Description
An apprenticeship is a training experience that allows one to acquire or enhance skills by experimenting within a business organisation. It can therefore become
- a useful tool for entering or re-entering the labour market, favouring the acquisition, improvement or adaptation of the skills possessed to what is required by the production context and thus favouring a better match between labour supply and demand
- a facilitation of work orientation, especially for those who are coming out of the school/training system and have inadequate knowledge of the productive context, have little awareness of their professional objectives and need practical experimentation of what they have learnt
- an opportunity for occupational reconversion.
Types of apprenticeship that can be activated
Listed below are the various types of traineeships that can be activated, which vary according to the subjective characteristics of the trainee, the activities covered by the traineeship and the training content:
- Traineeships for people in a weak labour market situation (type 1.4a)
Traineeships for the acquisition/enhancement of skills, aimed at orientation, job placement, reintegration or reconversion, addressed to persons in a significant situation of weakness in the labour market.
They are aimed at people who have been unemployed for more than 12 months (seniority of unemployment from registration with the Job Centre), young NEETs, unemployed people aged over 50 or people with a very high employment difficulty index, as a result of profiling. They can last from 8 to 26 weeks, as assessed by the Job Centre.
Agenzia del Lavoro provides INAIL and RCT insurance coverage and pays an apprenticeship allowance of EUR 70.00 per week (the company may supplement with a further maximum of EUR 70.00 per week).
- Traineeships for people at risk of unemployment or suspended (type 1.4b)
Traineeships for the acquisition/enhancement of skills, aimed at reintegration or reconversion into employment. They are mostly aimed at persons at risk of unemployment or persons suspended from work (e.g. in ordinary or extraordinary redundancy, ordinary and solidarity fund benefits). They can last from 8 to 26 weeks, subject to assessment by the Job Centre.
The host employer provides for INAIL and RCT insurance coverage and pays an internship allowance from a minimum of EUR 70.00 per week to a maximum of EUR 140.00 per week.
- Specialisation traineeships (type 1.4c)
Traineeships with a specialising training project involving the development of technical-professional skills in addition to those already possessed and whose suitability is assessed by the operator paying particular attention to the subjective characteristics of the trainee, the project and the host company.
The professional reference figure must require at least the same level of education possessed by the trainee.
Traineeships are aimed at people with one of the following qualifications: certificate/qualification, high school diploma, university degree or undergraduate degree.
They can last from 8 to 16 weeks, subject to assessment by the Job Centre.
The host employer provides INAIL and RCT insurance coverage and pays an internship allowance of EUR 140.00 per week.
- Summer internships (type 1.4d)
Traineeships proposed within the framework of Youth Plans projects, approved by the Agency for Social Cohesion and carried out in public contexts, aimed at developing their propensity for work activation. They are aimed at students regularly enrolled at universities, educational or training institutions of all levels during the summer holiday period. They can last a maximum of three months.
Youth Plans provide for INAIL and RCT insurance coverage and pay an internship allowance from a minimum of EUR 70.00 per week to a maximum of EUR 140.00 per week.
Information on this type of traineeship can be obtained directly from the local Youth Plans.
- Traineeships for disabled and disadvantaged people (type 1.4e)
Traineeships aimed at disabled and disadvantaged people.
They can last up to 24 months for disabled people and up to 12 months for disadvantaged people, upon assessment by the Employment Centre.
Agenzia del Lavoro provides INAIL and RCT insurance coverage and pays an internship allowance up to a maximum of EUR 70.00 per week (the host can supplement this with an additional EUR 70.00 per week).
- Traineeships with Master Craftsmen (type 1.4f)
Traineeships aimed at those who want to learn a trade, thanks to professional practices transmitted with the passion and support of a Master Craftsman, a figure who combines the presence of technical-professional skills and the transmission of the trade such as to guarantee a particularly high-quality traineeship experience.
They are aimed at young people aged between 16 and 35.
Master Craftsmen must have obtained their qualifications in accordance with Article 13 of Provincial Law no. 11 of 1 August 2002.
They last between 8 and 26 weeks, subject to assessment by the Employment Centre.
Agenzia del Lavoro provides INAIL and RCT insurance coverage and pays an apprenticeship allowance of 70.00 euro per week (the company can supplement this with an additional maximum of 70.00 euro per week). In addition, the Master hosting the trainee is granted a maximum economic contribution of 70.00 euro per week (1,820.00 euro for 26 weeks) for the training activity provided to the trainee.