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VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN FINNISH
EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM

• Vocational education and training start at upper
  secondary level
• The upper secondary level is based on compulsory
  basic education (comprehensive school)
• The aim is to provide students with the knowledge
  and skills necessary to gain vocational
  expertise, the capabilities to find employment or
  to become self-employed
• Provide students with extensive basic vocational
  skills for various assignments in their field and
  more specialised competence and vocational skills
  as required by working life in one sector of the
  qualification

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PORI COLLEGE

• 2500 certificate students (vocational
  qualifications)
• adult students specialist qualifications,
  further qualifications, vocational further
  education and short courses
• 400 staff members
• co-operation with firms and other employers
• international students

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PORI COLLEGE
Values Desire for learning and lifelong
developmentCaring, responsibility and respect of
othersRespect of work, doing and
enterpreneurshipCreativity (innovativity)Open
interactivityGood and safe learning
environmentHigh qualitySustainable development

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COMPOSITION OF STUDIES

• The scope of studies is expressed in terms of
  credits, one credit is equivalent to
  approximately 40 hours of a students work
• The total number of credits for a three-year
  study programme is 120 credits, one year
  equalling to 40 credits
• The studies must include at least 1,5 credits of
  student counselling and final project worth at
  least 2 credits

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COMPOSITION OF STUDIES, COMMON TO ALL VOCATIONAL
QUALIFICATIONS

• Core subjects 20 credits
• Native language 4 credits
• Other national language 1 credits
• Foreign language 2 credits
• Mathematics 3 credits
• Physics 1 credits
• Chemistry 1 credits
• Social, business and labour-market subjects 1
  credits
• Health education 1 credits
• Physical education 1 credits
• Arts and culture 1 credits
• Elective courses 4 credits

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COMPOSITION OF STUDIES, COMMON TO ALL VOCATIONAL
QUALIFICATIONS

• Vocational studies 90 credits
• Common vocational studies of the qualification
• Spesialist vocational studies of each study
  programme
• Studies shall include at least 20 credits
  on-the-job-learning
• Other elective studies 10 credits
• Free-Choise studies 10 credits

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WE ARE EDUCATING STUDENTS IN THESE FIELDS

• Social Sciences, Business and Administration
• Business and Administration
• Natural Sciences
• Business Information Technology
• Technology and Transportation
• Clothing
• Food Production
• Metalwork and Machinery
• Aircraft Maintenance
• Logistics
• Electrical Engineering
• Wood Prosessing
• Surface Tratment Technology

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WE ARE EDUCATING STUDENTS IN THESE FIELDS

• Technology and Transportation
• Building Maintenance
• Metalwork and Machinery
• Vehicle Technology
• Construction
• Chemical Engineering
• Laboratory Technology

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WE ARE EDUCATING STUDENTS IN THESE FIELDS

• Natural Recources and the Environment
• Forestry
• Natural and Environmental Protection
• Social and Helth care Services
• Social and Health Care
• Hairdressing
• Beauty Care
• Tourism, Catering and Home Economics
• Tourism
• Catering
• Hotel and Restaurant Services
• Household and Consumer Services

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SKILLS DEMONSTRATION

• Skills demonstrations belongs to the
  certification in the school-based education
  system
• Students have to pass a skills demonstrations in
  every vocational modul in oder to be certified
• The test shall be organised in co-operation with
  local working life and assessed together by
  teachers and representatives of working life

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VOCATIONAL QUALIFICATION IN CLOTHING STUDY
PROGRAMME IN DRESSMAKING, DRESSMAKER

• Core subjects 20 credits
• Vocational studies 90 credits
• Knowledge of Materials 5 credits
• Product Design 5 credits
• Pattern-making and cutting 15 credits
• Shaping and fitting 5 credits
• Dressmaking 30 credits
• Free-choice studies 10 credits

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PORI COLLEGE www.porinammattiopisto.fi
Principal (substitute) Mikko Huhtala
mikko.huhtala_at_porinammattiopisto.fi 358 44 701
9797 Development Manager Ari Hämäläinen
ari.hamalainen_at_porinammattiopisto.fi 358 44 701
5610 International Coordinator Leena Seppänen
leena.seppanen_at_porinammattiopisto.fi 358 44 701
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Painting worksPerform the analysis Adptation
and testing of the product Valorisation Res
ponsible for activities and finances.

• Pori College roles and tasks in this work
  programme

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• To carry out Needs Analysis in our institution,
  provide proposals
• To assume responsibility for development,
  adjustment and improvement of European Modular
  Decorator/PainterTraining Programmes and
  corresponding credit system
• Responsible for development of two modules,
• To perform testing of European Modular
  Decorator/PainterTraining Programmes and
  corresponding credit system, provide proposals
• To organize a meeting of the Project partners in
  Finland

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• To participate in all Project partners meetings
• To carry out valorization activities, to organize
  seminars for Finlands VET institutions
• To assume responsibility for timely submission of
  financial and activity reports to Projects
  contractor
• To assume responsibility for the activities
  defined in the Project, quality of product
  development, management and evaluation