Proposal:Trade school
| Trade school | |
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| Proposal status: | Abandoned (inactive) |
| Proposed by: | KTyler |
| Tagging: | amenity=trade_school |
| Applies to: | 
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| Definition: | A post-secondary, often private for-profit, training center for a specific trade. |
| Statistics: |
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| Rendered as: | Free text and/or picture e.g. grad cap, or generic skilled-trade symbols |
| Draft started: | 2012-05-18 |
| RFC start: | 2012-05-18 |
Proposal
A trade school is a post-secondary school that provides practicable training for an industry or skill. Typically targeted at those who do not plan to attend tertiary education (aka university), although like Wikipedia:Community college, sometimes leads to it. Usually a much shorter matriculation period (1-2 years). NOT a degree-granting instiution (e.g. JD or MD etc.); or no more than Associate's (no Bachelor's). Often grants "certificates". Sometimes these certificates have legal weight in certain jurisdictions (i.e. required to practice the trade)
Rationale
A trade school is separate from a degree-granting institution and is separate from required schooling and is generally not provided as a government service or for free.
Some trade schools offer associate's degree or certificate programs, but no bachelor's or higher programs.
Post-tertiary schools, in which you receive degrees beyond bachelor's (i.e. masters or doctorate) -- e.g. medical school, law school, MBA business school -- are specifically not trade schools.
Trade schools are post-secondary, but not generally considered tertiary education.
See also Wikipedia:Vocational school, and particularly Wikipedia:Vocational education in the United States.
Examples
- DeVry
- ITT
- Beautician school (e.g. Gene Juarez)
- Required for certification in some places to legally work as a hairdresser/stylist
- Modeling school (e.g Barbizon)
- Barber school
- Paralegal school (e.g. Fremont College)
- Acting school
- Tractor trailer (aka semi/lorry) driving school
- Required in many places for "CDL" endorsement on driving license, making driver legal to drive such vehicles
Tagging
- amenity=trade_school
Possibly also:
- trade=<trade name>
- branch=*
- accredited=yes/no/accreditor
- licensed=yes/no
- operator=*
Applies to
- Nodes
- Areas (buildings)
Rendering
- Name
- See above for icon ideas.
Features/Pages affected
- amenity
Amenities#Education