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

You can take part in an 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 an interview. Please use the website of the Federal Employment Agency to make an appointment for a personal consultation or to transmit documents and evidence online conveniently and securely.
  • If you receive benefits under SGB II, the job centre is responsible for you. Otherwise, the Employment Agency is responsible for you. You can find the department of the Federal Employment Agency or the Job Centre responsible for you via the service finder. It depends on where you live.
• On site, the integration specialist of the job center records your data and checks whether you meet the requirements for participation in extra-company vocational training.
• If this is the case, the integration specialist of the job centre will name the training provider suitable for your participation.
• The job centre informs the measure provider that you will start an apprenticeship with him.
• Before the start of the training, they will be invited by the measure provider to a coordination or admission interview.
• You conclude a training contract with the measure provider.
• If the practical part of your training takes place in a company, you also conclude a cooperation agreement with your measure provider and the company.
• The measure provider will inform you in writing about the start and location of your training and what you need to get started.

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

You can find the office 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 education, whether with or without a school leaving certificate.
• You have not yet found any training and have no perspective on how to proceed in the future.
• Their integration into in-company vocational training cannot be achieved with support accompanying training, for example with assisted training.
• You are learning impaired or socially disadvantaged.

You are one of the persons 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 completed a lower secondary school leaving certificate or a comparable school leaving certificate.

The group of socially disadvantaged persons includes you,

• if there are considerable social, personal and/or psychological burdens and the requirements of in-company training cannot therefore be achieved.
• Indications for this can be:

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

If you want to continue your training in an extra-company vocational training because your company-based or other extra-company training relationship has been terminated prematurely, you do not have to belong to the group of persons with learning disabilities or socially disadvantaged persons. The prerequisite for this is, among other things, that you can complete your training within the contract period of the measure and that a free place is available.

Special requirements for foreigners:

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

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

• came to Germany a maximum of 5 years ago to work, study or train,
• are permitted or tolerated.

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

• You will need your last school report and your 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 appropriate proof.
• If necessary, further documents to be provided by you may result from the consultation with the integration specialists of the job center.

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There is no deadline. Extra-company vocational training usually begins in August or September of each year. You should therefore audition for participation as early as possible before the start of the extra-company training in the job centre.

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.