What is vocational training?
Vocational training refers to the imparting of specialised skills and knowledge, and instilling social and political attitudes and behaviour patterns essential for successful economic activities by people engaged in dependent employment, self-employment or subsistence work. (See: A Guide to Curriculum Revision and Development, in the references.) Vocational training can be of various types depending on the way it has been acquired. ‘Formal training’ refers to all training courses held in state or private (but state-certified) institutions and regulated by state guidelines. ‘Non-formal training’ covers all forms of training which takes place without being subject to state guidelines. In-company apprenticeships, both in formal or informal sector enterprises, is one of the most common forms of non-formal training. This kind of training also includes all programmes and projects offering skills-upgrading for those already active on the labour market, but who wish to extend their competencie
