continuing education
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continuing education
An organized learning measure intended to expand, deepen, or update professional knowledge and skills. It builds on already existing training or professional experience.
Nächstes Jahr mache ich eine Fortbildung zum Thema Projektmanagement.
Next year I'm doing a continuing education course on project management.
The word is made up of 'fort' and 'Bildung' (education). Here, 'fort' means 'weiter' (further) or 'voran' (forward), so it is about education that advances someone professionally or builds on existing knowledge.
Diese Fortbildung hat mir geholfen, meine Karriere voranzutreiben.
This continuing education course helped me advance my career.
Common verbs used with 'Fortbildung' (continuing education) are 'eine Fortbildung machen' (to do a continuing education course), 'eine Fortbildung besuchen' (to attend a continuing education course), or 'an einer Fortbildung teilnehmen' (to take part in a continuing education course).
Alle Mitarbeiter müssen an dieser Sicherheitsfortbildung teilnehmen.
All employees must take part in this safety training course.
To specify the topic of the continuing education course, the preposition 'zu' (+ dative) or the phrase 'zum Thema' (on the topic of) is usually used. 'In' (+ dative) for a subject area is also common.
Er macht eine Fortbildung zu neuen Marketingstrategien.
He is doing a continuing education course on new marketing strategies.
training / education
With an Ausbildung, you learn a profession from the ground up. Fortbildung, by contrast, builds on existing training or professional experience and expands, deepens, or updates professional knowledge. Ausbildung is appropriate when entering a profession, while Fortbildung is used for later professional development.
Als erfahrener Elektroniker besucht Jonas eine Fortbildung zu modernen Solaranlagen.
As an experienced electrician, Jonas takes a professional development course on modern solar systems.
Jonas macht eine Ausbildung zum Elektroniker und lernt den Beruf von Grund auf.
Jonas is training to become an electrician and is learning the profession from the ground up.
