Someone asked me if a Barber is TVET.
At first, I did not know how to answer, because there are numerous angles from which the question can be approached. The confusion is not about barbering—it is about what TVET actually refers to.
A clear starting point is this: TVET is a learning pathway (a system of education and training), not a job title. TVET describes organised learning that prepares people with occupational skills for the world of work. In global policy language, TVET can be delivered in different modes—formal (institution-based and certified), non-formal (outside the formal system), and it also connects to learning that happens in workplaces and communities. (International Labour Organization)
A barber, on the other hand, is an occupation. The occupation exists regardless of how the person learned. This is why the most accurate answer is not “a barber is TVET,” but:
A barber can be trained through TVET.
Now the important nuance: how did the barber learn?
If the barber learned through a vocational institute, structured apprenticeship, or a planned training programme, that learning route fits TVET because it is intentional and organised education/training.
If the barber learned purely through family practice, peers, or self-learning, then the person has gained a real vocational skill—but that route is typically described as informal learning, not an organised TVET programme.
So the clean answer is:
Barber = job/occupation and NOT a TVET JOB
...you can do barbering without a TVET pathway, unless the Barber Industry needs some form of certification.
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