vo-tech
Hands-on career training
Vo-tech is short for vocational-technical, describing education or schools that train students in practical trades and skills rather than academic subjects: She went to vo-tech for automotive repair.
Vo-tech programs cover fields like welding, plumbing, cosmetology, and healthcare.
The term often refers to high schools or community colleges offering such training.
Heat-fusing metal pieces
- automotiveRelating to motor vehicles
- HVACIndoor climate management
- electricalInvolving conducted current
- plumbingWater and waste infrastructure
carpentry · machining · construction · cosmetology · culinary arts · drafting · electronics · manufacturing
Career-focused technical education
- career trainingPreparation for specific occupations
- certificationAttestation of qualification
- diplomaAcademic completion document
- hands-onInvolving direct physical engagement
skilled trades · community college · apprenticeship · curriculum · enrollment · graduation · classroom · workshop
Matching workers to positions
- employabilityQualification for work
- skilled laborTrained professional work
- technicianSkilled practical worker
- journeymanQualified trade worker
licensure · apprentice · entry-level · blue-collar · employer · internship · on-the-job · career readiness
Vocational skills course
- labResearch facility, shortened
- equipmentTools for a task
- toolsDevices for doing work
- machineryCollective mechanical equipment
safety gear · workbench · simulation · computer lab · drafting room · training center · industrial park · campus
welding
Heat-fusing metal pieces
- automotiveRelating to motor vehicles
- HVACIndoor climate management
- electricalInvolving conducted current
plumbing · carpentry · machining · construction · cosmetology · culinary arts · drafting · electronics · manufacturing · metalworking
trade school
Career-focused technical education
- career trainingPreparation for specific occupations
- certificationAttestation of qualification
- diplomaAcademic completion document
hands-on · skilled trades · community college · apprenticeship · curriculum · enrollment · graduation · classroom · workshop · instructor
job placement
Matching workers to positions
- employabilityQualification for work
- skilled laborTrained professional work
- technicianSkilled practical worker
journeyman · licensure · apprentice · entry-level · blue-collar · employer · internship · on-the-job · career readiness · job market
shop class
Vocational skills course
machinery · safety gear · workbench · simulation · computer lab · drafting room · training center · industrial park · campus · career center
- school programsAP, honors, scholarship, honors program, AP classes
- job trainingjob training, apprenticeships, mentoring, coaching, on-the-job training
- alternative educationalternative schools, democratic education, homeschooling, homeschool, unschooling
vo-techliberal arts
Non-vocational higher education
college prep · classical education · academic track · humanities · general education
vo-techIvy League
Elite university athletic conference
prep school · finishing school · Oxford · boarding school · private school
vocational, vocation, vocations, vocationally, technical, technically, technicality, technicalities, technique