Explore the new Abilympics skills: Business, Logistics and Property Management
27.10.2026
Abilympics Helsinki 2027 competition will introduce three new skills: Business, Logistics and Property Management. The new skills represent an expansion of the competition’s scope and reflect the evolving demands of modern industries and vocational excellence. In Finland, these skills have been organised as part of Taitaja national skills competition for several years.
Business
A professional in business is able to operate in a customer-oriented manner and serve customers. They have good teamwork and communication skills. A professional in customer service is able to search information about products and services as well as inform the customers about them.
Marika Carlborg, the Skill Manager for Business at Abilympics Helsinki 2027 and a special education teacher with many years’ experience in skills competitions, shares her experiences in the blog and reflects on preparing the first-ever Business skill at the International Abilympics.
Logistics
The Logistics skill covers the reception and storage of items, collection and shipping of items, inventory and stock management and forklift driver tasks. A professional in logistics should understand about storage economy and its effects on company economy, as well as the basics about international material distributions.
Henry Mäkinen, an experienced logistics professional who has been involved in organising skills competitions, shares insights into the Logistics skill in his blog, along with his experiences of running competitions and what participating can offer competitors.
Property Management
The Property Management skill covers maintenance, servicing and repair of properties, as well as customer service in real estate maintenance companies, municipalities, or industrial companies. The tasks vary from taking care of yard areas, doing minor maintenance and repair work, and monitoring the technology of the property.
Hannu Pahajoki, a Property Management and Special Education Teacher with extensive experience in skills competitions, shares in his blog his insights and experiences from the Property Management skill at national competitions and Abilympics, as well as the benefits of participation for competitors and delegations.
