Labour market training

Labour market training develops your professional skills and promotes your employment. Labour market training is training acquired by the Employment services. The labour authority and the educational institution providing the training plan and organise the training together. Employers can also participate in the organisation of labour market training.

Labour market training may be:
- training that increases professional competence and capabilities
- training to increase entrepreneurial skills
- integration training.

Labour market training is free of charge, so you won’t need to pay participation or examination fees. However, card and licence trainings may be subject to a fee.

If you are unemployed, you are entitled to the same unemployment security during labour market training that you get when you are unemployed. If you have agreed to labour market training in your employment plan or another plan replacing it, your unemployment security can be increased. This will be decided by the party paying the unemployment security – that is, by the unemployment fund or Kela.

If the costs of participating in the training are incurred, you can receive expense allowance for the days of participation. If you do not receive expense allowance from the party paying the unemployment benefit, that is, the unemployment fund or Kela, you can apply for discretionary expense allowance from the Employment services in Espoo.
You can find which labour market training is currently available in the Current labour market trainings online service.

How do I apply for training?

Apply for labour market training in the Job Market Finland’s E-services.

If you are unable to apply online, you apply by filling in the form “Application for labour market training”.

Before submitting your application, carefully read the admission criteria of the training programme you are interested in.

If you are an unemployed jobseeker, you can apply for reimbursement of travel and accommodation expenses from the Employment services when you travel for an admission event or aptitude test for labour market training, or visit the educational institution before starting labour market training if your disability or illness requires familiarisation with the accessibility and suitability of the educational institution.