Juventude e formação: a política pública de formação profissional como cenário

This article aims to characterize the education provided by the Public Policy for Professional Education. There were analyzed reports on the programs implemented, legislation, manuals, minutes, the political pedagogical projects of the courses, youth professional insertion and websites. Data analysis was the Thematic Content Analysis and the software QDA Miner. It was apparent from the data that the Policy brings with at least two sides: one, the collaboration with the professional qualification, since it offers courses and pedagogical spaces; and on the other hand, it also serves capital as it massifies the vocational courses and uses them as a form of enrichment and production of cheap labor. Thus, it is necessary to overcome the reductionist view that the lack of qualification generates unemployment, allowing itself to deviate from the structural determination and precariousness. It is necessary to go beyond empty certification, contemplating the youth as a social subject, so that this can happen concretely.