Competency check in the hospital public service (FPH)

Verified 01 August 2026 - Public Service / (Prime Minister)

Competency check: rules of organization in the public service.

The decree no. 2026-366 of 7 may 2026 provides that a ministerial decree will specify the rules for organizing the skills assessment (in particular the priorities and criteria for assessing the assessment requests).

When this text is published, an update will be made.

Until then, the information on this page remains valid.

You are a public servant in the hospital civil service (civil servant or contract worker) and you want to define a professional development project? You have the possibility to request a skills assessment. To do this, you must have at least 2 years of effective service. You may be granted leave if the assessment takes place during working time. We present you the regulations to know.

You can ask to benefit from a skills assessment to accompany you in the development and implementation of your professional development project.

The purpose of this assessment is to analyse:

  • Your skills
  • Your skills and motivations to define a professional project and, eventually, determine the necessary training.

You can take a skills assessment if you complete 2 cumulative conditions :

  • You are a public official (incumbent) or a contract staff member (non-incumbent)
  • You have at least 2 years of actual services, whether consecutive or not.

You benefit from a priority access to the skills assessment if you are in any of the following situations :

  • You belong to a body category C and you do not have the bachelor's degree
  • You are a disabled person benefiting from theemployment obligation
  • It is noted, after consulting the occupational physician, that you are particularly exposed, given your individual professional situation, to a risk of professional wear and tear.

The situation differs depending on whether the assessment takes place during or outside working time:

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During working time

You must send a request for financial support of your proficiency assessment to the National Association for the Continuing Education of Hospital Staff (ANFH).

Your request must be accompanied by your school head's leave agreement.

Request for support of the skills assessment (FPH)

The funding of the skills assessment is granted by the ANFH within the limits of the available appropriations.

You can request reimbursement of your travel expenses.

Outside working time

You must send a request for financial support of your proficiency assessment to the National Association for the Continuing Education of Hospital Staff (ANFH).

Your application must be accompanied by documents and declarations of honor establishing that you meet the seniority condition required to be eligible for this assessment.

The skills assessment is granted by the ANFH within the limits of available funds.

You can request reimbursement of your travel expenses incurred during the competency assessment.

Request for support of the skills assessment (FPH)

Please note

The personal training account may also be mobilized to benefit from additional preparation or support time as part of the competency assessment leave.

If you do your skills check during working time, you continue to perceive:

  • Your treatment
  • Your premiums
  • And your allowances, including those of a family nature.

If you have already received a skills assessment, you can only request another oneat least 5 years after the previous one.

However, if you are in one of the following situations, you can only ask for another oneat least 3 years after the previous one

  • You belong to a body category C and you do not have the bachelor's degree
  • You are a disabled person benefiting from theemployment obligation
  • It is noted, after consulting the occupational physician, that you are particularly exposed, given your individual professional situation, to a risk of professional wear and tear.

The duration of the leave shall be 24 hours maximum working time per balance sheet.

If you are in one of the following situations, the duration of the leave shall be 72 hours working time per balance sheet:

  • You belong to a body category C and you do not have the bachelor's degree
  • You are a disabled person benefiting from theemployment obligation
  • It is noted, after consulting the occupational physician, that you are particularly exposed, given your individual professional situation, to a risk of professional wear and tear.

The leave can be taken in a split manner.

Yes, the results of the assessment may be communicated to third parties, but only with your consent.

The training organization gives you at the end of the skills assessment a certificate of actual attendance.

If, without valid reason, you have not followed the entire balance sheet for which you have requested coverage, you must reimburse:

  • The costs of training at ANFH
  • And your perceived treatment while you are away at your facility.

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