Technical and Trade Schools

Official definition

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in offering vocational and technical training in a variety of technical subjects and trades. The training often leads to job-specific certification. Instruction may be provided in diverse settings, such as the establishment's or client's training facilities, educational institutions, the workplace, or the home, and through diverse means, such as correspondence, television, the Internet, or other electronic and distance-learning methods. The training provided by these establishments may include the use of simulators and simulation methods.

Excluded or separately classified activities

Official Census cross-references identify activities that belong under another North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code.

• Offering academic courses that may also offer technical and trade courses--are classified according to the type of school;

• Offering computer training (except computer repair)--are classified in Industry 61142, Computer Training;

  Computer Training61142

• Offering courses in office procedures and secretarial and stenographic skills--are classified in Industry 61141, Business and Secretarial Schools;

  Business and Secretarial Schools61141

• Offering professional and management development training--are classified in Industry 61143, Professional and Management Development Training;

  Professional and Management Development Training61143

• Offering registered nursing training with academic degrees (e.g., associate, baccalaureate)--are classified in Industry 61121, Junior Colleges, or Industry 61131, Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; and

  Junior Colleges61121Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools61131

• Providing air transportation services that may also provide flight training--are classified in Subsector 481, Air Transportation;

  Air Transportation481

• Providing job training for the unemployed, underemployed, disabled, and persons who have a job market disadvantage because of lack of education, job skill, or experience--are classified in Industry 62431, Vocational Rehabilitation Services.

  Vocational Rehabilitation Services62431