Taitotalo provides various training and learning alternatives for you to choose from, including
Our aim is to help you develop the skills required for an independent life in Finland.
All our courses and trainings are conducted in Finnish.
You can apply for these training programs even with weaker Finnish language skills.
We provide guidance and support when you are wrestling with questions regarding adult education, vocational qualifications and career change. Our information, advisory and counselling services will help you choose your own way forward.
Preparatory education for vocational training (TUVA) provides an opportunity to participate in career planning, improve learning skills, attend practical training at workplaces and improve Finnish language skills. The aim is to discover a suitable occupation and enter a vocational education and training programme. Studies in the preparatory education for vocational training (TUVA) are free.
The studies are self-motivated adult education (not labour policy education). If you are registered as an unemployed jobseeker with the TE Office and/or if you are enrolled in the Local Government pilots (Kuntakokeilu) you can enquire if you are intitled for basic unemployment benefit from Kela. If you do not receive unemployment allowance, you can apply for financial aid for students from Kela.
For more information about Kela’s student grants.
Integration training for immigrants helps immigrants find their place in the social, academic and working world. The training focuses on the Finnish language, culture and working life competencies and normally forms part of the immigrant’s individual integration plan.
Applicants seeking for integration training should contact the local TE Office or the integration services of their municipality of residence for assistance in finding a suitable training. More information about integration training in JobMarket Finland website (former TE office).
Finnish National Certificate of Language Proficiency (yleinen kielitutkinto, or YKI, in Finnish) offers you an opportunity to prove your language skills. The certificate is open to everyone regardless of where and how you have learnt the language.
The certificate focuses on language use in everyday situations (e.g. reading, writing, listening, speaking).
These special courses are offered for companies and their employees. The focus is on the vocabulary and expressions that are used at work in Finland. The work experience element of the course provides an opportunity to learn the Finnish language on the job while gaining practical experience of working in various occupations.
Students with adequate Finnish language skills may enroll on courses leading to a vocational qualification, which include vocational upper secondary qualification, further vocational qualification and specialist vocational qualification (perustutkinto, ammattitutkinto, erikoisammattitutkinto in Finnish). You may also complete individual vocational qualification units. Studies at Taitotalo are planned and delivered in a flexible and practical manner. We tailor your studies according to an individual learning plan, which takes into consideration your current competencies, skills and abilities.
Apprenticeship training
If you already have a job in your chosen field and you wish to increase your professional skills, you and your employer can consider apprenticeship training. In apprenticeship training the student engages in diverse work tasks to gain new and deeper work competencies while receiving a salary, and combines work with studies at Taitotalo. You can complete a full vocational qualification or individual vocational qualification units in apprenticeship training.
Various options are available for financing studies at Taitotalo. The studies may be financed independently, by student financial aid (Kela), by adult education allowance (Työllisyysrahasto), by businesses or by special projects.
Meille on tärkeää taata kaikille turvallinen opiskeluympäristö ja -ilmapiiri. Kohtaamme kaikki opiskelijat yksilöinä ja hyväksymme moninaisuuden.
Lyhytkoulutuksemme ovat muutamia päiviä kestäviä kurssseja, seminaareja tai sertifiointikoulutuksia. Ne pidetään yleensä lähiopetuksena tai monimuoto-opetuksena, jolloin voit osallistua sekä paikan päällä että etänä. Nämä koulutukset ovat maksullista.
Taitotalossa voit suorittaa 88 ammatillista tutkintoa tai osia näistä tutkinnoista.
Taitotalon tutkinto-opiskelijat ja muut pitkäkestoiseen koulutukseen osallistuvat opiskelivat saavat koulutuksen alussa käyttäjätunnuksen ja siihen salasanan, joilla käytetään kaikkia Taitotalon verkkopalveluita.
Opiskelijoilla ja henkilöstön edustajilla on oikeus turvalliseen opiskelu- ja työympäristöön. Jokainen voi vaikuttaa omalla käytöksellään viihtyisän, kannustavan ja turvallisen opiskeluympäristön syntymiseen. Ole hyvä ja tutustu turvallisuusperiaatteisiin ja ohjeisiin, jotta voimme yhdessä varmistaa rauhallisen oppimis- ja työympäristön kaikille.
