Book
French
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Abstract
On the basis of a survey carried out in 2001 of 341 workers working in 1997 or 1998 in an industrial sector in the Walloon Region, the author analyses practices in the field of continuing training as part of professional trajectories. These trajectories are identified from the moment of scansion of breaks in the activity or changes of employer, and the content of the activities that are carried out. In a context where mobility and flexibility are required in the organisation of work, continuing vocational training seems to have functions varying from a pre-requisite for entry into employment to a method of integration or management of the workforce within enterprises. Even if the available data do not make it possible to establish strict causal links between the events present in the career path, it should be noted that access to continuing training is not an indication, guarantee or consequence of a more or less stable — or more or less harmed — employment trajectory and that the expected benefits from continuing training are not equivalent. Not all of them derive the same benefit: while for some, with a low level of school capital, training has provided access to the labour market, for others, which are richer in school capital, it offers more opportunities for promotion, wage development and changes in daily tasks that are carried out.