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Live your dreams – come and study in Hiiumaa!
Both our vocational studies and continuing education takes place in Estonian language.
Admission to the 2025/2026 academic year of the Hiiumaa Vocational School in the beautiful Suuremõisa manor is open from 19 May to 15 August 2025. In August, by prior arrangement, documents can also be accepted at the school.
Our specialities:
- Log House Builder, level 4/ two years
- Restorer of Timber Structures, level 5/ one year
- Small-Craft Harbour Specialist, level 4/ one year
- Plastics Processing Technician (N.B.: work-based), level 4/ nine months
Florist - paid training
Urban gardener - paid training
Landscaper - paid training
Winter admission (1 November 2025 to 9 January 2026):
- Bus Driver, level 4/ six months
- Truck Driver, level 4/ six months
Why study in Hiiumaa?
- sessional studies, 3–5 days per month, combined with e-learning, company-based internship, and independent work.
- teachers are masters in their field
- motivated and enthusiastic fellow students
- the opportunity to apply for an Erasmus+ mobility grant
- comfortable and affordable student hostel
- inspirational historic learning environment
In addition to vocational studies, we offer a range of open-access courses and training for adults looking to expand their skills, explore new interests, or stay current in today’s fast-changing world.
Come and learn in the wonderful Suuremõisa Manor!
Teaching has been practiced in the Hiiu-Suuremõisa Manor for 200 years. Today, the manor's main building is home to two schools: Suuremõisa Kindergarten-Primary School and Hiiumaa Vocational School. The main building, which was commissioned by Countess Ebba Margaretha Stenbock in 1772, was restored in 2014-2015. Come and acquire skills in an inspiring historical environment.
Read more about the manor HERE.
Want to know how to build a house? Come and learn to be a log house builder!
During your two-year Log House Builder apprenticeship, you will get lots of practical training, plus the chance to work in a company of your choice and apply for an Erasmus+ mobility. You will acquire skills in, among other things, timber construction, timber framework construction and material preparation. You can take part in vocational competitions.
You'll learn in the school's spacious log shed, heated in winter by a cosy bullrunner.
Can you appreciate the old? Come and learn to be a restorer of wooden buildings!
Interested in preserving architectural heritage? Are you a trained and experienced heritage carpenter or handcrafted log house builder? Then you're just the right candidate for our Level 5 Restorer of Timber Structures a specialist in the field of building restoration.
You can learn in the wonderful Suuremõisa Manor, but also get to know many of the best examples of restoration in Hiiumaa and on the mainland. During your year-long apprenticeship, you will learn to distinguish between conservation, restoration and repair, and you will acquire the general principles of heritage conservation. The majority of the training takes place in enterprises. This is preceded by the acquisition of the necessary knowledge and additional skills, and followed by an analysis and formalisation of the work done at school. You can also apply for an Erasmus+ mobility!
Want your own harbour and lighthouse? Come and become a small harbour specialist!
You'll find your own port in life, but a year's training as a Small-Craft Harbour Specialist can be your lighthouse. It's a profession you can only learn at our vocational school in Estonia. You will learn how to organise a small harbour and acquire knowledge in the fields of business, water traffic, tourism, environmental management, maritime transport, fisheries and more. You'll do a traineeship in a port of your choice and you can also apply for an Erasmus+ mobility grant. Classes will take place in the wonderful Suuremõisa Manor as well as in different harbours of Hiiumaa. At the end you will take a school exam.
Sounds good? The profession of Small-Craft Harbour Specialist has continued to be very popular over the years – but there is no shortage of small ports in Estonia.
Working in a plastics company and want to improve your skills? Hiiumaa Vocational School offers workplace-based training!
Are you an employer who wants to offer your employees the opportunity to develop their skills? Or do you work in a plastics company and want to become an even better plastics processing machine operator? The Hiiumaa Vocational School's Level 4 Plastics Processing Technician training is work-based, i.e. 1/3 of the training is done at school and 2/3 in the company. The school part of the training is carried out in cooperation with Tallinn University of Applied Sciences.
The prerequisite for enrolment is employment in the plastics industry. The training takes place once a month in three-day sessions and via e-learning, plus work experience in an existing workplace.
The training will culminate in a vocational examination as a plastics processing fitter.
Want to get into an occupation that's always in demand? Come and learn to be a bus driver!
Admission to the Bus Driver specialisation will open on 1 November, with studies starting in February 2026. All our courses are open to both men and women, including bus drivers.
The courses will be held once a month in three- to four-day sessions. You can enjoy theory lessons in the historic Suuremõisa Manor or elsewhere in Hiiumaa, plus practical training in a transport company and driving lessons for 30 hours at agreed times either in Hiiumaa or on the mainland.
Please note: The age of the student must be at least 24 years at the start of the studies.
Are the wide roads calling you? Come and learn to be a truck driver!
Admission to the Truck Driver specialisation will open on 1 November 2025, with studies starting in February 2026. By the way, all our courses are open to both men and women, including truck driving.
The courses will be held once a month in three- to four-day sessions. You can enjoy theory lessons in the historic Suuremõisa Manor or elsewhere in Hiiumaa, plus practical training in a transport company and driving lessons for 20 hours at agreed times either in Hiiumaa or on the mainland.
Please note: The age of the student must be at least 21 years at the start of the studies.
Diverse training courses open doors and enrich everyday life! From time management to gardening and construction, come and improve your skills.
This spring and autumn, new free training courses are starting at Hiiumaa Vocational School, where we are looking forward to welcoming people from Hiiumaa and beyond the sea
"Swedish for beginners in the service sector" "Service English for beginners," "Dendrology and Forest Pathology," "Preparatory course for the level 4 examination in beach fishing," "Technical drawing with AutoCAD," "Seasonal maintenance of small vessels and boats," "Web-based communication environments." In total, 17 different free training courses will take place from spring to autumn.
For more information, see the Hiiumaa Vocational School's calendar of continuing education courses.
All participants will be provided with discounted accommodation in the student dormitory.
Hiiumaa Vocational School is a partner of the Unemployment Insurance Fund.