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The Senai of Pernambuco Has Hundreds of Slots in Free Courses. A Total of Over 800 Slots Are Available for Young People and Adults.
The National Service for Industrial Training (Senai) is accepting applications for free professional qualification courses. In total, 825 scholarships for certificate courses are being offered, distributed across two units in Pernambuco: one in Santo Amaro, in downtown Recife, and the other in Paulista, in the Metropolitan Region.
List of Certificate Courses Offered by Senai-PE
The free courses are intended for low-income individuals and all classes are in-person. Among the certified courses are:
Senai Paulista
- Techniques for Production Supervisors: 40 slots;
- Environmental Management: 40 slots;
- Maintenance Planning and Control (PCM): 40 slots;
- Team Management: 40 slots;
- Lubrication Techniques: 25 slots;
- Building Hydraulics Maintenance: 50 slots;
- Basic Civil Construction: 25 slots;
- Introduction to Computer Science: 15 slots;
- Water Treatment: 20 slots;
- Inventory Management: 40 slots;
- Basic Excel: 15 slots;
- Modeling Concepts: 25 slots;
- Intimate Fashion Modeling Concepts: 50 slots.
Senai Santo Amaro:
- Good Manufacturing Practices: 400 slots.
Those interested in free course slots must have compatible educational qualifications for the offered course according to the announcement, provide copies of the mandatory documents for enrollment, which are: a copy of the ID, a copy of the proof of residence, a copy of the CPF, a self-declared low-income condition in writing at the time of registration, in the Senai Paulista Unit, completing the low-income declaration during enrollment and meeting the minimum age required for each of the courses, not being a student of basic or technical industrial apprenticeship courses at Senai (PE), among others.
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Learn How to Enroll in Free Courses at SENAI
In total, there are 425 slots for 13 different certified courses at Senai Paulista, located at Km 52.3 of BR-101 North, in the neighborhood of Artur Lundgren II. Enrollment can be done at the unit on Monday (2) and Tuesday (3).
At Senai Santo Amaro, there are 400 slots available for the Good Manufacturing Practices (BPF) course, aimed at those who work or wish to work in the food and beverage production area. Enrollment can be completed until October 18, at the unit located at Avenida Norte Miguel Arraes de Alencar, 539, in the Santo Amaro neighborhood.
In both cases, the slots are filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Senai has informed that all conditions stipulated in the announcement are considered, which is available online, such as age and minimum education requirements for each course. The enrollment or registration will be canceled by Senai if conducted irregularly, containing incorrect, false, or incomplete information.
Get to Know Senai
The National Service for Industrial Training (Senai) is the largest network of Professional Education in Latin America, and it has a structure with 60 technology institutes that support the national industry in various sectors worldwide.
In Pernambuco, it is part of the FIEPE System (Federation of Industries of the State of Pernambuco), and its reference brand is recognition as a provider of innovation and technological and educational solutions for the Industry of the State and the Region.
Senai aims to be recognized as an essential partner for the development of the Pernambuco industry by 2027, with the mission of promoting professional education, technological solutions, and innovation for a more competitive industry. Senai was developed to meet a need: training workers for the Brazilian industry.
