vocational skill
collocation in Englishmeaningsofvocationalandskill
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vocational
adjective
uk/vəʊˈkeɪ.ʃən.əl/us/voʊˈkeɪ.ʃən.əl/
(of an educational course or a qualification) providing knowledge and skills that prepare you for a ...
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skill
noun[C or U]
uk/skɪl/us/skɪl/
an ability to do an activity or job well, especially because you have ...
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(Definition ofvocationalandskillfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The employees in the retail trade not only learned avocationalskill, but they also learned a specific social behaviour which excluded the idea of trade union organisation.
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In a year or two's time, there will be up to 700,000 young people engaged onvocationalskilltraining.
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This allows for learning in an authentic context that fosters the natural development of the particularvocationalskill.
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These centres are equipped with libraries, computers, databases for marketing and government support and facilities for training andvocationalskill-building.
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The school taught printing as avocationalskill.
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They lacked vocational skills and have never worked.
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The company regarded that as the fault of the schools, which had tolerated those attitudes and downgraded vocational skills.
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Those schemes provide an exciting opportunity for pupils aged 14 to 16 of all abilities to develop vocational skills.
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Statistics on female prisoners suggest a generally low level of education and a lack of vocational skills.
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For some children, that will be an education that is firmly based in learning practical and vocational skills.
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The national vocational qualifications that are mainly talked about partake of specific vocational skills.
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It is imperative that we actively promote the concept of vocational skills.
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We need to improve vocational skills, and we should be moving in the direction of fusing the vocational and academic routes in post-16 education.
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It will also mean that our new foundation degrees will be developed and expanded to meet the ever-growing demand from employers for advanced vocational skills.
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I conclude with a few words on the issue of vocational skills.
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We would like a regional college for vocational skills and will need extra money for that.
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The reform in education through the national curriculum and an emphasis on vocational skills offers greater choice to parents and better education for children.
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Again, the services offered include training in languages and vocational skills to prepare refugees for resettlement elsewhere.
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Not all children are academic, and vocational skills must be taken into consideration.
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Above all, there is an appalling lack of technical training for vocational skills.
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