This article is a comprehensive list of the 6 Vocational Courses to Study After Class 10. Make the most out of this article!
While we are at school, we usually don’t get a lot of time for enrolling ourselves in extra courses or things we can upskill ourselves with.
While it’s important to take up new hobbies, especially during your summer vacation, it’s also important to spend a considerable amount of time studying new concepts and things that will help you with your professional career in the future.
Let’s take a look at the things we will discuss in this article.
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Vocational Courses are designed differently from the regular curricula of schools. These focus on the overall professional development of students. Vocational courses help learners engage themselves in practical as well as theoretical activities.
According to AICTE, “Vocational education or Vocational Education and Training (VET), also called Career and Technical Education (CTE), prepares learners for jobs that are based in manual or practical activities, traditionally non-academic and totally related to a specific trade, occupation or vocation, hence the term, in which the learner participates.
It is sometimes referred to as technical education, as the learner directly develops expertise in a particular group of techniques or technology.”
Students usually take up such courses to upskill and be ready for the outside world.
Just like regular degrees which school students should finish during college and those exams that you should write, vocational courses play a significant role in preparing you for a better future.
Textbook knowledge might be important for your overall theoretical knowledge and testing your expertise at grasping minute details; but, vocational courses are more practical and sensitive to your needs.
Let’s take a look at why you should enrol in one of those Vocational Courses after all.
Like any other subject you study at school, Vocational Courses are like fuel to your brain. When you keep your brain moving apart from exercising it with your semester exams, you feel energised and motivated to collect more and more knowledge from various sources.
This is why our parents tell us to complete crossword puzzles or sudokus because exercises and knowledge are like brain food.
Of course, you will be studying for your entire 11th and 12th grades, but who knows what will pique your interest once you set foot into college? To be sure about this, you can try out different things (not at the same time), and see what interests you the most.
These courses develop your skill set with the help of extra curricula.
You might wish to become an Account, Engineer, Marketing Executive, Freelance Writer, or Graphic Designer. For each of these things, you need a CV and some good skills and areas of expertise to list.
Why not use the time you spend studying Vocational Courses to your advantage?
You might not understand the importance of a CV right now, but when you are in college, you will be proud of yourself for making the best use of your college time.
This is one really good way to engage yourself when you know your 10th standard is ending soon. Not only do you learn about food by doing a Vocational Course in Hospitality and Management, but you also learn a lot about administrative and management roles, such as working as a Senior Manager at a leading hotel or even taking up other jobs like Front Office Administrator at a good hotel.
You might not feel the need to work at such jobs initially or even learn about such things, but if you are even remotely interested in the food or hospitality industry, studying a Vocational Course in this field can be a great option for you.
There is always a huge demand for professionals who can do jobs in the hospitality and food industry, so you can also keep looking out for such options on the Internet.
You can also read this part in our article about ‘5 Summer Activities for School Students to Take Up During Your Vacations’ where we talk about taking up cooking as a hobby during your summer vacations. If you do learn how to cook, you can manage a group of people as a Senior Manager at a good hotel sometime in your career and have good hands-on experience in this field.
Graphic Design is a very sought-after art that people wish to learn. Many big companies, especially marketing agencies, look for Graphic Designers to help them with designing their promotional and creative materials.
In their reasons to become a Graphic Designer, Coursera says, “You’ll typically work on various projects to meet a range of client needs. Working with clients in different industries helps you remain inspired and broaden your creative horizons.
If you prefer to be your own boss, you can be self-employed and work as a freelancer. Being a freelance graphic designer can help you achieve more creative freedom and enjoy the convenience of working when and where you want.”
Graphic Design helps you express your visual art practically by using different technical tools and colours. You can work directly with clients once you are completely confident about your craft or also work as a freelancer and make money out of this skill.
Vocational Courses in Graphic Design will not only help you stand out from the crowd (because you’ll have additional knowledge) but also provide opportunities to practice where you can learn with the best people in the industry/business.
Physiotherapy Technicians are always in massive demand, especially in good hospitals that have a team of Physiotherapists.
There are many people who always require assistance while exercising even when they might have minor medical issues in their spinal cord or calf muscles or other body parts critical for daily movement.
Learning Physiotherapy can help you land a job at a renowned hospital while also being able to learn a brand-new skill. Vocational Courses in Physiotherapy, like other courses, are usually 2 years long and can be done alongside grades 11 and 12.
While NoticeBard stands against female makeup and skincare being categorised under ‘beauty’, this is still how the industry is referred to.
Both girls and boys during school can take up such courses to earn some extra money from part-time jobs at salons and personally with big brands as Make-Up Artists, Hairstylists, etc.
These Vocational Courses in Health and Beauty prepare students for the world of customers who like to get dressed or look after themselves with health and beauty services at salons and personally for their brands or shoots.
As LeverageEdu states, “When it comes to creative vocational courses after the 12th, pursuing a Beautician course can be an ideal option. Not only restricted to Make-up, but you can find diploma or certificate programs in Hair Designing, Beauty Therapy, Nail Designing, etc. Upon completing the program, you can either start your own practice or can work at various salons, spas, and hotels. The average salary for a beautician is ₹2,00,000 -₹3,00,000!”
Some students have a keen interest in commerce and business studies. If you are one of them, these types of Vocational Courses can help a great deal with your career planning.
You might also be considering opting for the ‘Commerce’ stream in school. If you are, Vocational Courses in Sales, Marketing, or Business Fields will be an added skill to your CV if you plan on applying to big companies for jobs and internships at a later stage during your college years.
If you consider marketing, there are many fields available such as SEO, digital marketing, paid advertising, public relations, etc., which you can consider learning immediately after your 10th grade.
If you wish to pursue a career in banking and finance, then consider Vocational Courses which are centred around finance, commerce, and financial modelling.
By the time you graduate, you’ll have a degree as well as a certificate/diploma in the Vocational Courses you choose to study.
Photography is a great skill, which can open an array of career opportunities for you. You can pursue a career in media and mass communication (journalism), video editing, become a videographer with big brands or companies, or even consider a career in film-making and shooting (film industry).
Even if you don’t wish to pursue such options, photography is a good skill to learn if anybody ever needs a helping hand. It is also beneficial for you and just entertaining yourself during your summer vacations or after you’re done with your evening tuition classes.
If you take up Vocational Courses in Photography, you learn about colour theory, Photoshop, Figma, film cameras and processing, working efficiently with a professional camera, and playing with colours and different settings around you.
It is a creative field and can be considered even if you don’t wish to study it – just to enrol as a hobby and add a skill to your CV.
There are many different things you can do after class 10. Of course, you might feel like the time to study is up and you won’t need upskilling anymore. But, the truth is, that your life has only started, and learning should never stop.
These are just some options out of a pool of other things you can take up as vocational courses, especially if you deep-dive into the creative fields.
But for starters, if you’re serious about gathering some new information and digging deeper into a subject area, these options should be sufficient for you.
Happy learning!
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