vocational
Trades and skills
Vocational describes things related to a particular occupation or trade, especially skilled manual or technical work.
Vocational training or vocational education prepares people for specific careers rather than providing general academic knowledge.
A vocational school teaches practical skills like plumbing, welding, or cosmetology.
The word often implies hands-on preparation for work that doesn't require a traditional four-year college degree, though this distinction has softened as career-focused education gains broader respect.
One's regular paid work
- employmentPaid occupation status
- livelihoodMeans of earning income
- professionTrained occupational field
- jobPaid position of employment
blue-collar · skilled labor · trade · field · pathway · recruitment · placement · job market
Learning trade through employment
- trade schoolCareer-focused technical education
- certificationAttestation of qualification
- diplomaAcademic completion document
- curriculumEducational program's content plan
internship · practicum · co-op program · work-study · credential · qualification · instructor · pedagogy
Skilled manual tradesperson
- woodworkingCraft of shaping lumber
- potteryFired clay objects
- weavingInterlacing strands into fabric
- blacksmithingForging iron by hand
tailoring · leatherwork · glassblowing · upholstery · cabinetry · watchmaking · bookbinding · engraving
Heat-fusing metal pieces
- plumbingWater and waste infrastructure
- carpentryWood construction trade
- electricalInvolving conducted current
- machiningSubtractive metalworking process
HVAC · automotive · masonry · drafting · fabrication · soldering · mechanics · tooling
occupation
One's regular paid work
- employmentPaid occupation status
- livelihoodMeans of earning income
- professionTrained occupational field
job · blue-collar · skilled labor · trade · field · pathway · recruitment · placement · job market · employability
apprenticeship
Learning trade through employment
- trade schoolCareer-focused technical education
- certificationAttestation of qualification
- diplomaAcademic completion document
curriculum · internship · practicum · co-op program · work-study · credential · qualification · instructor · pedagogy · syllabus
artisan
Skilled manual tradesperson
- woodworkingCraft of shaping lumber
- potteryFired clay objects
- weavingInterlacing strands into fabric
blacksmithing · tailoring · leatherwork · glassblowing · upholstery · cabinetry · watchmaking · bookbinding · engraving · locksmithing
welding
Heat-fusing metal pieces
- plumbingWater and waste infrastructure
- carpentryWood construction trade
- electricalInvolving conducted current
machining · HVAC · automotive · masonry · drafting · fabrication · soldering · mechanics · tooling · hydraulics
- employmentjob, jobs, career, careers, interview
- blue-collarblue collar, blue-collar, laborer, factory worker, construction worker
- job typesfull-time, part-time, temporary, seasonal, freelance
- practical learninghands-on, hands-on learning, learning by doing, experiential, trade school
- job trainingjob training, apprenticeships, mentoring, coaching, on-the-job training
- technical educationtechnical institute, technical training, trade school, trade schools, engineering school
vocationalacademic
Relating to education or theory
liberal arts · theoretical · scholarly · intellectual · classical
vocationaltheoretical
Based on hypothesis, untested
abstract · conceptual · philosophical · contemplative · ivory-tower
vocationalnonvocational
Not job-related
avocational · recreational · leisurely · hobbyist · amateur
- vocational trainingJob-skill education
- vocational schoolsInstitutions teaching practical job skills
- vocational collegesSchools for career-specific training
- vocational educationTraining for specific occupations
- vocational programsTraining for specific careers
- vocational high schoolsJob-training secondary institutions
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