Education
For more information on schools and education, visit the
Education pages.
Youth workshops
Youth workshops offer a variety of training and job
opportunities for young people in Oulu aged 17–24.
The aim of the workshops is to help young people to
realise their individual plans, to promote employment among
the young and to make it easier to apply for studies.
The workshops are intended for unemployed youth with no
vocational training, or for those with vocational training
but no work experience.
Youth Workshop Wieteri (2008–2011)
Youth Workshop Wieteri helps you find your way into suitable
education and work. The workshop’s competent tutors help you
plan your future. You can learn about different professions
and various education and work opportunities and find out
how to seek employment and apply to educational institutes.
The workshop also gives you the chance to learn Finnish and
provides you information on Finnish culture and living in
Finland. The workshop lasts from four to six months. Daily
attendance (Mon to Fri, six hours a day) is required.
You can apply to Wieteri if you meet the following criteria:
you are an immigrant, you are between the ages of 17 and 25,
you do not hold a vocational qualification or a job and you
are eligible for the Labour Market Subsidy. To apply, please
contact your local
Employment
Office. You can also contact one of the workshop tutors.
All applicants are interviewed. Please contact us or just
drop by!
Wieteri tutors:
Tel. 044 703 8294 or tel. 044 703 8304
Visiting address:
Hallituskatu 13–17 D, 3rd floor, 90100 Oulu
Postal address:
Centre of Youth Affairs
P.O. Box, 90015 City of Oulu
Employment Centre
The Employment Centre is responsible for organising
subsidised employment and employment-related administration,
advice and customer service.
Young people can apply for
summer jobs provided by the City through the Employment
Centre every spring. For more information (in Finnish)
please visit
the Employment Centre website.
Visiting address:
Torikatu 34–40 A, 1st floor, 90100 OULU
Postal address:
City of Oulu, Employment Centre, P.O. Box 62, 90015 City of
Oulu
Person in charge:
Raimo Ojanlatva, General Social Work Service Manager
E-mail address format:
firstname.surname@ouka.fi
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