Disabled worker: apprenticeship contract

You can do an apprenticeship and conclude a contract to obtain a professional qualification.

Apprenticeships consist of alternating the following courses:

• Theoretical education in an apprenticeship training center (CFA)
• Teaching the job at the employer with whom you sign an employment contract. This contract is concluded with the employer once you are registered in a CFA.

As a disabled worker, you can benefit from special accommodations.

You must have at least 16 years (15 years old and one day if you have completed the cycle of the college). There's no no age limit.

Any employer, private or public, company, association, liberal profession can conclude an apprenticeship contract with a disabled worker.

The employer appoints, from among its staff, a learning supervisor responsible for your training who may be the company manager or one of its employees.

The learning master acts as a liaison between the CFA and the company.

You must search for a company. It is then the company that makes your registration in CFA.

To find a company, you can contact the Association de gestion du fonds pour l'insertion professionnelle des personnes handicapées (Agefiph) or Cap emploi:

You must sign an apprenticeship contract (or your parents or guardian, if you are a minor) with your employer:

Establish an apprenticeship contract

Your remuneration is calculated according to your age and the length of your contract.

You must report every 3 months your taxable resources as an apprentice with the Family Allowance Fund (CAF) if you are covered by the general scheme, or the Agricultural Social Mutual (MSA) if you are covered by the agricultural scheme.

This declaration can be made online or through a form.

Depending on the nature of your disability, an adjustment of your training may be necessary. This can be specific teaching material or a layout of the premises.

If your health condition does not allow you to take your CFA training, you may be allowed to take this training remotely. You may also be allowed to take a practical and theoretical training or teaching equivalent to that provided in a center.

These arrangements are implemented after consulting your attending physician or the doctor of the departmental house of disabled people (MDPH).

In principle, the duration of the apprenticeship contract varies, depending on the qualification prepared, between 6 months and 3 years. The maximum duration can be extended up to 4 years.