Desenvolvimento de competências: percepção de jovens do Programa Jovem Aprendiz

Abstract

The Young Apprentice Program is governed by Law 10.097 of December 20th, 2000, which describes the principles since the process from hiring the individual until the termination of the learning contract. Decree 5.598 / 2005 increases this law, increasing the age limit of the young person hired for 24 years. The competences are developed through theoretical and practical activities in the organization and influence the formal and informal professional development of each participant. The research decided to identify the skills developed by adolescents participating in the Young Apprentice Program of the Environmental Sanitation Company of Maranhão (CAEMA). The methodology consisted of a bibliographical, case and field research, exploratory and descriptive, with the application of questionnaires, in order to verify the development of young people's skills and interview with the program manager. The results obtained by the research are presented through descriptive statistics and discourse analysis. The conclusion of the research showed that young people can understand the concept of competence and have achieved the development more than others. As for the interview, the manager believes that the skills that were developed by young people are essential for the construction of a good professional in the labor and that the program contributes directly to the organization, as it seeks to hire young people who belong to repressed social demands. The research also revealed that formal and informal learning actions contribute to the professional development of young people, either through theoretical courses or through the exchange of knowledge between young people and their managers.