vestibule school

plural vestibule schools

1. A schooling facility organised within an industrial plant to teach specific skills to trainee workers.

   […]he is then sent to the vestibule school to be trained for a certain position.

   1924, Horatio W. Dresser, Psychology in Theory And Application, published 2005, page 329

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   Large organizations frequently provide what are described as vestibule schools, a preliminary to actual shop experience.[…]Vestibule schools are widely used in training for clerical and office jobs as well a for factory production jobs.

   2006, Y. K. Singh. H. S. Rabat, Human Resource Management, New Delhi, page 229

   However, when the number of trainees is large, vestibule schools are generally utilized; but when the number is small, on-the-job training is preferred.

   2010, Raj Kumar, Human Resource Management: Strategic Analysis Text and Cases, New Delhi, page 148