The objective of the TET-tori project for Practical Professional Orientation for 13 - 16 year olds is to improve pupils' knowledge about professions and working life. The PPO periods (stipulated in the general curriculum of the Finnish compulsory school for 7-16 year olds) where pupils go out into working life for a shorter period of time, give them the opportunity to gain the kind of experiences that can help them choose their future education and profession better.
To reach these goals, close cooperation between business, employers and schools is necessary. A web site, the TET-tori has been set up to provide information about and for employers and future employees in the region.
On the TET-tori website, adolescents can find information about jobs and education in the region as well as practical advice on the PPO periods. The website also facilitates the work of teachers and study advisors, since the forms and sheets needed in the process can be downloaded and since the information of the site can be used for counselling. For local employers, the site is handy for advertising suitable jobs for PPO apprentices and for learning about how the PPOs should be arranged in practice.
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A period of work experience is part of Finnish comprehensive school curriculum. The aim is that the pupil must be able to gain personal experience with working life and vocations in genuine work environments and school is not that most of the times.
A period of work experience is central part of cooperation between the local labour market and business community and comprehensive school. The period acquires basic information about working life and different vocational fields for students.
While introducing working life students are not workers, but they are still observing working life in company they have chosen themselves. Periods of eork experience are to be organized for the pupils as a basis for their educational and occupational choices, and to enhance their respect for work.
Students can do small tasks while they are in the field, but their working hours are only 6 hours per day. In connection with the introduction to working life, the pupils are to be given a chance to evaluate the information and experience they have acquired.
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