Vocational Training

Definition: Vocational Training

Vocational Training

Noun

1. Training for a specific vocation in industry or agriculture or trade.

Domain	Definitions
Labor	Any form of education which prepares for a qualification for a particular profession, trade or employment or which provides the necessary skills for such a profession, trade or employment(European Court of Justice, Gravier Case 293/83 ECR 1985). Source: European Union. (references)
Law	Activities which essentially aim at providing the skills, knowledge and aptitudes required for employment in a particular occupation(or a group of related occupations)in any field of economic activity. Source: European Union. (references)
Statistics	Payments made by social security funds or public agencies to institutions which provide professional training to people without a job or at risk of losing their job shortly to develop their potential for further employment. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
VOTE	English	Society for the Promotion of Vocational Training and Education	Education
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonym: Vocational Training

Synonym: vocational education (n). (additional references)

Domain	Title
Books	Assessing Successful Strategies in Bilingual Vocational Training Programs (reference) Thesaurus of Vocational Training 1992 (reference) Training Programs and Placement Services: Vocational Training and Placement of the Severely Handicapped (reference) Training the East German Labour Force: Microeconometric Evaluations of Continuous Vocational Training After Unification (Studies in Contemporary econ (reference) Vocational Training Enterprises in Taiwan [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference) (more book examples) (more periodical examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	U.S. Army General Hospital No. 36, Detroit, Michigan. : Patient learning vocational training work while in bed.Credit: National Library of Medicine.		[A vocational training class].Credit: National Library of Medicine.
	Young women putting print on cloth as vocational training under the National Youth Administration resident project, Camp Roosevelt, Ocala, Florida.Credit: Library of Congress.		Young men working on telephone poles in Maine as vocational training under the National Youth Administration program.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Men working on automobiles in vocational training station, Perryville, Md.Credit: Library of Congress.		Young women using sewing machines as vocational training under the National Youth Administration resident project, Camp Roosevelt, Ocala, Florida.Credit: Library of Congress.
	In the woodwork vocational training class, at the FSA (Farm Security Administration) farmworkers community, Eleven Mile Corner, Arizona.Credit: Library of Congress.		Hooking rugs. This is part of the vocational training program at La Plata project of the P.R.R.A. (Puerto Rico Resettlement Administration). La Plata, Puerto Rico.Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Continuing physical therapy addresses movement problems and is supplemented by vocational training, recreation and leisure programs, and special education when necessary. (references)
		Surgery should be performed at hospitals equipped with modern technology and staffed by multidisciplinary teams capable of preoperative diagnosis, selection of medical and surgical treatments, comprehensive postoperative evaluation, and ambulatory rehabilitative care. Rehabilitation should include the transition of patients to a seizure-free or almost seizure-free lifestyle with respect to psychological and social adjustment, education, and vocational training. (references)
Business		The portion of the State budget earmarked for technical and vocational training is inadequate. (references)
		Singapore, Thailand and Japan are also very active, especially in the field of vocational training. (references)
		Basic education, vocational training and skills development programs have not been developed to their fullest extent. (references)
Children	Sierra Leone	Such programs involve reconstructive surgery, prostheses, and vocational training to help them acquire new work skills. (references)
	Nigeria	In August the Federal Government established vocational training centers in Abuja to provide training to beggars with disabilities. (references)
	Ethiopia	For example, the Amhara Development Association operates a project to provide vocational training to disabled war veterans in Bahir Dar. (references)
Civil Liberties	Oman	The law states that the Ministry of Social Affairs, Labor, and Vocational Training must approve the establishment of all organizations and their by-laws; however, some groups are allowed to function without formal registration. (references)
Economic History	Hong Kong	Most stay on for a 2-year senior secondary course, while others join full-time vocational training. (references)
	Grenada	About 10 Peace Corps volunteers in Grenada teach remedial reading, English-language skills, and vocational training. (references)
Human Rights	Russia	The PCPR reports that such facilities have a poor psychological atmosphere and lack educational and vocational training opportunities. (references)
	Romania	Prison authorities introduced some vocational training programs to assist inmates' future integration into society, which also led to some improvement. (references)
	Somalia	Overcrowding, poor sanitary conditions, a lack of access to adequate health care, and an absence of education and vocational training characterized prisons throughout the country. (references)
Political Economy	PAKISTAN	In the social sector, including education, technical and vocational training, human resource development and medical and diagnostic services, foreign investment with 100 percent ownership of equity is permitted, provided a minimum-equity requirement of $0.3 million is met. (references)
Trade	Tunisia	THE EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK (EIB) AND THE JAPANESE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND ARE BOTH INVOLVED IN FINANCING A VARIETY OF MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING. (references)
	Yemen	While a good portion of this amount will be balance of payments support, the majority of these funds will go to water and sewage projects, airport rehabilitation, road construction, agriculture, social welfare, and vocational training. (references)
Women	Oman	Within the Government, women's affairs are the responsibility of the Ministry of Social Affairs, Labor, and Vocational Training. (references)
	Ghana	Women's rights groups are active in educational campaigns and in programs to provide vocational training, legal aid, and other support to women. (references)
	Germany	The Government continued to implement its multiyear action plan, "Women and Occupation," adopted in 1999. The program promotes the equality of women and men in the workforce, including increased vocational training for women, greater representation of women in political advisory councils, and the promotion of female entrepreneurs through government grants and participation in regional projects earmarked for women. (references)
Worker Rights	Ghana	In many cases, the children never receive the education or vocational training the recruiters promised. (references)
	Malawi	Unions must register with the Registrar of Trade Unions and Employers' Organizations in the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training (MOLVT). (references)
	Vietnam	Government agencies work with international NGO's on mass media campaigns, community outreach visits, distribution of leaflets, and vocational training in their efforts to prevent trafficking. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "vocational training": adult vocational training ♦ continuing vocational training. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "vocational training"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		kualifikim profesional. (various references)

Bulgarian		професионална подготовка, професионален курс. (various references)

Danish		faglig uddannelse (industrial training, occupational training, vocational education), erhvervsuddannelse (industrial training, occupational training, vocational education), erhvervsfaglig uddannelse, arbejdsmaessig oplaering (industrial training, occupational training, vocational education). (various references)

Dutch		vakopleiding (industrial training, occupational training, vocational education), BOL (ball, ball-bearing, bulb, crown, dome, globe, sphere, vault, vaulted ceiling), beroepsopleiding (industrial training, occupational training, vocational education), beroepsopleidende leerweg. (various references)

Finnish		ammattikoulutus (craft, guild, trade), ammatillinen koulutus (technical education, vocational education). (various references)

French		formation professionnelle (vocational education). (various references)

German		Fachbildung,Berufserziehung (industrial training, occupational training, vocational education), Fachbildung (shedding), Fachausbildung (industrial training, occupational training, special training, vocational education), Berufsbildung (industrial training, occupational training, vocational education), Berufsausbildung (industrial training, occupational training, professional training, technical education, vocational education), berufliche Ausbildung (industrial training, occupational training, vocational education). (various references)

Greek		επαγγελματική κατάρτιση (industrial training, occupational training, vocational education), επαγγελματική εκπαίδευση (industrial training, occupational training, vocational education), επαγγελματική επιμόρφωση (industrial training, occupational training, vocational education), τεχνική κατάρτιση. (various references)

Italian		formazione professionale (industrial training, occupational training, vocational education). (various references)

Pig Latin		ocationalvay ainingtray

Portuguese		formação técnica, formação profissional (industrial training, occupational training, vocational education). (various references)

Russian		профессиональный образование. (various references)

Spanish		formación profesional (industrial training, job training, occupational training, vocational education), enseñanza profesional (industrial training, occupational training, vocational education). (various references)

Swedish		yrkesutbildning. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-a-c-g-i-i-i-l-n-n-n-o-o-r-t-t-v"
	-2 letters: nongravitational.
	-5 letters: gravitational, incantational, ratiocinating, ratiocination.
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

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HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0056 006F 0063 0061 0074 0069 006F 006E 0061 006C 0054 0072 0061 0069 006E 0069 006E 0067

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

Expression	Frequency per Day
vocational training	83
vocational training school	11
vocational training california	9
vocational training in california	6
austin vocational training	6
computer vocational training	5
florida vocational training	5
vocational training council	4
online vocational training	4
vocational training center	3
pennsylvania vocational training	2
vocational training grant	2
texas vocational training	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Vocational Training

Definition: Vocational Training