Asiakasnäkymä
Labour market training
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Who is the service for?
Vocational labour market training is intended for you in particular if you are an unemployed jobseeker or a jobseeker at risk of becoming unemployed and you require additional skills in order to find a job.
Advertisements for labour market training provide further information not only about the goal and content of the training but also the admission criteria. Some of the training programmes are targeted at immigrants or young people, for instance. Read through the information!
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How can I participate in the service?
You can read more about the labour market training available on the Job Market Finland website.
To apply to a training programme, you need to fill in the online application form to which you can find a link in the training programme’s details, for instance. If necessary, you can also request a paper form (keha20e1) from the employment authority, which you can then fill in and submit to the employment authority. You can also print out the form on the suomi.fi website.
Fill in the form carefully and provide arguments for why you should be chosen for the training.
A specialist from the employment authority will review the training applications together with the training provider. Suitable applicants will then be invited for a selection interview. An assessment period or aptitude test may be used to aid the selection.
You will receive a letter about the decision to your home address by post.
Labour market training does not take away your chance to receive the unemployment benefit.
For the days on which you participate in training, you may receive compensation for expenses from the payer of your unemployment benefit or discretionary expense allowance from the employment authority.
The target group is defined separately for each training programme, as are any requirements concerning the initial skill level that must be met in order to be accepted for the training. You should write about your motivation and include other arguments in your application.
Most training programmes are organised as full-time contact teaching in the premises of the service provider and the on-the-job learning location.
Vocational labour market training improves your competence and professional skills and your chances to find a job or keep your current job, or it may increase your ability to become an entrepreneur.
Labour market training is organised in various professional fields, and some training programmes, such as recruitment training, are organised in cooperation with companies. Some programmes allow you to complete a vocational qualification or a qualification unit.
How is the service organised?
Various labour market training programmes are organised according to the target group and goal. There are short-term continuing education programmes as well as training programmes leading to an initial, further or specialist vocational qualification or parts of a qualification. There are Further Educated with Companies (F.E.C) training programmes for specialists as well as recruitment training, restructuring coaching and targeted training programmes planned and funded with employers. The training programmes include an on-the-job learning period almost without exception. Some training programmes are implemented partially as online training.
Labour market training programmes are primarily organised in Finnish, though some are available in Swedish and English. Some implementations include strong support for Finnish as a second language (S2).