Technical school

In the, a technical school is a that covers fields such as business, finance, hospitality, tourism, construction, engineering, visual arts, information technology and community work.

Associations supporting technical schools
The is the largest U.S. education association dedicated to promoting career and technical education.

United States military
Technical school is also the term used in the for the job specific training given immediately after. Though similar to the training provided by a two-year college, the training is much more concise, eschewing any coursework outside the minimum necessary to begin working in the chosen career field; additionally, the training is more time intensive, often including more than nine in-class hours per day. technical school is typically one to three months in duration, though some schools are as short as two weeks or as long as two years.

Upon graduation, military technical school recruits are qualified only as apprentices and must work under supervision until they have completed a more extensive on-the-job training program. Many times the military training can be converted to standard university credits, leaving the graduating recruit with only a few general education requirement courses (such as speech or composition) to complete in order to receive the more traditional two-year technical school diploma referenced above.