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VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING

• Pop. 50 000

• First mention: early 14th century

• According to legend founded in 1346 by Magnus Eriksson, got town rights after Turku / Åbo

• 2nd oldest town in Finland

• Bilingual: 30 % Swedish first language

• First town outside the Helsinki metropolitan area

WELCOME TO PORVOO / BORGÅ

ETUNIMI SUKUNIMI / FOOTER 2

• Half of the citizens gain livelihood from trade and services

• 1/3 work in the industrial sector

• Most important industries:

• Electrotechnical: Ensto group, ABB, Norpe (Wiesmann Group)

• Petrochemical: Neste Oil, Borealis Polymers

• Tourism

PORVOO INDUSTRY & COMMERCIAL LIFE


CAREERIA


Our missionWe create competitive

professional skills for

our students and clients

• Formed in 2019 in the

merger of Edupoli and Point

College

Locations

• Porvoo

• Askola

• Study programmes in

Finnish, Swedish and

English

• Helsinki

• Vantaa

• Kerava

OUR LOCATIONS


FACTS AND FIGURES 2019

• Total revenue 35.8 million €

• Staff 362 persons

• Educational staff 251 persons

• In total over 12 300 students

• 1400 young students (age 16-18 years)

• 10 900 adult students

• In total 1 545 vocational upper secondary qualifications and

further vocational qualifications

• Over 25 fields of education and training ranging from business

administration to service and technology sectors


FIELDS OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING

The fields marked with blue on this campus

• Beauty Care

• Building Construction

• Building Maintenance Technique

• Business Administration and Management

• Catering and Restaurant Services

• Cleaning Services

• Commerce and Sales

• Education and Guidance

• Electricity and Energy Sector

• Entrepreneurship and Innovation

• Financial Administration and Office Services

• Food Production

• Hairdressing

• Health and Social Services

• Household Services

• Immigrant Education

• Media Services

• Mechanical and Production Engineering

• Orientation Training

• Process Industry (Chemical Engineering)

• Property Maintenance

• Refrigerating Technique

• Safety and Security

• Sports and Rehabilitation

• Surface Treatment Technology

• Tourism and Hospitality Management

• Vehicle Technology and LogisticsETUNIMI SUKUNIMI / FOOTER 7

EDUCATIONAL SERVICES

• Vocational education and training

• Apprenticeship training

• Immigrant education

• Over 80 vocational qualifications

• Information and guidance services


SERVICES TO ORGANISATIONS

• Competence surveys

• Personnel training

• Recruitment training

• Outplacement training

• Development projects

• Consulting


INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES



• More than 30 partner organizations

abroad in the following countries:

• China

• Czech Republic

• Denmark

• Estonia

• Germany

• Hungary

• Iceland

• Ireland

• Latvia

• Lithuania

• Netherlands

• Portugal

• Spain

• Russia

• Sweden

• Switzerland

• Thailand

• United Kingdom



Types of international activities

• EU funded LLP projects

• Student work placement or exchange period abroad

• International training for staff: study visits

• Staff visits abroad

• Student group visits abroad

• Home internationality:

• Language courses

• Internationality course

• Hosting foreing visitors

• Arranging work placements or exchange for foreign

students

Co-operation networks

• European Forum of Technical and Vocational

Education and Training (EFVET)

• International Vocational Education and Training

Association (IVETA)


VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING

WWW.CAREERIA.FI

+358 205 13 11 info.careeria.fi

• Askola • Helsinki • Kerava • Porvoo • Vantaa

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