Completing units helps you update your knowledge, gain new skills and improve your chances to find employment. You can study units of initial, further and specialist vocational qualifications.
Service implementation:
Contact service
Life situation and service category:
Interested in training or education,
Development of vocational skills
Service language:
Finnish
Charges:
You can complete initial vocational qualification units free of charge. For further vocational qualifications or specialist vocational qualifications, however, you should see the educational institution’s website for the prices of different units.
Who is the service for?
Instead of completing an entire qualification, it is possible to only complete one or more qualification units that meet the client’s needs.
Some qualification units are open to everyone interested, while others require previous work experience in the relevant industry.
Participant’s municipality of residence:
Municipality of residence does not matter
Age:
All people of working age
How can I participate in the service?
The application periods and start dates for study programmes are announced on educational institutions’ websites and/or at www.studyinfo.fi.
Conditions for participating in the service:
Some units require previous work experience in the relevant industry.
Students must have a sufficient level of Finnish proficiency.
See the details for each unit to confirm the criteria for the studies in question.
Please contact your assigned employment services specialist before starting your studies to confirm whether you are allowed to study while receiving the unemployment benefit. Studies may affect your right to receive the unemployment benefit.
Benefits of participating in the service:
A study programme will teach you skills that you will need for work. Once you have completed your studies, you can find a job or potentially continue studying.
How is the service organised?
Implementation
Qualification units
The studies are primarily organised as daytime studies from Monday to Friday. For further information, see the details for each unit.
Qualification units with support for Finnish as a second language (S2)
S2 support is available for some units.
S2 support provides Finnish language support during studies as well as support for completing studies with Finnish as a second language. The S2 support provided varies according to the industry to which the training is related and the content of the training.
S2-supported units: in general, S2 support means that the student participates in OPVA lessons approximately 2 or 2.5 times per week (may vary between educational institutions). OPVA refers to studies supporting learning skills, during which students strengthen their learning skills, language proficiency and other fundamental skills.
OPVA largely focuses on Finnish language practice, but it also teaches other learning skills, such as digital skills, working life skills and mathematics.
S2-supported initial vocational qualification groups: support for the Finnish language is provided through multiple teachers teaching the same group at the same time and in the form of a workshop and OPVA lessons, for instance. The number of lessons varies.
The level of language proficiency required varies between study programmes.
This service generally requires in-person attendance, but see the details for each unit for further information.
