Skilled Worker/Teaching Training (Support for Temporary Workers) - FLA
Funding for part-time courses to prepare for the extraordinary final apprenticeship examination for temporary agency workers. Applications are possible until 31.12.2025.
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Grant criteria
Funding objective
The funding aims to train temporary workers with discontinued apprenticeships or semi-skilled employment to prepare for the extraordinary final apprenticeship examination in various professions (particularly metal and electrical engineering, operational logistics, office occupations) and thus to qualify them as skilled workers.
Eligible expenses
- Course and examination fees
- Costs for materials
- Various fees
- Wage/salary costs during training
Non-eligible expenses
- Costs already funded by other agencies
- E-learning without prior approval
Eligible to apply
- Individuals
Funding requirements
- Temporary agency worker in a commercial temporary employment agency as of 01.01.2023
- Registration of the temporary employment agency in the SWF online portal
- Complete and timely payment of the social security contributions in accordance with § 22d AÜG
- Training with an SWF framework agreement partner
Documents required for application
- Company register excerpt (for first registration in the SWF online portal)
- Trade license (for first registration in the SWF online portal)
- Offer from the training and further education institution
- Data protection consent form
- SWF funding application
- Insurance data extract (VDA)
- Service contract and current assignment notification according to § 12 AÜG
- Survey form
- Invoice(s) from the training and further education institution
- Participation certificate(s)
- Final apprenticeship examination certificate
- Certificates/diplomas (if available)
- Optional: Justification for exceeding funding limits or e-learning
- Optional: Proof(s) of practical experience
- Optional: Pay slip(s) and AMS benefit statements
Description
Within the framework of nationwide available skilled worker/apprenticeship training programs (FLA), the Social and Further Education Fund (SWF) supports part-time courses aimed at targeted preparation for the extraordinary final apprenticeship examination. Temporary agency workers with discontinued apprenticeships or semi-skilled employment receive 100% coverage of course and examination fees, material and administrative costs, as well as wage costs during the training – up to a maximum limit of €16,000 per year of employment. The focus is on metal and electrical engineering, operational logistics, and office professions. A total of 200 places are available annually, and applications can be submitted until 31 December 2025. The goal is the sustainable qualification of skilled workers and the enhancement of their long-term employability.
Prerequisites for funding include an uninterrupted employment relationship from 1 January 2023 with a commercial temporary employment agency, timely payment of social and further education contributions, and training with an SWF framework agreement partner. The project duration is limited to 12 months, with all documents (e.g., employment contract, assignment notification, funding application, survey forms, invoice copies, and participation certificates) required to be submitted within six months after completion of the training. Interested parties in electrical, metal, and logistics fields thus have the opportunity to make up for missing apprenticeship qualifications and sustainably improve their career prospects in the labor market.