Vocational Learning

Throughout this website your will see the word ‘vocational’ used.

The information below explains its meaning in more detail.

Vocational education is training that prepares people to work as a technician or to take up employment in a skilled craft or trade.

Vocational qualifications refer to work-related qualifications. They are designed to enable individuals to acquire knowledge and skills that are required by the National Occupational Standards (NOS) to be able to perform a particular job.

Vocational skills are practical skills that help an individual become proficient in a trade or profession. These skills prepare you to work in a skills-based career, such as working as an artisan, carpenter, mason, electrician and other trades and crafts.

CTP’s vocational courses are designed to help young people learn in a practical way about a specific job area – helping them to get the skills needed to start a job, progress in a career or go on to higher levels of education.