Events for students 

The Union of Professional Engineers in Finland’s training course on organizational skills (Finnish: Osaavaa Järjestötoimintaa) is the first step in playing an active role in an organization. The training offers good building blocks for those members who are starting to actively participate in the union, and also for those who have been actively participating for a while. 

The training examines one of the key aspects of the organization’s activities, namely meeting techniques. Through exercises and theory, you will learn the twists and turns of meeting techniques, which will certainly be useful in the future, both in association activities and in working life. Also, you will gain a deeper understanding of the societal lobbying activities of the Union in general and from a student’s perspective. The course will also dive into tricks related to sales and marketing and how to use them in practice. 

The training is organized twice a year in three different locations. 

The Union of Professional Engineers in Finland organizes a service marketing training for student activists, which deals with membership benefits, as well as the marketing and sale of services to engineering students. The training also gives you tips on how to succeed in marketing and sales and how to develop your presentation skills for different marketing situations. The skills learned during the training course are also useful outside the organization’s activities. 

The training is intended for board members and liaison officers of local associations who have not previously participated in the training and who will act as union marketers next autumn. The training is held once per year in August. 

At the beginning of the year, the Union of Professional Engineers and the Union of Engineering Students will bring together the chairpersons, secretaries, treasurers, and education policy leaders during a large training course, which trains each participant to perform their specific role. Additionally, the training course will go through general issues related to union activities for the local associations to have the best possible building blocks for the challenges of the year. 

Training is intended for chairpersons of local associations, secretaries, treasurers, and education policy leaders, who have not previously attended job-specific training. The training is held once per year in January.