off-the-job
/ˌɒf.ðəˈdʒɒb/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌɑːf.ðəˈdʒɑːb/ (ame, ipa)
off-the-job — adjective
1. describing learning, training, or activity that takes place somewhere other than
describing learning, training, or activity that takes place somewhere other than the actual workplace, usually in a classroom or training centre.
Sofia signed up for an off-the-job leadership course at a hotel near the airport.
attributive: off-the-job + course (formal training context)
New nurses at the hospital receive two weeks of off-the-job training before they meet any patients.
collocation: off-the-job training
The factory pays for Caleb to attend off-the-job classes at the local college every Friday.
Off-the-job learning is often more useful when the staff need to focus without daily interruptions.
Vikram completed an off-the-job programme in software testing before joining the engineering team.
- off-site
broader: any work or activity done away from the main workplace, not only training
- external
more general; can describe training run by an outside provider, whether held off-site or on-site
- classroom-based
narrower: specifies the setting (classroom) rather than the location relative to work
- on-the-job
the direct opposite — training done while actually doing the work, at the workplace
- in-house
training run inside the company, often at the workplace itself
文法句型
off-the-job + noun (training, learning, course)
用法筆記
Almost always attributive, modifying nouns like training, learning, course, programme, education. Cannot follow a linking verb (cannot say 'the training is off-the-job'). Common in HR, workplace-development, and apprenticeship contexts.