Vocational Training Corporation (VTC)

The Vocational Training Corporation was established according to Temporary Law No. (35) of (1976) as one of the five-year Development Projects plan in the (1976-1980) with the aim of expanding the preparation of the trained workforce and organizing the labor market. It started its work in 1977.

The Vocational Training Corporation is currently operating under the permanent law of the Vocational Training Corporation Law No. (11) of (1985) and its amendments for the year 2001.

The Vocational Training Corporation provides its services to all citizens at all levels of education from the principle of continuous education and lifelong learning, whether that is vocational preparation programs at their various levels, or programs to upgrade the efficiency of workers practicing in the labor market, and the VTC also provides training and consulting services in the field of occupational safety and health to reduce accidents in work sites. The VTC provides training of trainers and supervisors in the behavioral and administrative aspects, and developing the work of small and medium enterprises.

Vocational training is an urgent necessity to meet the needs of the labor market of technicians. Human education and training have received sufficient attention from the Jordanian state since its inception, and this has been evident in the Letters of Assignment to successive governments, in Throne Speeches and in discussion papers of His Majesty King Abdullah II bin Al Hussein.