How to participate in the Competition

The competitors in the Finnish National Championship Taitaja are to be 22 years of age or younger during the year of the competition, and study for a vocational upper secondary qualification at a vocational institution in Finland. The official languages of the competition are Finland’s official languages, Finnish and Swedish.

More information from the websites in Finnish and in Swedish.

Each year we host some international guest competitors to Taitaja.

Certain skills in the Taitaja2026 competition are open for international guest competitors from all around the world. The event will function as an international rehearsal for future Skills competitions. International experts are welcome to participate with their competitors.

Applicable skills as well as timetable and process of application will be announced later. The invitation will be send to national Skills organisations of WorldSkills And WorldSkills Europe member countries.

Please note that all applicants are not automatically accepted to participate in the competition, but everybody will be notified of their application results.

In order to maker participation easier for international competitors and related experts we are planning to offer a package to purchase. Package would contain accomodation, transportation and a special program for international guests. We provide more information about this later.