Registrations for Free Courses Go Until January 25, 2022
The Federal Institute of Santa Catarina (IFSC) will offer free professional qualification and language courses. Participants will be selected through a public lottery for more than 2,000 slots. The free courses will be taught in the first semester of 2022 and have opportunities for different education levels, in both face-to-face and distance learning formats.
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The professional qualification courses (initial and continuing education) are of short duration, focusing on training and professional improvement. The free courses with available slots are listed in the Public Announcement 12/2022-1, which is the document that provides information about the selection process for qualification courses.
The free language courses are also professional qualification courses. The available slots are detailed in the Public Announcement 13/2022-1, covering options for English, Spanish, and Portuguese for Foreigners.
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Registrations
All registrations are online. For the professional qualification courses (Public Announcement 12/2022-1) and the level 1 language courses (Public Announcement 11/2022-1) can be made until January 25, 2022, through the IFSC Registration Portal.
Level of Classes
For candidates who already have prior knowledge of the language they wish to study, they must take a placement test, according to the information published in the announcement. Additionally, they must submit the necessary documentation to enroll directly via the respective campus link between February 9 and 14, 2022. The information to take the placement tests is available in Annex I of the Public Announcement 13/2022-1.
Locations Offering Free Courses
Gaspar
Free Courses in:
- Portuguese for Foreigners – Module 3 – 10 slots
- English – Module 1 – with 25 slots available
- English – Module 7 – with 15 slots available
- English – Module 8 – with 10 slots available
Itajaí
Training for Food Handlers – Basic and Complete (Distance Learning) – with 150 slots available
Professional Fisher Level 2 – POP N2 (CFAQ-III C/M) – 50 slots available
NR 10 Basic (Distance Learning) – 160 slots available
Jaraguá do Sul
Conservationist Meliponiculture and Pneumatic and Electropneumatic Circuits (Basic) each have 40 slots available
Meanwhile, the Portuguese for Foreigners courses – modules 2, 3, and 4 have 25 slots available each.
Joinville
Fundamentals of Metrology – 20 slots
Florianópolis
- English in Hotel Reception (Distance Learning) – 25 slots
- Spanish Conversation – 20 slots
- Spanish 1 – 30 slots
- Spanish 2B – 2 slots
- Spanish 2A – 2 slots
- Spanish 2CD – 2 slots
- Spanish 3A – 2 slots
- Spanish 4 – 2 slots
- Spanish 3B – 2 slots
- Spanish 5B – 2 slots
- Spanish 6B – 2 slots
- Spanish 5A – 2 slots
- Spanish 6A – 2 slots
- English 2A – 2 slots
- English 3AB – 2 slots
- English 7AB – 2 slots
- English 4 – 2 slots
- English 5 – 2 slots
- English 6 – 2 slots
Florianópolis – Reference Center for Formation and Distance Education
Technologies for Educational Management (Distance Learning) – 80 slots
Socioenvironmental Responsibility (Distance Learning) – 100 slots
Florianópolis – Course Taught by the Florianópolis-Continent Campus
Critical-Transformative Environmental Education in the School Context (Distance Learning) – 50 slots
