Apply for support for participation in extra-company vocational training at the Jobcenter

You can take part in extra-company vocational training after a personal interview at the job centre, if you meet the eligibility requirements, if there is a corresponding measure and a free place.

• Contact the responsible job centre and arrange a meeting. You are welcome to use the website of the Federal Employment Agency to make an appointment for a personal consultation or to submit documents and evidence online conveniently and securely.
  • If you receive benefits according to SGB II, the Jobcenter is responsible for you. Otherwise, the Employment Agency is responsible for you. You can find the office of the Federal Employment Agency or the Jobcenter responsible for you via the Service Finder. It depends on where you live.
• On site, the Jobcenter's integration specialist will record your data and check whether you meet the requirements for participating in extra-company vocational training.
• If this is the case, the integration specialist at the Jobcenter will nominate the appropriate educational institution for your participation.
• The Jobcenter informs the placement agency that you will start an apprenticeship with them.
• Before the start of your training, you will be invited by the programme provider to a consultation or admission interview.
• You conclude a training contract with the sponsor of the measure.
• If the practical part of your training takes place in a company, you will also conclude a cooperation agreement with your sponsor and the company.
• The sponsor will inform you in writing about the start and location of your training and what you need to get started.

You can find the service responsible for you via the service finder on the website of the Federal Employment Agency.

You can find the service responsible for you via the service finder on the website of the Federal Employment Agency.

You can take part in extra-company vocational training if:

• You have completed your compulsory schooling, whether with or without a school leaving certificate.
• You have not yet found an apprenticeship and have no perspective on how to proceed in the future.
• Their integration into in-company vocational training cannot be achieved with support during training, for example with assisted training.
• You have learning disabilities or are socially disadvantaged.

You are considered to be a person with learning disabilities if:

• you have completed compulsory schooling, but do not have a school-leaving certificate,
• you have attended a special school with a focus on learning, or
• You are unlikely to be able to successfully complete in-company training despite having a lower secondary school leaving certificate or a comparable school leaving certificate.

The group of socially disadvantaged persons includes you,

• if there is considerable social, personal and/or psychological stress and the requirements of in-company training cannot be achieved as a result.
• Indications of this can be:

• Behavioural problems
• Poor performance (e.g. reading and spelling difficulties)
• Single parent
• young people who have committed crimes
• young people who had an addiction problem
• young people with a migrant background with language deficits or existing difficulties in settling in in a foreign environment.

If you wish to continue your training in extra-company vocational training because your in-company or other extra-company training relationship has been terminated prematurely, you do not have to belong to the group of people with learning disabilities or social disadvantages. The prerequisite for this is, among other things, that you can complete your training within the contractual period of the measure and that there is a free place.

Special requirements for foreign nationals:

As a foreigner, you can generally receive funding, taking into account the requirements already listed, if you are allowed to do an apprenticeship or work in Germany – unless statutory exclusions from funding apply. You can inquire about this at your responsible employment agency or job centre.

You are not entitled to participate in extra-company vocational training if you:

• have come to Germany no more than 5 years ago to work, study or do an apprenticeship,
• permitted or tolerated.

As a newly arrived foreigner who is eligible for funding, you can generally be funded after a period of stay of 3 months.

• You will need your most recent school report and CV.
• As a foreigner, you need proof of your current residence permit.
• If you do not have a school-leaving certificate, but have completed compulsory schooling, you will need proof of this.
• If necessary, further documents to be provided by you may result from the consultation with the integration specialists of the Jobcenter.

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There is no deadline. Extra-company vocational training usually begins in August or September of each year. In order to participate, you should therefore go to the Jobcenter as early as possible before the start of the extra-company training.

Before the start of the training, you conclude a training contract with the training provider, which also gives you a fixed time frame for the duration of the training.

Forms available: No
Written form required: No
Informal application possible: Yes
Personal appearance required: Yes
Online services available: Yes

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Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (BMAS)

10.11.2022

The text was automatically translated based on the German content.