Students do not have to pay any amount to enrol in the training courses. Specialisterne receives some subsidies and public and private aid that cover part of the costs, and assumes the rest of the costs. (See the list of sponsors on the Acknowledgments page). In some cases, we have received grants directly for the students that help them cover their transportation and living costs.  We have also helped with student accomodation  including shared apartments for the duration of the course.

Some public grants are conditional as students require to be no older than 30 years, hold a or valid disability certificate, therefore certain aspects of the course may not fit all students. 

The training at Specialisterne aims to train students, both from a technical standpoint as well as a social and professional one, so they can work on data and document processing tasks, software testing and other more advanced tasks.

The training is structured in 3 sections:

• Adaptation, where we seek for students to adjust to the environment, we get to know them, and we teach them the basics of project management and computer science. To achieve this, we use LEGO Mindstorm robots, initiating students into their programming and use. (No previous computer knowledge is required).
• Training of specialists, where we provide training in data processing tools, project management and software testing. Students who wish to, may sit an external official examination in software testing (ISTQB) that certifies them internationally. At the same time, we work individually, and with the help of the tutor, to improve the social and work skills of each student, seeking to improve their employability.
• Internships, where we put students through situations that are increasingly more similar to the ones that they will face in a real job, while they practice performing different tasks. We continue to work the social and work skills, exploring the motivations of each student and assessing the type of tasks that they can fit in better. 

Both in Madrid and in Barcelona, ​​training courses welcome students from all over Spain, so training is taught in Spanish.
 

The Ideal destination of our students is that, at the end of the training course, they join the staff of Specialisterne as consultants. The whole Specialisterne team works towards that goal.

But in some cases, this incorporation is delayed because:

• The student still needs to improve technical, social or work skills, and we have to extend their training.
• The student is ready, but we are waiting for a project to assign them. While they wait, the students continue their training.

In some cases, we do not offer a job to the student, considering that he has not achieved a minimum level of compliance with the objectives that will allow us to hire him or her. In these cases, we provide a proposal for personal improvement or refer students to other companies or entities (often, Special Employment Centres) where we think they can find a more suitable job opportunity with their abilities and interests in mind. We would support them in their possible entry process.

Finally, there are students who, after finishing the course, and after having improved in many technical and/or social and work aspects, prefer to resume their studies or even look for a job on their own.
 

With some exceptions, the type of contract that Specialisterne offers students – who become consultants – is indefinite.

Also exceptional circumstances –such as medical reasons or those derived from the diagnosis–, the working hours are 40 hours a week.

In the event that the project a consultant is working on finished, Specialisterne relocates that consultant to another project. If there is a waiting period, the consultant continues to work at Specialisterne and dedicates themselves , in the Specialisterne offices, to internal projects and to improve his technical and socio-occupational training.

 In some areas, such as the service industry , there may be job opportunities that are seasonal, and linked to specific periods of the year, or with different schedules.

All Specialisterne consultants are assigned a job coach, with whom they meet every week or every few weeks and who is accessible at all times. The role of this job coach is to support the consultant in any complex situation (such as at the beginning of a new project) and continue their training and guidance in socio-occupational aspects.

 Specialisterne ensures that its consultants can develop a professional career, progressively moving to more complex projects as they are trained and gain experience and confidence, both technically, socially and professionally.

The projects that Specialisterne carries out for its clients are usually of several months or even years, so we can count on a stable environment, without continuous changes. But, as far as possible, we try to ensure that each consultant assumes increasingly complex projects, improving as a professional and, therefore, obtaining a higher salary.