“We are a tool for companies to support them in their project to develop employees’ skills. Don’t hesitate to call us, each company has a dedicated training advisor.”

Agnès Poix, in charge of the distancing relationship at Opco Companies de Proximité.

When can a head of company turn to his Opco?

There are 11 Opcos responsible for financing work-linked contracts and assisting companies in defining their vocational training needs. The opco of attachment differs according to the professional branches. The Opco Proximité Companies of which I am a part is focused on crafts, professional services and local services.

A head of company can turn to us when he wants to:

• to recruit an alternating employee, with an apprenticeship contract or a professionalization contract and has questions about financial support, minimum age or remuneration of the apprentice: this depends on the training prepared, the age of the person and what he or she was doing before (whether or not he or she was already in apprenticeship);
• train one or more employees, when he knows which training and which employee is involved so that we can explain to him how much the cost of the training will be covered as well as the preparation of the file.

What are your main accompaniments?

While training remains our core business, our services to companies have expanded. We accompany companies to:

• identify their training needs the training advisors travel to meet heads of company to define with them their needs in relation to the activity and its prospects. We remain neutral in the choice of training organization. The criteria for financial support vary according to the professional branches. For example, to train in new hairdressing techniques, the educational cost is 25 € excluding tax per hour. The company’s cost will therefore depend on the prices charged by the training organization chosen;
• promoting meetings between company leaders and apprentices : we have launched a ‘alternance Hub’ where companies submit their bids and candidates submit their CVs. Some craft trades, such as hairdressing, baking, horticulture, are historically geared towards this transfer of knowledge that we encourage;
• receive Human Resources Advisory (HRAP) : an external advisor can accompany the leader on an HR issue. For example, dealing with intergenerational tensions within the company arising from different representations of the world of work or renewing recruitment methods in the face of the proliferation of motivation generated by AI. There is no dependant for the company benefiting from this HR support.
• anticipating climate change : collective meetings - sometimes specific to a professional branch - are organized to identify the challenges of ecological transition of activities. At the end of the day, company leaders who wish to do so can benefit from the expertise of a local body to carry out a diagnosis and an action plan.

Do you have an example of a accompanied company?

Yes, I have in mind the case of a hairdresser who had just created her salon for a year. Her business was developing well and having been trained in apprenticeship, she wanted to give her chance to a young apprentice. But the fair was geographically distant from the apprenticeship training centers (ATCs) that she had already requested.

His accountant directed him to us. In fact, on initial recruitment, we don't necessarily know his Opco of attachment and support.

I referred her to the “Alternance Hub” so that she could submit her offer. Eventually, one of the CFAs managed to find a candidate from a commune near the fair. She called me back to find out what happened next. I explained to him:

• the financial support training costs;
• the compensation criteria for to determine its charge ;
• support from the CFA to complete the Cerfa and the training agreement;
• the registration of the apprenticeship contract (Cerfa) to the Regional Directorate for Economic Affairs, Employment, Labor and Solidarity (DREES) and its teletransmission to the Agency for Services and Payments (ASP) to benefit from hiring assistance State for Apprenticeship Recruitment.

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