Are you covered by the Syntec collective bargaining agreement and would like to know what professional training rights your employees have?
Syntec branch players adopted an agreement on October 31, 2019 to specify and define the rights relating to professional training for branch employees, and in particular their Professional Training Account (CPF).
The CPF is an individual account, funded in euros at the end of each year through periods of activity, at a rate of 500 euros per year up to a ceiling of 5,000 euros, for a working time at least equal to half the legal or conventional working time.
This account enables each individual to benefit from continuing training, via a variety of mechanisms. It is available throughout a person’s working life, whatever their status (employee, job-seeker, self-employed). It is activated at the initiative of the beneficiary.
☝ The CPF can be implemented as part of individual, autonomous projects, or shared between employer and employee (enabling training to be carried out during working hours).
If the training is to take place during working hours, this must be agreed with the employee, who will then be paid during the training period. Working hours can also be adjusted to enable the employee to take part in the training (training partly during working hours, granting of time off, etc.).
The CPF gives access to :
- Training courses leading to a diploma, professional qualification, Certificat de Qualification Professionnelle (CQP) or block of skills, registered in the Répertoire National des Certifications Professionnelles (RNCP);
- Training courses leading to certification or accreditation registered in a new “Répertoire Spécifique des Certifications et Habilitations” (RSCH, which replaces the CNCP inventory), including the CléA certificate (socle de connaissances et de compétences);
- Accompanying initiatives to validate acquired experience (VAE), which enables anyone who has worked in a professional activity to obtain, under certain conditions, a certification (diploma, title or certificate of professional qualification) registered with the RNCP;
- Skills assessments, which enable employees to analyze their professional and personal skills, as well as their aptitudes and motivations, in order to define a professional project and, where appropriate, a training project;
- Preparation for B and HGV driving licenses;
- Support and advice for business start-ups and takeovers;
- Actions linked to volunteer work;
- Free, easy-to-access career development advice, information and support services, as part of the regional public career guidance service.
Employees can also benefit from a CPF for professional transition, subject to conditions of seniority and validation of the project by a regional interprofessional joint commission (CPIR). This scheme is aimed at employees wishing to change profession or trade. They can then mobilize the rights registered on their CPF for this purpose, and benefit from training, validation of acquired experience, certification, etc.
Finally, the Syntec collective bargaining agreement collaborates with various bodies to facilitate the organization and management of professional training services.
- The ATLAS skills operator (Opco Atlas): its mission is to support companies in analyzing and defining their vocational training needs, to improve information and access for employees to training schemes, to support them in their certification mission (repositories of skills, competencies required for a diploma, etc.), to finance apprenticeship and professionalization contracts, etc.
- The CPNEFP (Commission paritaire nationale de l’emploi et de la formation professionnelle – national joint committee for employment and vocational training): which draws up training policy, determines the levels of funding for apprenticeship and professionalization contracts, proposes new certification courses…
- The Observatoire Prospectif des Métiers et des Qualifications (Observatory for Prospective Professions and Qualifications ): provides knowledge and analysis of the job market, and identifies sectors under pressure and dynamic sectors, in order to help employees plan for the future and create their own projects.
DESRUMAUX AVOCATS will be happy to provide you with further information on the Syntec Agreement.
