occupational training
Learning work skills
Occupational training is education focused on developing skills for a specific job or trade.
Unlike general academic education, it prepares workers for particular careers—electricians, nurses, welders, dental hygienists.
The training may occur at vocational schools, community colleges, or through apprenticeships: She completed occupational training to become a medical coder.
- upskillingLearning new work abilities
- trade schoolsJob-focused training institutions
- blue collarManual labor workforce
- licensureOfficial permission to practice
- practicumSupervised practical training
apprenticeship · learning the ropes · credentialing · skill acquisition · traineeship · technical workshops · hands-on learning · accreditation · vocational education · community college · night school · lifelong learning · career coaching · job readiness · certification exams · resume building · technical education · interpersonal skills
- job trainingapprenticeships, vocational schools, vocational school, mentoring, vocational programs
- professional educationcontinuing education, professional development, professional courses, professional degrees, vocational college
- vocational trainingapprenticeship, apprenticeships, trade school, trade schools, vocational school
- vocational rehabilitationjob placement, job coaching, job coach, employment services, job readiness
- job searchjob hunting, job boards, job search, job fairs, job fair
occupational trainingliberal arts education
Broad, non-vocational scholarly training
general education · classical education · liberal education · fine arts education · pure research
occupational trainingself-education
Independent pursuit of knowledge
autodidacticism · life experience · self-teaching · learning by doing · personal enrichment