workplace training
On-the-job education
Workplace training is instruction provided by employers to develop employees' skills, knowledge, or competencies.
It ranges from onboarding for new hires to ongoing professional development: The company requires workplace training on harassment prevention.
Training may be conducted in-house, through external programs, or via online modules.
Also called job training or occupational training.
- upskillingLearning new work abilities
- soft skillsInterpersonal workplace competencies
- mentorship programsStructured expert-novice pairings
- executive coachingPersonalized development for leaders
- OSHA guidelinesFederal workplace safety rules
practice · onboarding · safety drills · fire drill · safety video · simulation · role playing · apprenticeship · workshops · lunch and learn · team building · professional development · e-learning · coding bootcamps · internships · learning curve · shadowing · on the job
- job trainingapprenticeships, vocational schools, vocational school, mentoring, vocational programs
- vocational trainingapprenticeship, apprenticeships, trade school, trade schools, vocational school
- workplace lawemployment law, labor boards, OSHA, occupational safety, wage laws
- literacyliteracy, reading, spelling, alphabet, writing
- socializationsocialization, social learning, enculturation, norms, values
- labor lawlabor code, labor law, labor laws, labor standards, labour law
workplace traininguniversity education
Post-secondary academic training
formal education · higher education · vocational school · K-12 education · college degree
workplace trainingsink or swim
Succeed alone or fail
learning by doing · trial and error · self-teaching · baptism by fire · autodidacticism