Trade Union JHL 2023

JHL’s courses

JHL members are entitled to Finland’s most diverse range of working life training. Develop your occupational competence further, learn more about protection of interests, or take your pick from open UAS courses (UAS = university of applied sciences)!

As our member, you can make use of our diverse range of high-quality courses. The course and event calendar (in Finnish) has all the information about upcoming courses. As a rule, the courses we organise are free for our members. The union will take care of the travel costs, course fees, accommodation, and meal costs. Studying is really worth it!

JHL also offers generous support for your open UAS studies.

Our material bank has a published version of JHL’s course guide for 2024.

What can I study?

For our current range, visit the course and event calendar. The selection varies, but we organise diverse courses for many tastes.

Most of our courses take place at our own JHL Institute in Helsinki. The address is Sörnäisten rantatie 23. Education Advice telephone service: 010 7703 510, Mon-Thu, 9 am–12 pm.

Courses are also organised around Finland.

The JHL Institute branches are located in Kuopio (Puistokatu 6), Oulu (Mäkelininkatu 31) and Tampere (Kalevantie 2).

The open UAS courses are organised online.

When you browse the course and event calendar, each course has information on where and how it is organised.

For our current range, visit the course and event calendar. The selection varies, but here are some of the courses that we organise regularly:

  • themed courses for new members that familiarise them with JHL
  • professional study days
  • introduction courses related to protection of interests and co-determination
  • training for those with a position of responsibility (shop stewards/occupational safety and health representatives)
  • occupational safety and health training
  • co-determination training
  • organisational training
  • courses that have various themes, such as skills for managing a position of responsibility, data protection in working life, communications, and public procurement

Everyone can find something interesting for sure!

Signing up for courses

You can sign up through the course and event calendar, on the presentation page of the course in question. You can also sign up in myJHL.

Paid courses have been agreed on together with employers. Some courses are meant for shop stewards, others deal with occupational safety and health and co-determination.

Financial support from JHL for your UAS studies

Your trade union JHL will pay 75% of your selected open UAS studies. JHL members can complete online study modules at a very affordable price. Select the right option from a selection of dozens of study periods. To fill in a financial support application, go here (application form in Finnish and Swedish).

The financial support is individual and only meant for JHL members. Read more about the terms and conditions of the support.

Please note! Those who are unemployed or laid off can attend some of the courses for free. Some courses are completely free of charge for everyone. If you have questions, contact JHL by e-mail: kurssit@jhl.fi

The site that has previously been in use (campusonline.fi) will unfortunately expire, and you can only apply for financial support for the courses listed below.

We pay 75% of your selected open UAS studies.

Here’s how to participate:

  • Select your desired study period from the list below, and sign up on the higher education institution’s website.
  • Pay for the study period when you sign up.
  • Hold on to the course fee receipt. The receipt must clearly indicate the name of the studies, and the payer is the member attending the course.
  • Enjoy your studies and complete the study period.
  • Apply for financial support for a course. You must apply for support by the end of the following year’s January after starting the course.

For example: If you started your open UAS studies during 2024, you must apply for financial course support by 31 January 2025. The processing time for the application is one month.

You can easily complete open UAS courses as remote studies. To see the course implementation method, click the course that interests you.

We also recommend the following free courses:

Apply for financial support for a course (does not apply to support for UAS courses)

As a member of JHL, you get to enjoy affordable courses. The union will pay for the teaching and training material, meals related to the course programme, travel costs in accordance with the union’s rules on travel applying to courses, and accommodation for participants who come from outside the course locality.

For union organisation courses held on weekdays, the union will pay a tax-exempt course grant in exchange of a certificate of loss of income. The certificate must specify the amount of income lost during the course in euros.

In 2024, the calculated daily amount of the course grant is 86.858 per day. The current year’s course grants must be applied for by 31 December. 

To apply for a course grant, fill in an electronic application (in Finnish/Swedish).

Topical days for members

The union will pay for the teaching and material, meals related to the course programme, travel costs in accordance with the union’s rules on travel applying to courses, and accommodation for participants who come from outside the course locality. No daily allowance or compensation for loss of income is paid for the days. As a rule, topical days are arranged on weekends.

Occupation-specific theme courses

The union will pay for the teaching, material, meals related to the course programme, and accommodation for participants who come from outside the course locality. The union will not pay the participation fee, daily allowance or compensate for a loss of income. In accordance with the union’s rules on travel, you can apply for a reimbursement for your travel costs from the union. Once a year, individual members can get financial support from the union for occupation-specific theme courses with similar content.

Occupation-specific theme courses are comparable to personnel training paid by the employer when the employer pays the participation fee and considers the duration of the course as working time.

Participation fees

The participation fee is EUR 50 per course day. Without accommodation, the fee is EUR 30 per course day.

JHL’s student members should contact their own local branch and apply for financial support for the participation fee.

Unemployed jobseekers are welcome to attend study days. Ask your branch for financial support for paying the participation fee. Get in touch with your branch official.

For more information, contact JHL’s Education Advice at 010 7703 510 or send an e-mail to kurssit@jhl.fi.

Study register Koski

Study register Koski enables you to make use of JHL Institute’s courses in your other studies.

JHL’s courses in study register Koski 

With the help of JHL Institute’s courses, JHL members can shorten the studies they’re carrying out in other educational institutions. Certain institute courses have been saved in the national study register, and they can be recognised as prior learning for the benefit of your later studies. It’s also easier to apply for study-related benefits. 

Since 2022,  the JHL Institute has been registering its courses in the national study register Koski.  

You can get a study credit for the following JHL Institute courses 

Kouluttajakoulutusta aktiiveille, 3 + 3 pv, osa 1/2

Kouluttajakoulutusta aktiiveille, 3 + 3 pv, osa 2/2

Yhdistystoiminnan ABC, 3 pv

Työsuojelun peruskurssi, 5 pv

Työsuojelun jatkokurssi, 5 + 5 pv, osa 1/2

Työsuojelun jatkokurssi, 5 + 5 pv, osa 2/2

Työsuojelun jatkokurssi, 5 + 5 pv, osa 2/2

Luottamusmiestiedon peruskurssi, kaikki sopimusalat, 3 pv

Luottamusmiestiedon peruskurssi, kunta, 5 pv

Luottamusmiestiedon peruskurssi, kaikki sopimusalat, 3 pv

Luottamusmiestiedon jatkokurssi, kaikki sopimusalat, 3 + 3 pv, osa 1/2

Luottamusmiestiedon jatkokurssi, kaikki sopimusalat, 3 + 3 pv, osa 2/2

Luottamusmiestiedon jatkokurssi, kaikki sopimusalat, 3 + 3 pv, osa 1/2

You can view the curriculums for JHL Institute’s Koski courses in the eRequirements service. 

Student 

Saving study attainment data in the Koski register is voluntary for you. 

When signing up for a course, or at the beginning of the course, you will be asked for consent to save your study attainment in the Koski register. A separate consent will be asked during each Koski course. 

If you want your study attainment to be saved in the Koski register, prepare to prove your identity at the beginning of the course. Identity is proven with a personal ID card or passport. 

Assessment of studies 

Your performance is assessed with a pass/fail grade. The assessment can only take place during training. 

If you get a fail grade, you have the chance to retake your competence demonstration. If it hasn’t been possible to make the assessment because your course performance is deficient, you have the chance to complete your performance. You must complete it within two weeks from the end of the course. 

When the teacher or instructor has assessed your study attainment, the education assistant will save it in the Koski register. Only the study attainments with a pass grade will be saved in the Koski data warehouse.

You’ll get a course certificate 

Regardless of whether you get a pass or fail for your course performance, you’ll get a certificate for each course. The assessment does not affect your daily course allowance or other compensation paid by the union. 

The certificates of Koski students include a mention of the fact that the course has been completed with a pass grade, and that the study attainment has been saved in the Koski data warehouse. 

Where to view your study attainments 

You can view your study attainments saved in the Koski register in the My Studyinfo online service. Log into the service using your online banking codes. 

Study attainment data is not public. Your data is processed with confidentiality by the Finnish National Agency for Education and the maintainer of the educational institution. 

Paid courses have been agreed on together with employers. Some courses are meant for shop stewards, others deal with occupational safety and health and co-determination.

The course participant’s employer will pay the participant a wage during the course. The union will pay for the teaching and material, meals related to the course programme, travel costs in accordance with the union’s rules on travel applying to courses, a possible daily travel allowance, and accommodation for participants who come from outside the course locality.

Paid courses are included in contract training. Each agreement sector has its own training contract determining which target groups are entitled to paid courses and other compensation.

This page has information on trade union courses covered by employer financial support, i.e. paid courses. The courses have been listed by agreement sector.

Sign up for courses covered by employer financial support through the course calendar.

If you have practical questions, you can always contact the union’s Education Advice at 010 7703 510 or send an e-mail to kurssit@jhl.fi.

Course compensation collected from the employer

There are several training contracts within JHL. They differ from each other in terms of their stipulations. Depending on the contract, the course participant’s employer will pay the participant a wage, and the institute or course organiser will collect from the employers the necessary compensations under the contract for the course period. The training contract of the participant’s sector applies on the person participating in a paid course.

Training contract courses include shop steward courses (LM), occupational safety and health courses (TS), and co-determination courses (YT). Training contracts determine which target groups are entitled to paid courses and other compensation.

Fees collected by the union from the employer in 2023 and 2024

Shop steward courses (LM) and co-determination courses (YT)

For those participating in co-determination and shop steward training, the union will either collect a course fee or a so-called meal expense compensation from the employer for each course day for which a public servant is paid their regular wage or an employee is paid a compensation for a loss of income.

Year 2024

  • Avainta €26.21/day (recommendation) (compensation for food expenses)
  • Energy sector €30.07/day (meal subsidy)
  • Church sector (KiT) €30/day (compensation for food expenses) as of 1 February 2024
  • Finnish National Gallery €27.50/day for one-day courses and €55.00/day for courses lasting two days or more (course subsidy)
  • Municipal and welfare sectors €32/day (compensation for food expenses)
  • Palta’s special service sector (EPA) and guidance sector €25/day for one-day courses, €50/day for courses lasting two days or more (meal subsidy)
  • Raskone €32/day (compensation for food expenses)
  • State Railways VR €22.71/day for one-day courses and €45.42/day for courses lasting two days or more. (course subsidy)
  • State sector €27.50/day for one-day courses and €55.00/day for courses lasting two days or more (course subsidy)
  • Universities €30/day for one-day courses and €60/day for courses lasting two days or more (course subsidy)

Occupational safety and health courses (TS)

The employer will pay a wage for occupational safety and health courses. In addition, the union will collect a meal expense compensation or a course expense compensation as a course fee from the employer for each such course day during which a public servant is paid their regular wage or an employee is paid a compensation for a loss of income. JHL will pay the member’s travel costs and a possible daily travel allowance.

Organisation insurance covers you during a course

Did you know? The organisation insurance policy taken out by your trade union JHL will cover you during a course. The policy includes traveller’s insurance, luggage insurance, travel liability insurance and legal expenses travel insurance. If you for instance fall ill or have an accident during a course, the insurance policy taken out for you by JHL will cover the treatment costs. Learn more about organisation insurance (in Finnish).

Apply for JHL Institute’s competence badge

Competence badges are a digital way of highlighting your competence. The badge enables you to reveal your competence in your job application and CV, among others. The competence badges granted by the JHL Institute are free of charge.

Here’s what to do:

  1. First, create a personal Open Badge Passport account.
  2. Remember the e-mail address that you submitted when registering. You’ll need it when applying for a badge.
  3. Describe in your application how you’ve mastered the requirements necessary for granting the competence badge.
  4. Receive your badge by accepting it.

Courses for organisational member unions

Members of organisational member unions and other unions can use their own electronic form (in Finnish) when applying for JHL’s courses.

You must agree on the expenses with your employer and the union (employer fees in accordance with the training contract and travel costs). For more information, contact JHL’s Education Advice by using the contact form (in Finnish), by e-mail (kurssit@jhl.fi) or by phone (010 7703 510).

Questions about courses?

If you have questions about courses, use the electronic form (in Finnish) or call Education Advice at 010 7703 510, Mon–Thu, 9 am–12 pm.