Instituto Jovem Técnico

We were born from a question industry could not answer. Who really trains the young apprentice?

This is the story of how educators decided to answer that question, and of what we learned by doing it up close, inside companies.

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entrance of the Institute building in Jundiaí, São Paulo

We come from education, to deliver the best course possible. In practice, we saw that apprentices in socially vulnerable situations need much more. That is why we also take care of the social and psychological side, on top of the pedagogical work that is our craft.

  1. The course is built with the hiring manager

    We build each course with the hiring manager, HR and the company. It is designed for the real job from the start.

    Course design

    • Manager
    • HR
    • Institute

    The job requires

    The course teaches

    Run the line

    Assembly process

    Check quality

    Quality control

    Work safely

    Workstation safety

    Course designed for the real job

  2. The school comes to the company

    The classroom is inside the company: lower cost for the company and no commute to school for the apprentice. With a shorter day, apprentices drop out less. Care for young people is built into the design.

    Those who study and work in the same place do not lose hours commuting: more time is left for practice at the company.

    The apprentice’s day

    Class at another address

    Class inside the company

    • Commute
    • Class
    • Practice at the company
    • Shorter day
    • Fewer dropouts
    • More time for practice

  3. Supporting is as important as teaching

    The Institute hires the apprentice and looks after them for the whole program: pedagogical support for learning, psychological support for well-being and social support for what happens outside the classroom.

    ApprenticeSupported by the Institute

    Active

    • Pedagogicallearning
    • Psychologicalwell-being
    • Socialbarriers outside the classroom

    First dayLast day

  4. The first job is only the beginning

    At the end of the program, we give young people a push to keep studying: those who stand out receive an undergraduate scholarship.

    After the contract

    1. Apprenticeship programCompleted
    2. Standout in the programThose who go further
    3. Undergraduate scholarshipTo keep studying

    Partner institutions

    • UNIP
    • Mackenzie

The Institute in numbers

  • +30 years

    in education, from regular schooling to vocational training

  • 2014

    the year the Institute is founded, in Jundiaí, São Paulo

  • 12 cities today

    Jundiaí, Hortolândia, Sumaré, Itatiba, Valinhos, Vinhedo, Itupeva, Louveira, Campo Limpo Paulista, Várzea Paulista, Cabreúva, and Jarinu. With headquarters and our own buildings in the Jundiaí region, we take the program to companies in any city in Brazil.

  • 100%

    of apprentices supported from the first day to the last

  • 3 areas

    of support: pedagogical, psychological and social

  • +100 courses

    for the partner company team on IJTreina

When training is serious, both sides win. The young person’s career and the professional the company needs.

What makes us different

  • 0 km between the classroom and the workstation

    The school runs inside the company: a shorter day, fewer dropouts and more time for practice.

  • 3 areas of support for each apprentice

    Pedagogical, psychological and social.

  • +100 courses for the company team

    IJTreina training courses for the employees of the partner company.

  • Undergraduate scholarship for those who stand out

    Because the contract is not the finish line.

For the company

The right professional for each role

The company trains, in-house, professionals prepared for the roles it needs. People who already know the operation arrive better prepared, stay longer and make the team more efficient.

  • Professionals trained for the roles of the company’s own operation
  • Lower apprentice turnover
  • Less burden on HR
  • Apprenticeship quota met with quality
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For the young person

Autonomy to build their own career

We train for independence, not just for the job. Young people leave the program with skills, knowledge and confidence to make their own career decisions, and with an open path to keep studying.

  • Technical training tied to the real role
  • Pedagogical, psychological and social support
  • A class and a sense of belonging from day one
  • A path to an undergraduate degree
I am a young person

Our journey. From a network of schools to the largest companies in the region. Now, expanding.

  1. Origin

    A network of schools

    It all started with a network of elementary and high schools. That is where the method, the teachers and the school management came from.

    classroom at one of the network’s schools

  2. 2014

    The Institute is born

    The same educators create Instituto Jovem Técnico, in Jundiaí, São Paulo, to bring the quality of a school to vocational training for young people.

    Education hub

    • UNIP
    front of the Institute campus in Várzea Paulista, São Paulo

    Várzea Paulista campus

  3. 2021

    Professional apprenticeship begins

    The Institute starts training young apprentices for companies, as a qualifying entity recognized by the Ministério do Trabalho (Brazil’s Ministry of Labor).

    Education hub

    • Mackenzie
    aerial view of the Institute building in Jundiaí, São Paulo

    Jundiaí campus

  4. 2024

    The Institute grows

    The programs become more complete: beyond apprenticeship, we start offering technical courses at high school level.

    Education hub

    • UNIP
    front of the Institute building in Indaiatuba, São Paulo

    Indaiatuba campus

  5. 2025

    Processes aligned for the largest companies

    We aligned our processes to serve the largest companies in the region, with the school inside the company and active classes.

    Key clients

    • Foxconn
    • Cliptech
    technology classroom at the Institute

  6. Today

    Expanding

    With everything ready and organized, we are looking for more partner companies to bring the same training to more young people.

    Technology support for nonprofits

    • Microsoft Azure
    • Google
    • Anthropic
    the Institute teaching team in the campus hallway

What we believe in.

Mission

To open the way for every young person to build their own career, with serious technical training and human support that prepares them for life, not just for the job.

Vision

To be the reference in professional apprenticeship in our region, showing that well-done training turns the first job into the start of a career and gives the company the professional it is looking for.

Values

  • Depth. No superficial courses. We teach with the seriousness of a school.

  • The young person at the center. Every decision starts from what is best for the learner’s career.

  • People close by. We care for learning, well-being and life outside the classroom.

  • Real partnership. We build the program together with the company, focused on the real role.

  • Respect, always. Every young person is treated with dignity, without labels and without discrimination.

  • Social commitment. We are philanthropic, nonprofit and politically non-partisan.