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ARLAC welcomes prospective Trainees from achieving excellence in Labour Administration disciplines.Prospective Trainees for all courses must normally demonstrate a broad general education in labour related fields. Individual course entry requirements may be higher than these, the detail is provided in the course profiles. Prospective Trainees are admitted through any of the following three ways:

• Prospective Trainees Nominated by Member Countries: Member countries and their respective social partners are invited to nominate trainees to make up the ARLAC membership quota.
• Prospective Trainees from the Open Market: ARLAC welcomes prospective trainees from outside its membership but are interested in ARLAC Courses.

• Prospective Trainees Who Are Returning to Education: ARLAC considers prospective Trainees returning to education after employment or other experience in labour related task with their governments, and/or social partners. These Trainees are assessed against the standard entry criteria of the course to which their organization have recommended them.

Other Admission Procedures:

1. Prospective Trainees Seeking Deferred Entry: These trainees are assessed against the same entry requirements and considered equally to other prospective Trainees up to the point of confirmation. Deferred entry is normally granted for one intake only, at the discretion of admissions staff.
2. Prospective Trainees Wishing to Reapply: Trainees who are unsuccessful may reapply in a subsequent intake. They are considered against the standard course entry criteria for that intake of entry. The new application should demonstrate an improvement from the previous application.

Please click HERE for a direct link to the Application Form. ARLAC also provides the Application Form via email upon request. The form solicits for information such as background, experience, qualifications, motivation and references.All applications must be submitted two weeks before resumption of a given in-take and is considered equally against the stated selection criteria and in the context of the number of available places.Prospective Trainees are advised to apply as early as possible.Where a closing date applies it is published in ARLAC’s recruitment literature or another relevant course information as well as on ARLAC’s website.Applicants normally receive a response within five to ten working days of the receipt of a completed application.  This response may be:

• A decision on the application.
• Information regarding the next stage in the admissions process; or
• An explanation of the admissions process and the likely time-scale of what will happen next.

All prospective Trainees who are offered a place to study at ARLAC receive an offer letter detailing the terms and conditions of the offer. This include details of any individual requirements that need to be fulfilled before an applicant can be admitted to ARLAC.

Offer letters is sent out either by post or as an email attachment.

The prospective trainees must provide evidence that they have sufficient funds to pay tuition fees and living expenses during their period of study, and they must give details of their funding arrangements at the point of application. This is with the exception of those nominated by ARLAC member countries in line with their respective training quotas.

The government of the Republic of Zimbabwe requires students visa for those who are expected to stay for more than six months. However, by the nature of ARLACs training system, trainees are expected to stay in Zimbabwe for between one – two weeks which only require a visitor’s visa for trainees from country that require visa to enter Zimbabwe.

Zimbabwe uses online visa application only (www.evisa.gov.zw). In order to comply with the the government of the Republic of Zimbabwe legislation and immigration regulations, trainees are encouraged to:

1. Make an early application for admission;
2. Responding fully and in good time to accept the offer;
3. Responding fully to requests for any further information, such as passport details.

ARLAC notify the immigration authorities, where relevant, of any non-arrival, or late arrival, of an applicant and of any subsequent changes to a student’s registration status.   ARLAC reserves the right to refuse admission should an applicant be found not to be in a position to meet all the Republic of Zimbabwe visa requirements for the anticipated full duration of study.