The production restructuring theme has been the focus of several research papers published in the area of the sociology of labour. The numerous studies which have dealt with this subject are justified by the important transformations that the world of labour has undergone during the last 20 years in virtue of the new organization of the system of production. Within this new scenario an important agency of professional formation has appeared: the National Service of Industrial Training - SENAI. In this context, our study had as its general aim to discuss the changes in the process of professional qualification focusing on the transformations of the capitalist production system. In addition the contribution of the SENAI at Montes Claros was investigated with respect to worker qualification and their consequent entrance into the job market. Therefore information was collected from the students who had finished the electro-mechanics technical course at the Montes Claros SENAI unit.
SENAI; Professional development; Labour
