Welfare Technology

The competition tasks of this skill category are based on the Vocational Qualifications in Social and Health Care as well as Information and Communication Technology. The professional titles of the basic degrees are for example practical nurse, basic-level paramedic and well-being technology installers. The tasks within health and well-being technology are customer-oriented and require multiprofessional cooperation in social welfare and health care operating environments and companies in the well-being technology sector.

Schedule and information

Semifinal

Semifinals are organised in Finnish and in Swedish. Information is only published in those languages.

Final

The page will be launched in March 2026.

Results

The results will be published after the final.

Description of the skill

Well-being technology is a multiprofessional field in which the competing pair works to promote clients’ functional capacity. The pair makes versatile use of health and well-being technology solutions to support clients’ well-being, functional capacity, coping and safety at all stages of their life cycle.

Well-being technology requires multiprofessional cooperation and customer service skills.

The competition is a paired skill category with no age limit.

Skill requirements

The pair must have competence in the following modules to the extent of excellent competence:

Vocational Qualification in Social and Health Care

Encountering and guiding the customer
Well-being and functional capacity promotion
Pharmacotherapy in the practical nurse’s area of responsibility
Health and well-being technology in promoting functional capacity

Vocational Qualification in Information and Communication Technology

Basic ICT tasks
Using well-being technology to support clients’ coping with everyday life

Skill competition managers

Jaana Väntsi

jaana.vantsi@keuda.fi

Päivi Sinisalo

paivi.sinisalo@keuda.fi

Skill steering group

The Skill Steering Group will be appointed during autumn 2025.