You only have 120 hours of training on your personal account of training, but wish to fund a course awarding or certifying that a bit long? You can get an extension cord. Provided, that is, to do it fast.

“This is the opportunity of my life”. A 42-year-old Nadia* will soon return on the benches of the university to get a diploma of “engineering leader of the training”. For this, a counsellor at Pôle emploi uses his personal account of formation (CPF). The 193 hours that she has accumulated was not sufficient yet not : the training lasts for more than 1100 hours…

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This is the body Uniformation – the structure that supports the cost of training in its sector and which cover the employees of Pôle emploi, which has funded the 972 hours additional, travel and meals included. “When I addressed to them, they explained to me that it was possible this year. Banco!”

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Uniformation is not the only one Opca (joint collecting body (acceptable) to propose this extension, which was authorized for June 2015, and is intended to facilitate the maximum use of the CPF. Other Opca, such as the Fafiec, Evaluate, Intergros, Fafih, or Opca 3+ states to finance the projects of employees who do not have enough hours to take the training of their choice. For the past year, 38% of employees used their personal account of training benefited from additional complementary, by their Opca or their employer, according to the activity report of the Cnefop (national Board of employment, training and vocational guidance) from April 2016.

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All the world could not benefit from it. As long as the employees are few, the Opca will be more generous. “As long as there are funds available, there is no limit to written, precise Manual Vines, quality director of Opcalia. A person who has 120 hours on its behalf, may as well build a case for a training of 1200 hours.”

All requests must, however, be justified. If a master’s degree includes a number of hours preset, “a training of 600 hours to prepare for the TOEIC, this is too much”, warns the head.

discretion is The layout

A blessing that few employees know. By prudence, the Opca don’t really know. Not more than the government… Conservative, the structures are discrete in order to avoid congestion. “It is not safe to continue until the end of the year at this rate,” explains Béatrice Abadie, head of agency at Fafiec, the financier of the business of digital media, engineering and consultancy, studies and events. And for good reason, since a few months, the requests for support have poured in. For his part, Olivier Phelip, director-general of Uniformation, of relativizing. According to him, the still limited number of training eligible and the agreement of the employer (mandatory, training sessions on work time, which slows down the flow. In Uniformation, it will be necessary to file his application before the 1st of November to fund its hours. To date, over 1,200 employees have benefited from government aid complementary to their project, training assistant, social services, child-care assistants, or educator of young children…

Convince his employer

It is thus more than ever the time to inform themselves. The more the employees engage their personal account of training, the criteria for funding will harden and the ceilings lower. How to do it? For latecomers, it is necessary to first activate his personal account of training on the site moncompteformation.gouv.fr and ensure, on this same site, that the desired training to be eligible.

Then, you need to send a support request to the Opca to which you report : for this, it is necessary to know the code APE or NAF of his company, present on the payslip. HR managers are also able to refer you.

*His first name has been changed

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yet to convince his employer because when the desired formation is carried out on the working time, the company must give its agreement. It must also, according to the Opca, contribute to the maintenance of salary during the time of absence. To substantiate his claim, explain that the training will allow you to up skill in his craft can be a good point. This is more difficult, on the other hand, if one wishes to form in order to reconvert… But for this, there is the CIF (individual training leave).

*His first name has been changed