Training center of apprentices

The training centres of apprentices (CFA) or (UFA) are establishments of formation ensuring a teaching in alternation with old apprentices from 16 to 25 years. CFA can offer an offer of general-purpose or specialized training as well (hotel CFA, for example) leading to the diplomas of BEP, of the CAPE, the BP or the professional Baccalauréat as with the diplomas of higher education, as the HAD or the diploma of Engineer. They also ensure of continuing educations adults in collaboration or not with the Greta. They from now on are named under name UFA (Unit of Apprentice training).

CFA recruit in the departments of their area of establishment, except for CFA with national convention which can recruit on all the national territory.

They are placed, for the majority, under the supervision of the Minister of education Main road, which has in each Academy of an academic Service of inspection of training (SAIA) placed under the authority the Vice-chancellor, or, for some of them, under the supervision of the Ministère of Agriculture. The SAIA is in charge of teaching control in CFA.

Statute

On the statutory level, one distinguishes three types of CFA:

CFA private, majority, managed by trade unions, associations or other structures private which thus have a tool for professional training for their own branch of industry

CFA managed by public entities others that the State: CFA of Territorial collectivities, CFA consular of the Chambers of commerce and Industry, CFA of the Guild chamber, Rooms of agriculture…

CFA public of the Minister of education Main road (or of Agriculture). These establishments - deprived of legal personality - are attached on the level administrative and countable to establishments of secondary education (colleges of mainstream education and technological, vocational schools) or superior (universities), establishments opposite which they maintain a certain financial autonomy and teaching. The chiefs of establishment of fastening exert qualities of director, accountancy is placed under the responsibility for the accountant of the establishment of fastening, the budget and the important decisions being voted by the board of directors of the known as establishment. The personnel exerting in CFA public is personnel remunerated on the budget of the establishment (abounded by the Area) enjoying the statute of agents not-holders of the State; nevertheless, the State places at the disposal a great number of professors and agents ATOS titular named on guaranteed stations (remunerations are refunded in the State by the establishment except for the employer contributions). The State takes responsibility for its recruitment and the remuneration of the teaching coordinators of CFA public, personal assuming, under the responsibility of the chief for establishment, the equivalent of the functions of chief of work and advising education. Lastly, State education grants subsidies for this type of CFA.

Financing

Financially, CFA are divided into two categories:

CFA with national convention are directly financed - completely or partially - by the State which passes a convention with these establishments. The training being decentralized, the State intervenes only exceptionally to meet requirements in training which the regional structures are not able to satisfy. This is why CFA with national recruitment remain very few. The State education passes from conventions of creation of CFA only in the following cases: formations with weak manpower, dispersion of the apprentices on all the territory, need for a particular heavy infrastructure, specific trainings (e.g. CFA with national recruitment of shipping or national CFA of organ builders, CFA of EDF with the nuclear plants).
CFA with regional convention - which is most numerous - receive a budget allotted by the District council.

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