teaching someone how to find an appropriate job, job education
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Vocational training Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
vocational training
n : training for a specific vocation in industry or agriculture or trade [syn: vocational education]
Noun
1. training for a specific vocation in industry or agriculture or trade
(synonym) vocational education
(hypernym) education
Vocational training Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Vocational education or vocational education and training (VET) is an education that prepares trainees for jobs or careers at various levels from a trade to a craft or a position in engineering, accounting, nursing, medicine and other healing arts, architecture, pharmacy, law etc. Craft vocations are usually based on manual or practical activities, traditionally non-academic, related to a specific trade, occupation, or vocation. It is sometimes referred to as technical education as the trainee directly develops expertise in a particular group of techniques. In the UK some higher technician engineering positions that require 4-5 year apprenticeship require academic study to HNC / HND level.
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Vocational training Definition from Law Dictionaries & Glossaries
Educational courses geared towards specific jobs e.g. computers, secretarial. The EU is developing a common policy for admitting non-EU nationals for such training. (See Immigration: Study, vocational training or voluntary service)
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