Vocational Training in the Construction of Work Trajectories. Survey on Productive Sectors in Argentina

Abstract

This article seeks to characterize «vocational training» in Argentina. We will analyze the impact of training on workers’ carrer path. To this, we carried out a qualitative study in four «professional families» with high demand of training: electricity, construction, agrobusiness and mechanics. We propose to regain the relevance of profetional training in different models of economics developement, emphazing the professional training as an important part of the educational system. The article seeks to reflect on the existing tensions between «productive logic» and «educational logic» that impact on the developement of vocational training contents.