professional training
Job skill development
Professional training is instruction designed to develop skills for a specific occupation or career field.
It ranges from formal certification programs to on-the-job learning: The hospital requires forty hours of professional training annually.
Distinguished from general education by its focus on practical competencies rather than broad knowledge.
Also called professional development, especially for continuing education in established careers.
- internshipsSupervised workplace learning periods
- apprenticeshipsSupervised vocational training periods
- on the jobActively performing duties
- online coursesInternet-based instruction programs
- credentialsEvidence of qualification or identity
diplomas · workshops · mentors · certification programs · seminars · practicum · technical skills · career guidance · learning curve · skills gap · licensure · reskilling · problem-solving · professional standards · industry standards · communication skills · leadership skills · e-learning platforms
- cooking classesknife skills, baking class, bread making, French cooking, Italian cooking
- learning formatsworkshops, webinar, seminars, tutorial, tutorials
- workshopsart workshop, woodworking, cooking class, career workshop, wellness workshop
- balletballet, ballerina, ballet dancer, ballet shoes, tutus
- job trainingapprenticeships, vocational schools, vocational school, mentoring, vocational programs
- dance programsballet school
professional traininggeneral education
Mandatory broad academic requirements
liberal arts education · personal enrichment · leisure pursuits · dilettantism · self-improvement
professional trainingself-teaching
Instructing oneself without guidance
autodidacticism · learning by doing · trial and error · street smarts · life experience
professional traininggeneral education
Mandatory broad academic requirements
liberal education · liberal arts education · classical education · core curriculum · academic study