Apprenticeships contribute to the nation’s educational objectives. It contributes to professional integration.
Its purpose is to provide workers who have fulfilled their compulsory schooling obligation with general, theoretical and practical training, with a view to obtaining a vocational qualification attested by a diploma or professional qualification registered in the National Vocational Certification Register.
The training is free of charge for the apprentice and his/her legal representative.
Subject to article L. 6241-5, this book does not apply to military apprentices, who are governed by the Defence Code.