Going to the Top - The Tools of Training for Excellence

This publication describes what a young competitor must know and master in order to gain success at international vocational skills competitions. Training for excellence develops the competence of vocational teachers by enabling international comparisons of education.

This publication was drafted by a group of skill managers assembled for the ESF-funded Excellence Through Skills Training project, which was implemented by Skills Finland.

Going to the Top (pdf)

Mental Training Workbook

Mental training involves a constant effort to develop your psychological robustness and the observance
of a competition-conducive lifestyle throughout the training period.

Mental training workbook (pdf)

Competitions for Everyone

Sara Kaloinen, Päivi Pynnönen & Heikki Saarinen (ed.)

Competitions for Everyone is the first instalment in a publication series whose other segments will cover the topics of professional skills coaching for those with special needs, and how skills competitions are organised.

Competitions for everyone (pdf)

Finland in Focus - Towards 2020 in Vocational Education and Training

CIMO, Luonardo da Vinci -programme

The publication is intended for vocational teachers, expert and working life representatives with a specific interest in Finland. The publication highlights  both European and Finnish developments and  trends regarding the Finnish vocational education and training systems. It includes also excellence in skills training  for international competitions.

Finland in Focus (pdf)

The EEWT Handbook

European Electronics Workshop Team EEWT

Matti Haapanen, Olavi Lähteinen (ed.)

In this book it is well shown how a consortium of European countries together was able to create a new technical outline (TO), tasks and the competition device for the use of EuroSkills 2010 Electronics competition.

The research work bases on the questionnaire directed to the industries and schools and the finalized teaching materials were developed according to the needs of actual working life.

Handbook (pdf)

WorldSkills 2005 Helsinki

Heikki Saarinen & Tuomas Eerola (ed.)

WorldSkills 2005 Helsinki – World Championship Competition in Vocational Skills. Top excellence, success and learning together. (pdf)

WorldSkills 2005 Helsinki
38th WorldSkills Competition

Final Report
Schlussbericht
Rapport Final

In English, Deutsch, Français (pdf)