How to apply:

1. You should visit the Ministry of Labour and public service, Department of Work and Public Service Unit near you for more information with all the required documents (listed below)
2. Write request letter addressed to the Direction Generale du Travail (DGT) outlining reason for the request and attach the supporting documents and submit them for verification and processing.
3. if the DGT or the authorized officer is satisfied that all the document submitted are authentic, your application will then be processed within a month.
4. You will be notified of the responses by the office and given further instruction.

• Extract from the criminal record of the craftsman or the manufacturer of the cabinet dating from less than three months;
• Extract of birth certificate or supplementary judgment of the apprentice
• Medical certificate issued by the Work Inspector Doctor or Registered Doctor attesting to the aptitude of the apprentice to follow the training
• 4 copies of the contract signed by the manager, the establishment manager or the craftsman and the parents or guardian of the apprentice if he is a minor, by the apprentice himself if he is major
• 2 identity photos of the apprentice

Ministry of Labour and public service:
Postal: BP 907, Cotonou Benin
Phone: (229) 31-31-12
Fax: (229) 31-06-29
Email: sg@travail.gouv.bj
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• Youth of age group of 16 years to 21 years

• No service fees

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• Within 30 days

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• Details of the applicant
• Contact details
• Residential detail
• Parents consent
• Parent details and contact
• Employment details

The Apprenticeship contract is an employment contract between an employer and a young person aged 16 to 21 who has completed his/her compulsory schooling and needs to be approved by the ministry of labour.

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