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vocational

 
 
/vəʊˈkeɪʃənəl/ adjective

Definition

providing skills and education that prepare you for a job: vocational training/course/program People with inadequate vocational training find it difficult to re-enter the workforce. Critics wondered if vocational education really created employment opportunity. → Compare academic adjective
(Definition of vocational adjective from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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