Vocational Training Can Lead to a High Paying Job
Learning a vocation or trade is a good way to secure your future.
CITE: Gocollege.com
Vocational education is a type of education that is geared toward people who possess practical skills that allow them to do jobs that involve practical and manual abilities, such as repairing cars. Vocational school is also called technical school.
Your plumber or air conditioner repairman may have both graduated from a vocational school. Many hairstylists began their training while in high school at a vocational school.
A vocational school is a post-secondary institution, or an alternative to traditional high school that teaches students the skills they need to do certain jobs.
Some young people simply do not what to go to college. They have no interest in sitting in a classroom learning about literature or a foreign language. They know that they are good with their hands and want to pursue a career that lets them use their hands.
Vocational education has a pragmatic and pointed focus instead of an academic focus. It is a type of education that is geared to people who want to begin working in a particular field that interests it.
Upon completion of vocational school, a student is generally eligible to be licensed in his field of study if a license is required. The individual can start working right away.
An example of a government-supported vocational program for those who have low income is Job Corps, which provides housing and support along with a vocational education. The government is aware that it is wise to make available this type of school for individuals with technical skills who have no interest in college or academia. There is always a need for people who can fix or build things.
Vocational schools aren’t as expensive as traditional colleges and the graduates are usually able to find a job immediately after graduation. Learning a new trade may require investing in some equipment, such as plumbing tools if the student wants to become a plumber, just like books are required for those in college.
Trade or vocational educations appeal to many because it is a fast track to a job that is going to pay well. Vocational schools also appeal to adults who want to go into another line of work.
A talented tradesman can make a high salary.
If a student undergoes vocational training and then decides that he wants to pursue a degree at a four year college his credits from trade school may be transferable.
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MY TAKE:
If your child announces that he is far more interested in going to vocational or technical school than he to college, be supportive of him. Such training can lead to a high-paying and secure career. Not everyone is cut out to go to a four-year college. For some that is about as appealing as having a tooth pulled. Vocational training can give your child, or even yourself, good, solid and useful training and a set of skills that is going to earn you money.
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