If an employee obtains a primary (Grade 5) vocational qualification certificate or a vocational skill grade certificate, the subsidy standard generally does not exceed 1 1,000 yuan; Employees who have obtained intermediate (level 4) vocational qualification certificates or vocational skill level certificates generally have a subsidy standard of no more than 1500 yuan; Employees who have obtained advanced (third-level) vocational qualification certificates or vocational skill level certificates generally do not exceed 2000 yuan.

All provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government) may, according to the development direction of local industries and the demand of human resources market, study and formulate a catalogue of occupations (posts) that are in short supply and in urgent need in this region. The subsidy standard for skills upgrading can be tilted to the occupations (jobs) that are in short supply and urgent need in this region. The same occupation (type of work) and the same level can only apply for a skill upgrading subsidy.

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The relevant requirements of vocational skill subsidies stipulate that:

1. The specific procedures and operation methods for the application and review of skills upgrading subsidies shall be formulated by the provincial human resources and social security department and the financial department according to local conditions, in line with the principles of convenience, quickness, safety and prudence, and shall be made public voluntarily.

2. Employees should apply to my unemployment insurance agency for skills upgrading subsidies within 12 months from the date when the vocational qualification certificate or vocational skill grade certificate is issued.

3, occupation skill appraisal institutions should strictly identify standards, strict qualification. Unemployment insurance agencies should establish information sharing, communication and coordination mechanisms with vocational skill appraisal institutions, effectively identify the authenticity of certificates through information comparison, and prevent fraudulent use and fraudulent subsidies.

Notice of Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and the Ministry of Finance on Issues Related to Unemployment Insurance Supporting Insured Workers to Improve Their Vocational Skills