Vocational retraining

When your vocational rehabilitation plan is vocational retraining, please provide us with the relevant information. You can present your plan in conjunction with your vocational rehabilitation application or in MyPension once you have received a preliminary decision on vocational rehabilitation.

In your plan, please detail: 

• The name of the qualification or partial qualification
• The estimated duration of your studies
• The body organising the training  

Once we have received your plan, we will assess its suitability for your health and your overall situation. We will then get in touch with you to provide further instructions. Read more about the rehabilitation plan

Apply via normal student admissions.

Once we have approved your rehabilitation plan and you have secured a place of study, please submit to us: 

• A notification of your student admission 
• Ilmarinen’s study certificate (the form is available in Finnish or Swedish) filled out by a representative of the educational institution once your training begins. You will then receive a rehabilitation allowance decision for the duration of your training. 
• Your tax card for the benefit

Always submit your student certificate in August and your tax card at the turn of the year

Ask the representative of your educational institution to fill out the attached Ilmarinen’s study certificate (the form is available in Finnish or Swedish) and always send it to us in August for the duration of your studies. We need your student certificate in order to: 

• Track the progress of your studies
• Pay you a rehabilitation allowance
• Reimburse you for any purchases resulting from your studies. Read more about reimbursements of expenses

Always send your tax card to us at the turn of the year. 

Let us know about any changes in your studies

You will receive a rehabilitation allowance from us during your studies. If your studies are interrupted or postponed due to sick leave, for example, please contact your rehabilitation specialist. Also contact them if you graduate earlier than planned. For the contact details of your rehabilitation specialist, see your rehabilitation decision in MyPension.

If you work during your studies

If you are working during your studies, make sure that the income from your paid employment does not exceed your personal income limit. To find out your income limit, contact your rehabilitation specialist or our customer service. 

You will also receive the rehabilitation allowance during summer. Your options in summer include: 

• Studying   
• Work placement 
• Working 
• Entering a work trial relevant for your field of study 

If your studies take several years, you can take a one-month summer holiday. However, any holiday that is longer than one month must be used to advance your studies. You do not need to notify us separately of summer studies or a work placement.

An unpaid work trial for the summer?

If you would like to try a work trial in summer, contact your rehabilitation specialist to arrange it. After that, also arrange it and sign an agreement with the work trial place. Your rehabilitation specialist will submit the agreement to your work trial place. Fill out the form together and return it to us at the start of your work trial. Ilmarinen will take out accident insurance for the duration of the work trial.

After completing your qualification, send us a copy of your diploma. The easiest way is to do it via MyPension. If you fail to find a job after studying for a new profession in vocational rehabilitation, you can receive help with job-seeking and finding employment from employment services (tyomarkkinatori.fi).