FOR STUDENTS The Vocational Professional’s Work Capacity Certificate is an indication that you can manage issues related to your work capacity and well-being at work. The Work Capacity Certificate studies demonstrate to your employer that you are interested in taking care of yourself. It strengthens your position in the labour market. The objective of the Work Capacity Certificate is to increase your knowledge, skills and motivation to take care of your health and well-being during and after your studies. The objective is to gain an understanding that taking care of your work capacity is part of your professional skills. FOR TEACHERS These pages pragmatically explain how to take care of your work capacity. The pages can be used as assistance when completing the Vocational Professional’s Work Capacity Certificate. The Vocational Professionals’ Work Capacity Certificate affect the well-being behaviour of the students. The objective is to increase the students’ knowledge, skills and motivation to take care of their own health and well-being during and after studying, while introducing the maintaining of well-being at work as part of the lifestyle. The second paragraph of the Vocational Education and Training Act states that the purpose of the qualifications and education is to provide capabilities for continuous maintenance of work and functional capacity, and to support the students’ development into good, balanced and educated people. The introduction of the Work Capacity Certificate promotes and enables the learning of these capabilities.