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APPRENTICESHIP AND EXTRA-CURRICULAR TRAINEESHIP IN ITALY

Traineeships provided for by regional legislation

EXTRA-CURRICULAR TRAINEESHIPS

On-the-job training and vocational guidance, placement traineeships, re-employment projects and summer traineeships .

“Extra-curricular” traineeships are active labour policy measures aimed at facilitating the professional choices of young people while supporting them in the transition between study and work, or at promoting the employment or re-employment of unemployed people.

“Curricular” internships are instead part of a formal learning process within the study programmes of universities, schools or a vocational training centre operating under an agreement with the Region. “Curricular” internships are excluded from the regional legislation referred to in this document.

The regional legislation, which incorporates the “Guidelines on traineeships ” agreed at the Permanent Conference of State, Regions and Autonomous provinces, provides for two main forms of traineeship:

AS FOR THE APPREMTOCESHIP, 3 TYPES ARE AVAILABLE IN ITALY:

APPRENTICESHIP FOR VOCATIONAL QUALIFICATION AND DIPLOMA

Types of apprenticeships
To allow young people aged between 15 and 25, hired with an apprenticeship contract, to obtain a qualification or a vocational diploma during their work experience.

About

The apprenticeship is a contract aimed at training and employing young people.
The apprenticeship for the vocational qualification and diploma (first level apprenticeship) is intended for young people aged between 15 and 25, which can potentially be activated in all sectors of work.
Young people hired with this type of contract will continue to attend school to obtain a regional certificate of vocational qualification or diploma corresponding to Level 3 and 4 of EQF.

Duration
The duration of the contract ranges from a minimum of six months up to a maximum of four years in case the young person attends a course for obtaining a vocational qualification.
The regional guidelines provide for the apprenticeship to be included and structured in the VET (Vocational Education and Training) programmes starting from the second year. Therefore, potential apprentice students may attend upon the possession of the skills required for admission to a third or fourth year of a VET programme.
Below is the allocation of training hours in the contractual hours of a level I apprentice attending the second, third and fourth year of a VET programme:

• Training outside the company at a VET centre: 633 hours (in the second year) / 528 hours (in the third and fourth years)
• Formal training in the company: 423 hours (in the second year) / 528 hours (in the third and fourth years)
• Total training duration: 1,056 hours
• The number of hours is to be added to the hours of work that apprentices are required to carry out in the company to reach the contractual number of hours provided for in the contract with which they were hired.

Training structure

The apprenticeship for vocational qualification and diploma integrates training and work.
The teaching structure of apprenticeship training courses is divided into periods of internal and external training (part in the classroom, part in the company). Both training modalities are intertwined in order to achieve the learning outcomes of the courses as required by the education regulation. The overall duration of the course is made up of the sum of the internal and external training periods provided for by the different regulations.
Employers wishing to conclude a level I apprenticeship contract shall sign a protocol with the educational institution in which the student is enrolled, which defines the duration and the modalities (including time schedules) of the training to be paid by the employer, according to the framework defined by the Inter-ministerial Decree of 12 October 2015 (Annex 1).

Before hiring a young apprentice, the following aspects are to be considered:

• the framework of the national figures and the regional profiles of VET, as the qualification to be recruited must refer to one of the national figures provided for the VET courses;
• the regional availability of the corresponding VET course, as a consistent part of the apprentice’s training is carried out at a vocational training centre;
• the availability of the VET training offer funded by the Region and provided annually by the Temporary Association of Companies Effe.Pi 2020 through its 12 accredited vocational training institutions.
• Individual training plan

The individual training plan shall be drawn up by the training institution with the involvement of the employer according to the form provided for in Annex 1a of the Inter-ministerial Decree of 12 October 2015 and shall define the content and duration of the training. It shall also contain the following items:

• data relating to the apprentice, the employer, the training tutor and the company tutor;
• where required, the qualification to be acquired at the end of the course;
• the level of contractual status of the apprentice;
• the duration of the apprenticeship contract and working hours;
• the learning outcomes, in terms of internal and external training skills, the criteria and methods for the initial, intermediate and final assessment of learning and, where applicable, of behaviour, as well as any adjustment, support and recovery measures, even in cases of suspension of assessment.

Contacts

If a company or a young person are interested in starting a level I apprenticeship, they can contact the Temporary Association of Companies Effe.Pi 2020 at info@effepi.fvg.it for:

• check the availability of the training offer of a specific professional role;
• verify the correspondence of any qualification with the framework of national professional roles and related regional profiles;
• communicate the names of the apprentices to be hired to draw up individual training plans in accordance with the procedures established by collective bargaining.

VOCATIONAL APPRENTICESHIP

Intended for young people aged between 18 and 29 wishing to achieve a vocational qualification through a training course carried out mainly in the company.

Description and duration

The apprenticeship is a permanent employment contract aimed at training and hiring young people.
The vocational apprenticeship is intended for young people aged between 18 and 29 (or for 17-year-old people if they hold a vocational qualification).
The vocational qualification to which the contract is aimed at shall be defined by the parties to the contract in compliance with the provisions regulating the sector of reference set by the staff grading systems referred to in the collective agreements concluded by the most representative trade unions at the national level.
The apprenticeship contract shall last not less than six months. The inter-confederal agreements and national collective labour agreements concluded by the most representative trade unions at the national level shall establish, depending on the type of vocational qualification to be achieved for contractual purposes, the duration and methods of training to ensure the acquisition of the technical-vocational and specialist skills, as well as the minimum duration of the apprenticeship period, which may not be longer than three years or five years for the professional profiles characterizing the role of the craftsman, identified by the reference collective bargaining.
For the purposes of their vocational training or re-training, workers benefiting from mobility allowances or unemployment benefits may be hired as a professional apprenticeship, without age limits.

Public training offer aimed at acquiring basic and cross-disciplinary skills

Vocational training, carried out under the responsibility of the employer, is integrated, within the limits of the resources available annually, by the public training offer, within or outside the company, aimed at the acquisition of basic and cross-disciplinary skills for a total number of hours not exceeding one hundred and twenty during the three-year period.
The Friuli-Venezia Giulia Autonomous Region provides for the planning and implementation of the public training offer aimed at acquiring basic and cross-disciplinary skills, intended for apprentices hired with an apprenticeship contract lasting at least 12 months.

The public training offer in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia Region provides for the creation of training courses outside the company divided into training modules of 40 hours focused on the following fields:

• contracts and business organisation;
• safety and accident prevention;
• communication and empowerment;
• foreign languages ​​(English, German and Slovenian for Italian workers and Italian for immigrant workers);
• digital skills;
• spirit of initiative and entrepreneurship.

The contents may be matched in relation to the different skills provided according to the needs of the company and the apprentice.
The training course typically begins with a preliminary phase where training modules are planned and matched.
The training courses shall last 120 hours to be completed by the apprentice during the first year of the contract. As an alternative, these 120 hours may be divided into 40 hours in the first year and 80 hours in the second year.

Depending on the qualification held by the apprentice, the course may be shortened as follows:

• 80 hours for apprentices holding an upper secondary school diploma or qualification certificate or education and vocational training diploma;
• 40 hours for apprentices holding bachelor’s or master’s degree.

Regardless of the qualification held, the reduction of the training course is also granted to apprentices who have already completed, following previous apprenticeship contracts, one or more forty-hour training modules; the hourly reduction of the course (forty, eighty or one hundred and twenty hours), shall coincide with the duration of the training modules previously completed.

Except for the case where the training course has already been fully completed during the previous apprenticeship contracts, implying the fulfilment of the training obligation, the first year of an apprentice benefiting from the hourly reductions, provides for a course of at least forty hours.
The catalogue of the public training offer, the list of training centres and the calendar of courses are available on the website of the Temporary Association of Companies Apprendisti.fvg 1921.

Acquisition of basic and cross-disciplinary skills within the company

Companies not benefiting from the public training offer may directly provide basic and cross-disciplinary training, provided they have:

• suitable training centres, different from those typically used for the production of goods and services;
• human resources having adequate skills and competences related to the contents of the above training modules.

The possession of these requirements may be proven through a self-certification to be kept in the records at the company.
The training courses in question shall be carried out under the responsibility of the company, in compliance with the structure of the training courses and with no costs to be borne by the Region.

Acquisition of technical, vocational and specialist skills within the company

As for vocational training related to the acquisition of technical, vocational and specialist skills, carried out under the responsibility of the company, the Region shall promote support services with a twofold objective: helping the company in fulfilling its training obligation and ensuring the quality of the training provided.

Individual training plan

Depending on the qualification to be achieved, the individual training plan shall define the actual duration of the apprenticeship contract, the duration of internal and external training and working hours as well as the criteria and methods for assessing the knowledge acquired.
The Friuli-Venezia Giulia Autonomous Region shall promote support actions to companies for drafting individual training plans.

Contacts

Companies wishing to benefit from the public training offer are required to notify the name of the apprentice to the training centre in charge of providing this offer within 30 days from the signing the employment contract.
The names of the hired apprentices must therefore be notified to one of the bodies belonging to the Temporary Association of Companies Apprendisti.Fvg 1921.

HIGHER EDUCATION AND RESEARCH APPRENTICESHIP

Intended for young people aged between 18 and 29, for the achievement of university degrees and higher education, including PhDs, for research activities, as well as for the apprenticeship for access to the regulated professions.

Description and duration

The apprenticeship is a permanent employment contract aimed at training and hiring young people.

The advanced training and research apprenticeship is intended for young people aged between 18 and 29 and allows:

• obtaining the following qualifications:
  • bachelor’s degree
  • master’s degree and five-year master’s degree (unified course of studies)
  • university master
  • PhD
• joining courses relating to:
  • research
  • training of the roles provided for by the regulated professional orders and collective bargaining

This type of apprenticeship allows companies to benefit from highly specialised skills and provides young people with the opportunity to improve their skills and their employability in the job market.

The advanced training and research apprenticeship contract has a minimum duration of 6 months, while the maximum duration:

• for advanced training apprenticeship contracts, it corresponds to the standard duration of the related courses;
• for apprenticeship contracts for research activities, it is defined in relation to the duration of the research project and cannot exceed three years, although it can be extended up to one year where specific needs related to the research project arise;
• for the apprenticeship to join regulated professions, it is defined in relation to the achievement of the certificate of completed practice for admission to the state exam.

Training structure

Employers wishing to conclude a high-level training and research apprenticeship contract shall sign a protocol with the training institution to which the student concerned is enrolled or with the research institute, which shall define the duration and modalities (including schedules), of the training to be paid by the employer, according to the scheme defined by the Inter-ministerial Decree of 12 October 2015.

The teaching structure of apprenticeship training courses is divided into periods of internal and external training. The courses are agreed upon by the training institution and the employer and implemented according to the protocol. The internal and external training periods are also articulated according to the training and professional needs of the company and the technical and professional skills related to the academic knowledge that can be acquired within the company.

The protocol shall also define the number of training credits that can be granted to each student for training, to be paid by the employer based on the number of training hours in the company.

Individual training plan

Depending on the qualification to be achieved, the individual training plan shall define the actual duration of the apprenticeship contract, the duration of internal and external training and working hours as well as the criteria and methods for assessing the knowledge acquired.

The individual training plan shall be drawn up by the training institution with the involvement of the employer according to the form provided for in Annex 1a of the Inter-ministerial Decree of 12 October 2015 and shall define the content and duration of the training. It shall also contain the following items:

• data relating to the apprentice, the employer, the training tutor and the company tutor;
• where required, the qualification to be acquired at the end of the course;
• the level of contractual status of the apprentice;
• the duration of the apprenticeship contract and working hours;
• the learning outcomes, in terms of internal and external training skills, the criteria and methods for the initial, intermediate and final assessment of learning and, where applicable, of behaviour, as well as any adjustment, support and recovery measures, even in cases of suspension of assessment.

APPRENTICESHIP AND EXTRACURRICULAR INTERNSHIP IN SLOVENIA

TRAINEESHIPS (»PRIPRAVNIŠTVO«) IN SLOVENIA
In Slovenia, traineeships are open to young graduates (those who have obtained a degree) who are approaching the job market. It is a type of employment relationship and is defined in the contract between the employer and the employee – trainee. As defined by the Employment Relationships Act, the contract can be signed with the person who starts working for the first time in order to allow them to work independently. The job position must be suitable for the level reached and the type of education.

The traineeships are required for some regulated professions, as it is impossible to get a job in the fields of health, social security, education, legal, etc. without having passed a professional test at the end of the traineeship. Traineeship activities are also organised by public offices.

APPRENTICESHIPS (»VAJENIŠTVO«) IN SLOVENIA
Apprenticeship is a type of education used in the Slovenian vocational training system. This is established in the law on apprenticeships adopted in 2017. The apprenticeship promotes the sharing of knowledge, the acquisition of skills and vocational skills required for carrying out the profession and for its improvement. At least 50% of the training programme is carried out with the employer through the so-called “on-the-job training”. The apprentice is a trainee/student who is training in a school education system to acquire vocational skills.

TRAINING PROGRAMME FOR YOUNG PEOPLE (»USPOSABLJANJE ZAMLADE NA ZRSZ«)
UDM is an employment programme for employers organised at the ESS (Employment Service of Slovenia) aimed at training unemployed people to allow them to work independently. This allows the employer to train candidates in a specific job and to obtain reimbursement of the eligible costs connected with the training activity. The ESS signs a contract with the employer and contract with the candidate.

STUDENT WORK (»ŠTUDENTSKO DELO«)
Student work is a type of temporary and part-time paid work carried out by high school and college students. The purpose of this type of work is to allow students to acquire work experience and gain some money. The work is mediated through employment agencies, mostly called “Student Services”. Student work is based on references. The company will receive the student before they start working. The students employed will receive an hourly wage.