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National Service for Industrial Training
Serviço Nacional de Aprendizagem Industrial (SENAI)

UNEVOC Centre (National Body) since 2015

Founded in 1942, SENAI is one of the most important institutions in the country providing formal training for Brazilian industry professionals. Currently SENAI has 28 thousand employees aiming to increase competitiveness of the Brazilian Industry, through technical and vocational education and industrial innovation and technology.

With 744 operational units in all 27 states of the Union, SENAI offers more than 1,800 courses and in 2013 had over 3,4 million enrolments in vocational and technological training courses.

SENAI does professional qualification actions since its foundation and has already trained over 64.7 million workers throughout Brazilian territory. Such result was possible only because SENAI bets in differentiate and innovative educational formats going beyond the traditional on-site education model in its 518 schools and 504 movable schools in 2.7 thousand brazilian cities. SENAI also capacitates and trains professionals in distance learning courses, available 24/7 to the student.

SENAI has partnership with 70 international organizations, including UNESCO, ILO, WorldSkills and CINTERFOR – Inter-American Centre for Knowledge Development in Vocational Training.

Mission

SENAI is committed to promote technical and vocational training, facilitating innovation and the transfer of industrial technologies and to contribute to increasing the competitiveness of the Brazilian Industry

Objectives

SENAI does professional qualification actions since its foundation and has already trained over 64.7 million workers throughout Brazilian territory. Such result was possible only because SENAI bets in differentiate and innovative educational formats going beyond the traditional on-site education model in its 518 schools and 504 movable schools in 2.7 thousand brazilian cities. SENAI also capacitates and trains professionals in distance learning courses, available 24/7 to the student.

Another relevant question for the industry receiving special attention from SENAI is the provision of technical and technological and consultancy services to cater to demands from different industrial sectors.

Furthermore, SENAI invests in products and processes research, development and innovation projects for the industry. Besides of offering a quality professional education for brazilians, SENAI, in partnership with the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Relations operates eight professional training centers abroad – in Angola, Cape Verde, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Jamaica, Paraguay, Sao Tome and Principe, East Timor – and an environmental technology center in Peru. As of the year 2000, the presence of SENAI constitutes an important support element to foreign policy of Brazilian government.

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