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on-the-job

on-the-job

15 3.5
Happening while you are working at your job
  • adjective
  • /ˈɑn ðə dʒɑb/
translation icon : laboral
  • The company provides on-the-job training to help new employees get used to their roles.
  • on-the-job training
  • on-the-job experience
  • on-the-job performance

That's that that's that OJT on the job training right?

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Examples

  • There are many paths to competence, such as life skills and on-the-job experience, as well as professional training.

    Academic text (1996)

  • In fact, during her first six weeks on the job, Elisa was promoted twice.

  • And so the more on the job we have been, the more we have learned.

  • OK, learn all that on the job and then build your brand.

  • And that is, look, making mistakes on the job is how you learn everything.

  • The skills and knowledge workers need on the job are rapidly changing and require improvement in training systems.

    Academic text (1999)

  • But then he had had the benefit of previous on-the-job training.

    Wait Until Dark (1967)

  • The class was as close to on-the-job training as a college course could offer.

    Academic text (1993)

  • Most companies provide and require group training, on-the-job training, and periodic off-the-job training.

    Academic text (1990)

  • A retiring engineer has quite a bit of on-the-job experience, and Honeywell is intent on preserving that know-how.

    Academic text (2004)

Synonyms

at work
vson-the-job
680 1.0

You are in the place where you do your job

is about activities that happen during employment as part of normal work
on the job
vson-the-job
222 2.7

At work doing your job

is the hyphenated adjective for things occurring during employment
on-site
vson-the-job
56 3.4

At the place where the work happens

focuses on events during employment rather than mere physical location

How Work-Related

at work
680 1.0
on-the-job
15 3.5
off-the-clock
  • Informal
10 7.2

Surface Forms

on-the-job positive

Morphology

on-the-job = the + job (transparent) = on + the + job

Formed from the phrase 'on the job' (preposition + article + noun); the meaning 'during work' is directly inferable from the components. [Postprocessing: moved 'on' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

On-the-job comes from putting on ('during' or 'at') and job ('work') together, so it literally means doing something while you are at work. That's why on-the-job describes training or actions that happen as part of your normal work.