Grants

• All-round Civil Engineering Professional
• Infrastructure Executive
• (First) Gas, Water and/or Heat Distribution Engineer
• (First) Low Voltage Technician
• Road paver

Do you, as a municipality, province, or water board, want to encourage zero-emission construction in your projects? With the SPUK-SEB scheme (Specific Grant for Clean and Zero-Emission Construction), you can receive reimbursement for part of the additional costs associated with using zero-emission construction machinery and vessels. This subsidy makes it financially feasible to impose stricter requirements on zero-emission construction in tenders.

A budget of €2025 million is available for SPUK-SEB in 71. You can submit your application to the Netherlands Enterprise Agency. rvo.nl, until September 12, 2025 at the latest. It is expected that new rounds to apply for this subsidy will be held annually until 2029.

The transition to zero-emission equipment goes hand in hand with investing in training. New technologies require new knowledge and skills from your employees. SOMA Bedrijfsopleidingen offers practical training to prepare your team for zero-emission operations. View our special course offerings or take a look at our total course offering for adults.

In the coming years, the Construction & Infrastructure sector will need many people. New employees can be recruited through lateral entry. If training is required for this, you can apply for a contribution towards training costs from the Construction & Infrastructure Inflow and Retention of Skilled Workers department. They are also available to provide personalized orientation and development advice. In this brochure on the website YOU in construction and infrastructure read more.

With the campaign You're going to make it attention is drawn to this. This is a initiative of the collective labor agreement parties in the construction sector, consisting of Bouwend Nederland, Aannemersfederatie Nederland, WoningBouwersNL, Association of Hydraulic Engineering Contractors, FNV Bouwen en Wonen and CNV Vakmensen.

The following courses may be eligible for a subsidy:

Civil Engineering Professional
Road paver
Road Construction Operator
Mobile Equipment Mechanic
(Assistant) Construction & Infrastructure Manager

Are you, or have you, at your company helped a job seeker or employee at risk of unemployment with additional training or retraining? Then you may receive a contribution towards the costs of mentoring. This subsidy applies to programs where the student completes a work placement (BAP). You can receive up to €2700 per participant. The amount depends partly on the number of weeks the participant received mentoring. After completing the mentoring, you can apply for the subsidy. You can do this for multiple participants you mentored.

You must submit your grant application to the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO), an executive agency of various ministries. There are several application rounds, one each year in December and June. The exact dates can be found on the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) website. To submit the application, you will need, among other things, e-recognition.

More information about the conditions and how to apply for this subsidy is also available on the website Application for the subsidy scheme for practical training for the third educational pathway to find.

The costs of your education up to and including 2021 are deductible from your income tax return if the education is related to your (future) profession. This significantly reduces your net tuition costs! As of January 1, 1, tuition fees are no longer deductible. Read more about deductions and discounts on the Tax Authorities' website.

Besides the benefits of the knowledge gained, employers also benefit from an attractive tax incentive. Training costs are fully tax-deductible for employers (under certain conditions). Costs for study and training fall under the targeted exemptions of the Work-Related Costs Scheme (WKR). For employers, training costs are 100% deductible. These are good reasons to invest in employee development.

The Professional Freight Transport Training and Development Fund (SOOB) provides subsidies to encourage training and courses in the industry. SOMA Bedrijfsopleidingen is a certified training provider, and the following courses are eligible for a subsidy:
Mobile Crane Operator, Mobile Tower Crane Operator, Mobile Tower Crane Operator Application, Fixed Tower Crane Operator, Earthmoving Machine Operator with Lifting Function, Operator Telehandler with Lifting Function, Operator of a truck-mounted crane with lifting function. Also as retraining and progression!
Forklift Safety Certificate 

It's important to submit your application to SOOB before the course or program begins. Each training category has a subsidy ceiling. Once this ceiling is reached, no further subsidies will be awarded. Therefore, apply for the subsidy as soon as possible. The claim must be submitted after the training program ends. For more information about this scheme, please visit the SOOB website.

OOMT is the training and development fund for the motor vehicle and two-wheeler industry. Employers affiliated with OOMT and paying premiums may be eligible for a subsidy. Participants will receive an application form upon assessment; if they pass the assessment, the subsidy application process begins automatically. Click here for more information about this scheme.

Until November 24, 2024, employees in the Collective Labor Agreement for the Water Construction Industry can apply for a maximum of €1000 from the Water Construction Training and Development Fund (O&O-fonds Waterbouw). This is part of the sustainable employability campaign. Information about the course, training, and/or education, as well as the conditions for receiving the subsidy, can be found on the website. www.gezondwerkenindewaterbouw.nl.

Companies covered by the Construction & Infrastructure Collective Labor Agreement (CAO) have the option to take advantage of the training subsidy program. Employees can receive a €2500 gross diploma bonus upon completion of a BBL 2, BBL 3, or BBL 4 training program. This bonus is funded from equity held by the Construction & Infrastructure Training and Development Fund. This fund encourages training.

To ensure healthy and motivated employees, every employee in construction and infrastructure has an individual budget. This individual budget can be used later in life, for example, for additional leave days or additional training. Training is important because the days when someone could continue doing the same job for years after completing vocational training are over.

This subsidy is intended for: employees and job seekers who can obtain a practical statement, certificate, or diploma in the third learning path by combining work in a training company with following part of a vocational education (MBO) program.

Only possible for OCW-accredited courses.

More information about extra focus on practical training in secondary vocational education SZW can be found here.

This subsidy applies to the three northern provinces of Groningen, Friesland, and Drenthe and is intended for training current staff, training new staff, and mentoring new staff. More information can be found on the website of spt-north.

This subsidy is intended for, among other things, the use of (re)training and the use of instruments for the benefit of job (unemployment)-to-job mediation.

More information about the SZW Regional Mobility Teams Regulation can be found here here.

This subsidy option is intended for people for whom the UWV has a reintegration responsibility, such as those receiving unemployment benefits (WW), Wajong (Disability Insurance Act), and AG (General Benefits Act) benefits. All these individuals have the opportunity to learn a (completely) new profession/job through training. The intended career/job and/or job is fixed.

More information for companies about the UWV Training Services Procurement Framework is available here to find.