Taitaja awards encourage entrepreneurship, sustainable development, occupational safety and well-being at work
At the Taitaja2024 event, Fashion Technology, Horse Care and Cleaning Services received challenge awards for common themes.
Fashion Technology, Beauty Therapy, Hairdressing and Floristry organised a fashion show at the closing ceremony for presenting the competition entries. Photo: Skills Finland / Anton Gaudillat (Savo Vocational College)
The common themes of the Taitaja competition are entrepreneurship, sustainable development as well as occupational safety and well-being at work. They must be clearly specified and justified in the description, tasks and assessment criteria of all skills categories. They must also be presented to the competitors and the public.
The Taitaja awards are given to skills categories in which the themes are best realised and displayed. The evaluators who decide on the awards go through all the categories and select the top three for interviews. The interviews take place during the final week, and the winners of each of the three categories receive a challenge award and a diploma on the final day.
Sustainable development: Horse Care emphasised animal and human well-being
Entrepreneurship: Fashion Technology was organised in close co-operation with companies
Taitaja Awards
The common themes of the Taitaja competition are entrepreneurship, sustainable development as well as occupational safety and well-being at work. They must be clearly specified and justified in the description, tasks and assessment criteria of all skills categories. They must also be presented to the competitors and the public.
The Taitaja awards are given to skills categories in which the themes are best realised and displayed. The evaluators who decide on the awards go through all the categories and select the top three for interviews. The interviews take place during the final week, and the winners of each of the three categories receive a challenge award and a diploma on the final day.
The evaluators for Sustainability Award were Anu Salo from Savo Vocational College and Katja Katajamäki from Skills Finland. Skills Finland awards the Taitaja Award in Entrepreneurship together with Suomen Yrittäjät (Federation of Finnish Enterprises) and the evaluators were Mikko Kinnunen from Suomen Yrittäjät, and former competitor, entrepreneur Eemil Pakarinen from EP Steel & Machine. Award for Occupational safety at work is given out together with insurance company LähiTapiola. Evaluators were Eeva Koskela from LähiTapiola and Tiina Kammonen Savo Vocational College.