prevocational

[ pree-voh-key-shuh-nl ]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or constituting preliminary vocational training.

Word History and Origins

Origin of prevocational¹

First recorded in 1910–15; pre- + vocational

Example Sentences

“We call on the British foreign ministry to stop its prevocational activities.”

From Seattle Times

In Washington and elsewhere, subminimum wages are most associated with sheltered workshops offering prevocational services, usually underwritten by Medicaid funds.

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Carpenter and Laws both expressed concern over prevocational training programs, which are intended to prepare workers with disabilities for jobs in the community and often pay subminimum wages.

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From 2013 to 2015, the Northwest Center had 61 workers in prevocational programs.

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The program has since ended, said Emily Miller, human-resources manager at the Northwest Center, and under a federal change, all prevocational training will have to end by 2019.

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