admission

Business owners

If you are a business owner and are interested in a course at Utbildning Nord, contact the respective group leaders for the different courses. For more information, see the link “Company training”.

Jobseekers in Sweden

If you are looking for a job and are interested in participating in a course at Utbildning Nord, contact your employment officer.

Most courses have a system of continuous admission. You can find them (in Swedish) on the Public Employment Service’s website www.arbetsformedlingen.se under Yrken/studier and Utbildningar. Utbildning Nord’s courses can be found under Norrbottens län.

Jobseekers and admissions to courses

Admissions are dealt with at the Övertorneå Public Employment Office. Admission requirements vary depending on the course.

Special obligations:

- A period of work placement in the respective occupation is recommended before the applicant starts the course.
- As regards applicants who plan to start their own company after completing a course, they must first have completed a “start your own business” course before commencing vocational training. Work done on testing and preparation and an action plan for starting your own business must be documented.

The following documents must be included with any preregistration with Utbildning Nord:

• application documentation
• personal letter, curriculum vitae, certificates of grades/references
• doctor’s certificate (hairdressing course only)
• action plan that corresponds to the intended course also indicating that the applicant accepts the applicable requirements for participating in vocational training (geographical mobility, working hours in the future occupation, salary conditions, unemployment benefit requirements and regulations etc.) The applicant must also specify what he or she will do in order to acquire a job after completing the course.

As motivation for the application, the following must be specified: labour market requirements and the applicant's personal prerequisites.

Other

A study visit is recommended before acquiring documentation. The Övertorneå Employment Office meets travel costs for study visits. Regarding study visits, contact Raija Lindberg, tel. +46 10-486 6528

Course costs and activity support for participants from the whole country are paid centrally. The Övertorneå Employment Office pays subsistence and the cost of one journey home per month, or mileage costs if a commuting allowance is payable during the period of the course.
Contact Anneli R-Solomon, tel. +46 10-486 8812

Regarding accommodation, contact Agneta Töyrä, tel. +46 927-751 47

Regarding course, contact the respective teacher or group leader. (See the contact link.)

Preregistration

Preregistration (application documentation) should be sent to:

Arbetsförmedlingen Övertorneå
Box 65
SE-957 22 Övertorneå

The Public Employment Office (Arbetsförmedlingen) in Övertorneå will send notification when a place is vacant. The local employment office deals with the application. The Public Employment Office in Övertorneå approves the application.

The contact person at the Public Employment Office in Övertorneå is Anneli Rantakeisu-Solomon
tel. +46 10-486 8812, anneli.r-solomon@arbetsformedlingen.se

Anneli R-Solomon also has an office at Utbildning Nord, where she is four days a week.