenticeship contract is a fixed-term employment contract which can vary from six months to three years (four years for handicapped persons). This contract allows for a two-month trial period, and under it the apprentice is subject to the same rights and obligations as other employees of the company.
You must appoint an apprentice master, who will be the apprentice's tutor during the professional training period and must demonstrate at least three years' experience in the apprentice's chosen field.
The hiring date must be no more than three months earlier or two months later than the start of the training cycle at the CFA.
The contract shall be submitted to the Chamber of Commerce or the Chamber of Trades for registration and approval.
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SOCIAL AND TAX BENEFITS
The main advantages to companies that take on apprentices
- €1600 per apprentice present in the company at least one month per year
- €2200 when the young person is subject to special guidance and supervision (CIVIS) or has 'handicapped worker' status.
- At least €1000 per year of training, paid by the Conseil Régional.
- For companies with fewer than 11 employees: total exemption
from employer's contributions and employee contributions.
The following remain due: supplementary workplace accident contributions. - For companies with 11 or more employees: exemption from
Social Security employer's contributions, and the State pays
for all employee social contributions.
The following remain due: employer's contributionis for unemployment insurance and supplementary retirement fund, contributions to the national salary guarantee fund and national housing assistance fund, autonomy solidarity contribution, transportation payment and supplementary workplace accident contributions.
- For companies employing one apprentice during the course of the year and whose total payroll is less than six times annual SMIC (minimum wage).
The apprentice is paid a percentage of SMIC or the contractual minimum, whichever is greater. It varies with age and with the apprentice's progress through the training programme.
| Age | 15 to 17 | 18 to 20 | 21 and above |
|---|---|---|---|
| First year | 25% of SMIC | 41% of SMIC | 53% of SMIC |
| Second year | 37% of SMIC | 49% of SMIC | 61% of SMIC |
| Third year | 53% of SMIC | 65% of SMIC | 78% of SMIC |
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"It gives me the opportunity to gain professional experience
whilst continuing my studies".
Apprenticeship is one aspect of the social cohesion plan, and its growth is continuing: 26 regions have signed contracts with the State, setting targets and committing resources to the development of this training method, national agreements with more than 20 professional areas have been signed, and 402,000 apprentices have chosen this solution.
The success of a company is definitely related to its ability to mobilise and develop new professional skills in a constantly changing economic context.
Faculté des Métiers de l'Essonne offers effective teaching,
to achieve these objectives.
Every year, more than 2000 companies ask us to provide apprentices
to boost their workforce.
The Faculté des Métiers de l’Essonne commitment:
"More than ever, to be right there beside you." Gérard
Huot, President of the Faculté des Métiers and the Essonne
Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Professional Training Contract: the other approach to work-linked training
The professional training contract responds to a demand by the social partners, with the aim of fulfilling the exact needs of companies and favouring the professional integration of young people aged 16 to 25 and jobseekers aged 26 and over. It rounds out the person's initial training or professional experience with a qualification backed by a diploma or a vocational certificate registered in the National Register of Professional Certifications or recognised by a branch.
