technical training

Hands-on career preparation

Technical training is instruction focused on practical skills for a specific job or trade, as opposed to general education.

It covers hands-on competencies: technical training in welding, technical training for medical equipment.

The term often distinguishes vocational preparation from academic study, emphasizing what workers need to perform particular tasks.

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educational philosophy

technical trainingliberal arts education

Broad, non-vocational scholarly training

liberal arts · general education · classical education · arts education · liberal education

learning methodology

technical trainingself-teaching

Instructing oneself without guidance

autodidacticism · self-taught · informal education · learning by doing · trial and error

knowledge type

technical trainingpeople skills

Ability to interact well

character education · management training · social skills · artistic training

Family

training, technical

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