TAKK (Tampere Adult Education Center) – in Tampere, Finland – was founded in 1962. Today, TAKK is one of the largest vocational schools in Finland, with more than 11 thousand students and 20 different vocational fields.
RAB has been working with TAKK to recruit students in Practical Nursing, Food Services, Cleaning & Property Services, and Beauty Care. Together with the trust from TAKK, RAB became a strategic partner for Finland and Tampere City.
The program target is to recruit 25 motivated students for Vocational Qualification in Social and Health Care, Competence area of Elderly Care and Rehabilitation to support the lack of worker shortage in Tampere City. After successfully complete the program, students with earn the Practical Nurse Qualification.
Practical nurses are able to carry out their work following the regulations, operating practices, values, and occupational ethics of their field. They are able to work in professional interaction and in multi-professional and multicultural operating environments. They know how to plan, implement, and assess nursing and care that promotes the client’s or patient’s health, wellbeing, functional capacity, growth, and social inclusion in different social and health care or educational operating environments.
They are able to provide client-oriented guidance on how to use the services, are able to use wellbeing technologies diversely, and develop their professional competence according to the principles of lifelong learning. They are able to take care of patient and client safety, work aseptically and ergonomically, and take care of their occupational safety and wellbeing at work.
TAKK’s Leadership and Trainers are highly international and entrepreneurship-focus. The school has been pioneering in creating fair opportunities for international students around the world to come to Finland and fulfill their dream of studies abroad and start life in Finland. The school continuously works with many City Departments to make sure students have a easy access to the services offered by the City. We appreciate TAKK for their supports so far to our Vietnamese community in Tampere.
Cleaning services are needed in all sectors in Finland where cleanliness is one of the top priority of the society while construction and household materials are high-end. The cleaning and property service studies prepare students for the basic skills and integration skills to start their career and life in Finland . Cleaning tasks should be professionally, environmentally friendly and ergonomically for the workers. The students are trained to use machine and newest technology and equipment in the cleaning and property field. Customer relationship management, Finnish Language studies, Finnish working culture are also trained in the studies.
As soon as possible, students are sent to Practical Training places which are for example hotels, schools, kindergartens, cleaning and property management companies, accommodation provider companies, and shipping companies… In a long run, students are able to move up to team leader, manager or become entrepreneur in the field. The studies are easy to get in and easy to complete, make it an excellent choice for those who are looking for a program with less stress for their coming journey in Finland.
TAKK’s Leadership and Trainers are highly international and entrepreneurship-focus. The school has been pioneering in creating fair opportunities for international students around the world to come to Finland and fulfill their dream of studies abroad and start life in Finland. The school continuously works with many City Departments to make sure students have a easy access to the services offered by the City. We appreciate TAKK for their supports so far to our Vietnamese community in Tampere.
Further Vocational Qualification in Food Services at TAKK gives you a qualification either as a restaurant cook or an institutional cook (regarless your studies choice, you can work either areas). The qualification has two competence areas of which you choose one: Competence Area of Restaurant Cookery (restaurant cook) OR Competence Area of Institutional Catering (institutional cook). Restaurant cooks and institutional cooks are professionals in food preparation.
If you choose the competence area of restaurant cookery (restaurant cook), you will be working for example in different á la carte restaurants, food restaurants, delivery and catering service companies, and restaurants of passenger vessels and hotels.
If you choose the competence area of institutional catering (institutional cook), you will be working for example in institutional and professional kitchens, in food restaurants of different types, and in delivery and catering service companies.
TAKK Food Services Program Design is flexible and allows students to complete the program shorter than planned if they are able to demonstrate their skills and fulfill other students obligations.
TAKK’s Leadership and Trainers are highly international and entrepreneurship-focus. The school has been pioneering in creating fair opportunities for international students around the world to come to Finland and fulfill their dream of studies abroad and start life in Finland. The school continuously works with many City Departments to make sure students have a easy access to the services offered by the City. We appreciate TAKK for their supports so far to our Vietnamese community in Tampere.
Tredu is a city-owned and biggest vocational school in Tampere which is the second most populated city in Finland after the Helsinki Capital area. Tredu owns 13 campuses around Tampere and its neighborhood areas like Nokia, Virrat, Ylöjärvi, Kangasala, Lempäälä and Orivesi.
RAB started an official partnership with Tredu in Summer 2024. Together with the trust from TAKK and Tredu, RAB became a strategic partner for Finland and Tampere City
The aim of this proposal is to conduct a training program that, if successfully completed, leads to Vocational Qualification in Social and Health Care for 25 Vietnamese students.
Holders of the Vocational Qualification in Social and Health Care Competence area of Elderly Care and Rehabilitation should be trained and demonstrate their skills in those studies areas:
- Meeting and guiding customer
- Promoting wellbeing and functional capacity
- Medical treatment in the area of responsibility of the practical nurse
- Promoting the participation of older people
- Working in home care
- Health and well-being technology in promoting functional ability
This training program prepares participants to work as bus drivers in the EU region. The program is to target 15 Vietnamese suitable students.
During the training program the student gains competence for the most demanding tasks of the logistics field.
- Getting the category C and D driving license
- Getting the professional qualification for the transportation field
- Gaining the adequate knowledge for the diverse tasks of transportation field
- Becoming a responsible and reliable worker in the field
- Developing customer service skills
If the participant completes the previous studies successfully and the knowledge of the Finnish language has developed according to the plan, the student has the opportunity to finish the program with a maximum of 5 months of apprenticeship with a Salary.