The Ministry of Economy, Employment and Digital Transformation has begun the process to approve a line of subsidies to finance a Training and Employment Program for Unemployed in the Crafts Sector, in which an estimated participation of at least 100 unemployed people and which contemplates an investment of 1,800,000 euros.
The purpose of this innovative program is to develop a training itinerary to obtain a professional certificate or content authorized by the Extremaduran Public Employment Service (SEXPE), with the aim of improving the employability of participating unemployed people and responding to the needs of the labor market in the craft sector.
The program will alternate learning and training with productive work in companies and artisan workshops related to the training received.
The Secretary General of Employment, María José Nevado, has highlighted that “the program will contribute to generational change in the craft sector, to the demographic and territorial challenge and to equal opportunities”.
This helpline has been designed as a new experience for a mixed training and employment program promoted by sectoral entities, with the capacity to manage and provide training, and with the participation of companies to provide work experience to unqualified unemployed people.
The program will be executed by groupings formed by associations and by people and craft companies registered in the Registry of Artisans and Craft Companies of the Autonomous Community of Extremadura.
In each project, the association will act as promoting entity responsible for its management and training, and the participating artisans and companies will act as employers to facilitate professional practice related to training.
Participants will be hired and working from the beginning, receiving 75 percent of the Minimum Interprofessional Wage (SMI), with the commitment that professional training for employment lasts at least 35 percent of the working day.
The projects must start from the granting of the subsidyfinish before December 31, 2025 and develop in the territorial area of Extremadura.
They will include a minimum of 8 and a maximum of 15 participants per project and these projects will have a duration of between 6 to 9 months.
The student selection It will be carried out by the promoting entity and the companies participating in the project, with SEXPE carrying out a prior pre-selection, and it will be guaranteed that the participation of women in the project is at least 50 percent, unless due to the circumstances that arise in this process. participation in the indicated proportion is not possible, and this must be justified.
The subsidies will finance the expenses derived from the provision of training, the salary and social security costs of hiring student workers and the management and support of the project.
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