Funding options with France Travail / Pole Emploi

• The CPF is like a bank account. You are the only person who can access it and every year, you are credited a certain amount that you can use towards training courses.
• You must have a final social security number to access your account.
• The amount credited is proportional to the work done the previous year. If you work full-time, you’ll get credited 500€ / year.
• If you wish to use your credit, you can only enrol on a course approved by CPF.
• PDS Formation is one of the training centres approved by the CPF platform and our packages respect all their requirements.
• All courses on the CPF platform must lead to a diploma or a certification. In our case, we work with a recognized French level certification which is very easy to complete.

• You create your CPF account and check your balance.
• We guide you through the packages available, test your level, and guide you through the best options.
• We guide you through the enrolment procedure and prepare your schedule
• You attend the course
• At the end of the course, we send you details for your level test (or exam)
• Once completed, we declare your course finished, which you must also confirm online
• The course is paid directly to PDS Formation at the end of the course. You have nothing to pay provided you have completed the course.

• Open your CPF account and check your credit.
• Contact us so we can discuss your course options.
• You MUST have the Identité Numérique set up to use your CPF. If you are European or with a 5-year CDS, the procedure will be longer as you need to validate your ID Numérique manually. Contact us at least 6 weeks before you wish to start your course so we can guide you through the process.
• CPF accounts are only accessible after at least one year of having a final social security number.

• Allow time to set up your Identité Numérique with La Poste. We strongly recommend going directly to Your Poste Office to do this. Otherwise, click on our instructions below.
• If you don’t have enough credit to use your chosen package, you can pay the difference directly on the CPF platform when you enrol on the course.
• You must allow 2-3 weeks between applying and starting your lessons as the CPF platform has a 2 week ‘cooling-off’ period to avoid fraud etc..
• Your employer can top up your CPF account if they choose to. Contact us for more details on this.

France Travail can offer funding towards training courses financed by local or national government.

France Travail will assess your employability needs. According to their evaluation, they will recommend courses, mainly ones that are already in place with their partner, GRETA.

If your needs do not match their range of courses, you can request training with a different training centre, such as PDS Formation.

You will be asked for a quote from the training centre and your request will be assessed.

If you get the approval from France Travail, you can join our course.

The first step is to contact your France Travail advisor to discuss your project.

• France Travail does not work in collaboration with independent training centres.
• Their funding decisions will rest upon your training needs and the funding available at that time and, therefore, can be unpredictable.
• Although the funding is allocated according to your training needs, the language courses they recommend are not personalised to your situation. Don’t hesitate to request an alternative to the suggested course.