A summary of the types of public training programs and the requirements that are most repeated.
Types of courses you can find
The offer changes from one year to the next, but there are lines that remain the same. It helps you search with more precision on the SENCE website.
Practical courses to learn a job with job satisfaction, such as electricity, gastronomy, welding, administration or customer service. Suelen include classes, practice and, in some cases, support for job insertion.
Digital skills programs, programming, data analysis or workshop tools. Much of it can be said online, which makes it easier to make it compatible with your work.
There are lines aimed at people who work and want to update or move up, as well as programs for entrepreneurs and micro and small companies.
If you know how to do a job but don't have how to demonstrate it, ChileValora allows you to evaluate and certify these skills with a recognized document.
Requirements that are repeated most often
Each program defines its own conditions, but these are the requirements that appear most frequently in the bases:
- Being Chilean or foreign with regular residence and current RUT.
- Have the minimum age indicated in the program, which varies depending on the line.
- Be in the Social Registry of Homes, in focused programs.
- Comply with the required employment situation: unemployed, active or independent worker.
- Have a minimum level of education in some technical courses.
How to know if a course suits you
Check the total duration, times and whether the course is in person or online. A course lasting many hours per week may be difficult to finish if you work full time.
Also review which certificate is delivered and whether it includes practice or support to seek employment. These details may appear in the course form or in the program bases.
See tips for selecting items →1. SENSE
Here you review current programs, their requirements and courses available in your region.
It is advisable to visit it again and again, as the calls for proposals open at different ends of the year.
Go to the official website2. ChileValora
This is the commission that certifies work skills acquired through experience, regardless of how you learned them.
Useful if you work in an office and want a document that supports what you know how to do.
Go to the official website3. ChileAtiende
Gathers information on State procedures and benefits, including the Social Register of Homes.
It serves to review or update the information that some training programs require.
Go to the official websiteFrequently Asked Questions
Can you postulate foreigners?
In many programs, you always have regular residency and RUT. The bases of each call indicate it.
Are there courses for people who work?
Yes. There are lines designed for active workers who want to update or expand their knowledge.
What is the Social Home Registry?
It is the system that uses the State to focus benefits. Some training programs require it as a requirement.
Do online courses have the same value?
If you are part of an official program, submit the same certification as the in-person version, as indicated by each course.