Labour market training Labour market training is an instrument of labour market policy primarily intended as basic vocational education or further training for the unemployed. Labour market training consits of specially procured labour market training and of labour market training provided within the regular education system. There is no formal system for recognition of further skills and competencies aquired by unemployed in government- funded training programmes. Normally the person having undergone labour market training receives a document describing what is included in the training. Within the regular education system certificates are issued.
Many workplaces have extensive programmes for employees at all levels.
In-house training of this kind may involve anything from practical vocational training to extensive theoretical studies. In addition to this there are the various more or less unorganised forms of training, through e.g. supervision, job rotation, instruction and study visits. The second category of personnel education is suppliers organizing education in connection to delivery of equipment. Companies and public employers also purchase education from the public education system or from private organizers, e.g. the universities and colleges, municipal adult education, the Employment Group or various commercial training companies. In-company training does sometimes result in a diploma or course certificate.