Many students believe there is no money in vocational schools. This wrong notion also made them unmindful of the good opportunities that vocational education could also offer. We cannot deny the fact that many students don’t like the idea of enrolling in this kind of school. For them, vocational schools are cheap schools. But mind you. Vocational schools are the refuge of many poor but deserving students. In the first place, vocational schools only offer low tuition fee as compared to other private schools. Secondly, vocational school graduates can easily land a job as compared to many other degree courses offered in many colleges and universities.

Here are basic points students should learn to understand why there is money in vocational schools. At least upon learning these important points they can now consider themselves of enrolling in vocational schools. For this reason they can also help their parents. The parents usually are having a hard time budgeting the tuition fees as well as other school expenses when there are already two or more college students in the family plus those in high schools. Really, parent’s hands are bleeding where to get additional finances for the school.

1. Jobs abroad. Since skilled workers are in demand overseas you have good chances of working in foreign territories. The pay is good if you work especially in the US territories as well as in other countries of Europe such as Spain, London, Italy, Norway and Germany. Many people dream to work overseas but they don’t exactly realized taking vocational courses to become highly-skilled professionals. Even if you are a university graduate in engineering if there are no job openings of such job abroad you will still find it very hard for you to land a job.

2. Good pay. Even if you are only a skilled professional but if you work overseas the pay is still good. The good thing here is you can easily work abroad because vocational courses are in demand in many developed countries of the world. Many skilled workers in third countries who have worked overseas have given good living condition to their families. They have build new houses, bought properties and send their children to exclusive schools. Now, who says vocational schools are cheap schools. Students should realize this. Enrolling in degree courses which don’t have good opportunities is only a waste of money.

3. Hiring is fast. Why do vocational graduates would easily land a job in the communities or even abroad? This is because there is fast hiring for vocational graduates. The massive hiring of skilled workers is helping many graduates to earn immediate income right after acquiring their government recognition as skilled professionals. Many students believe that having graduated in degree courses is more dignified than in vocational courses. Well, we all have the right but we should be practical enough in our decision especially in our career choices. What can an engineering career do for you if your family is sacrificing because you are not employed.

THERE are indeed lots of advantages if you’re enrolled in a vocational school. One of the features of a vocational school is job placement immediately after graduation. Most of the courses offered here are highly technical and blue collar in nature. These vocational schools are often called as community colleges because the programs they offer mimic the industry in the particular county or parish that the community college or vocational school is located.

For example, if your county is deeply involved in diamond mining, then there must be a geology program offered in the vocational school there. Geology graduates are expected to be employed as managers in the diamond mines located in your area. Vocational schools tuition is usually low. In the United States, it is even free because it is owned by the state or the county government. Students in the vocational school must first prove that they are indigent though before they can be enrolled. They must also pass the entrance examination with flying colors since only the brightest and the most diligent need to be subsidized their tuition. This is one of the results of the No Child Left behind Act in the United States.

But in other countries such as Spain and the Philippines, vocational schools are often operated privately. Some of these vocational schools offer massage therapy as an example. In massage therapy, you learn various techniques in Swedish and shiatsu massage. That’s the blending of the Eastern and Western massaging techniques. You will also understand how to place a patient modestly. You will also understand a few medical terms as the study of human physiology will be from head to foot and the internal organs therein.

It is not just massage therapy that is being studied in a typical vocational school. There are other diverse courses as reflexology and welding. Once you have graduated from the reflexology program which may last up to six months, the vocational school has already put in place a network of employers. You will then ultimately land a job at a hotel for example that caters largely to foreigners who like to go to a spa and have some relaxing reflexology. But that’s just reflexology. If you’re a graduate in welding, you will ultimately land a job at a shipbuilding company or a firm that makes roiling coils and other raw steel products. There are lots of steel companies around the world – from Germany to Taiwan to South Korea to India. You can choose your employer for even a humble vocational school in Spain prides itself with lots of foreign employer contacts. After all, reputable vocational schools do have their own pride – that of having achieved the most skillful graduates the planet has produced in modern times. That’s not something of rhetoric there. It’s simply the truth.

So wherever you are in the world, there is always a vocational school near you. And take note, it is not just in the developing world such as Africa where these vocational schools are found. Who will build our planes, our carpets, everything that you can see such as mugs, vases and others if these unsung vocational schools and instructors don’t exist? I rest my case.

COMMUNITY colleges are present all over the world but they are particularly noticeable in Canada, the United States and the Philippines. Community colleges are created in areas where there is a focus in the industry and the income and livelihood of the people as well as the economy as a whole in a particular county, municipality or town. For example, if the town is engaged in diamond mining, then a community college there offers programs about geology and anything about mining.

On the other hand, if a particular place has a huge steel-making company, then a community college erected there will have courses offered in the field of metallurgical skills. A community college gets its funds subsidized by the state government and the county government that sponsors it. Most of the students here do not pay any tuition or miscellaneous fees at all. Most of them have been enrolled here after passing the college admissions exams. The college admissions exams here are unlike those taken in regular colleges. Here, the questionnaires are more focused on the technical aspects and skills of the would-be enrollee.

There are general questions as well as questions specific to what the course the person is intended to take. If one is inclined to take up a program in the field of aeronautics, the student will be asked if he or she has prior knowledge in the field such as how to reduce the load of the horizontal stabilizer. On the other hand, if the program is offered is regarding electronics and communications engineering, the person will be asked if he or she knows the latest in robotics and sonar technologies. If the person has chosen to be in the field of nuclear medicine, then he or she will be asked on the person’s know-how in the field of molecular technology. If the person has inclination in the field of surgery, he or she will be asked on how much amount of epinephrine is needed to resuscitate a person.

To be admitted in a community college, you need to prove that you are an indigent person. Sons and daughters of wealthy parents cannot enroll here because community colleges as emphasized earlier are subsidized by the government regarding their budget. Thus, students must pass pertinent papers such as the income tax return of their parents to prove that they really are indigent ones. There are several other programs available in a community college. Whether it’s called a technical or vocational school, they really are the same. These community colleges have one thing in common – they offer only short term courses ranging from six months to three years. When you are enrolled in a community college, you are however privileged upon graduation because these community colleges have established contacts with prospective employers in the area. They will be the ones to recommend your employment in these businesses.

Some of the programs offered in a community college are as diverse as in the field of phlebotomy, anesthesiology assistance, midwifery, medical transcription, reflexology, physical therapy, massage therapy, acupuncture, acupressure, cosmetology and bartending. In a field as diverse as this, community colleges have the best facilities available.