Chapter VI: Quality of vocational training courses

The criteria mentioned in Article L. 6316-1 which must be met by providers of actions contributing to skills development mentioned in Article L. 6351-1 are : 1° The conditions for informing the public about the services offered, the timescales for accessing them and the results obtained; 2° The precise identification of the objectives of the services offered and the adaptation of these services to the public benefiting from them, when…

The indicators for assessing the criteria mentioned in article R. 6316-1 and the audit procedures implemented by the certifier bodies to issue the certification mentioned in article L. 6316-1 are defined in the national reference system appended to this chapter. The conditions under which audits are carried out are specified by an order of the Minister responsible for vocational training.

The certification referred to in Article L. 6316-1 is issued by the bodies and authorities referred to in Article L. 6316-2 for a period of three years. An order sets out the conditions under which it may be suspended or withdrawn by the body or authority that issued it.

I.-The accreditation of certifier bodies provided for in article L. 6316-2 guarantees compliance with: 1° The standard of the International Organisation for Standardisation corresponding to the activity of certifying products, processes and services; 2° Requirements that make it possible, in particular, to guarantee the competence of auditors for the certification of the bodies mentioned in article L. 6351-1, set by order of the Minister responsible for vocational training. II –…

France Compétences registers on a list the labelling bodies that it recognises after checking that the certification process implemented by these bodies involves an administrative authority and that it offers guarantees of independence with regard to the certified service providers. France Compétences makes this list available to the public and reviews it every three years.

The organisations and bodies referred to in Article L. 6316-2 shall send the Minister responsible for vocational training the lists of service providers that they have certified. The procedures for forwarding and publishing these lists are laid down by order of the Minister responsible for vocational training.

The funding bodies mentioned in article L. 6316-1 ensure that the services purchased are financially in line with the training needs, the educational engineering used by the service provider, the innovation of the resources used and the prices charged under comparable operating conditions for similar services.

The controls mentioned in article L. 6316-3 may be shared between the funders mentioned in article L. 6316-1. These funders shall report to the Minister responsible for vocational training any useful and substantiated information relating to the quality of vocational training courses. When the observations made are likely to call into question a certification issued pursuant to article L. 6316-1, the Minister responsible for vocational training shall inform the body…

The certification requirement provided for in Article L. 6316-1 is assessed, depending on the case, either on the date of conclusion of the agreement with the funder mentioned in the same article, or on the date of the agreement to cover costs given by the latter, or on the date on which the Caisse des dépôts et consignations notes that the general conditions for use of the dematerialised service mentioned…

I.-A provider of the actions referred to in article L. 6313-1 who is providing an apprenticeship training action for the first time may, for a period of six months from the signing of the first apprenticeship training agreement or, for company apprentice training centres, from the first apprenticeship contract, be financed by one of the bodies referred to in article L. 6316-1 for an apprenticeship training course without holding certification…