Adult education

Description

Instruction targeted at adult students, both in a recreational and in an academic context, for self-improvement purposes, or to better equip the students for the labour market.

Occupations requiring this skill

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Skill demand overview
  • Essential in 6 occupations
  • Optional in 19 occupations
  • Total: 25 occupations
  • Most common in: ISCO major group 2 (Professionals)

Essential for

  • Adult literacy teacher
    Adult literacy teachers instruct adult students, including recent immigrants and early school leavers, in basic reading and writing skills, usually on primary school level. Adult l…
  • Corporate trainer
    A corporate trainer is a skilled professional who specializes in delivering effective training and development programs to employees within an organization. Corporate trainers play…
  • Social work practice educator
    Social work practice educators teach, supervise and assess social work students prior, during and after they have obtained their degree. They contribute to their placement and have…
  • Prison instructor
    Prison instructors educate legal offenders, including prisoners, on social rehabilitation and correctional behaviour. They assist prisoners in gaining skills which could facilitate…
  • Further education teacher
    Further education teachers organise and teach programmes designed specifically for adult learners. They impart a wide spectrum of subjects, ranging from academic areas such as math…
  • Corporate training manager
    Corporate training managers coordinate all the training activities and development programmes in a company. They also design and develop new training modules and supervise all the …

Optional for

  • Public speaking coach
    Public speaking coaches provide, often private, instruction to clients in theory and techniques on how to improve their public speaking skills. They identify each client's strength…
  • Educational counsellor
    Educational counsellors provide practical and emotional support to students in a educational institution, either in small groups, classrooms, or individually. They function as an a…
  • Motorcycle instructor
    Motorcycle instructors teach people the theory and practice of how to operate a motorcycle safely and according to regulations. They assist students in developing the skills needed…
  • Vessel steering instructor
    Vessel steering instructors teach people the theory and practice of how to operate a vessel safely and according to regulations. They assist students in developing the skills neede…
  • Further education principal
    Further education principals manage the day-to-day activities of a post-secondary education institute, such as technical institutes and other post-secondary schools. Further educat…
  • Sports coach
    Sports coaches provide instruction in the sport of their specialisation in a recreational context to non-age-specific and age specific participants. They identify already acquired …
  • Bus driving instructor
    Bus driving instructors teach people the theory and practice of how to operate a bus safely and according to regulations. They assist students in developing the skills needed to…
  • Tutor
    Tutors provide personalised education to the children of employers or to adults, in addition to the main education system. They help students improve their knowledge and competence…
  • Lifeguard instructor
    Lifeguard instructors teach future (professional) lifeguards the necessary programmes and methods needed to become a licensed lifeguard. They provide training on safety supervision…
  • Career guidance advisor
    Career guidance advisors provide guidance and advice to adults and students on making educational, training and occupational choices and assist people in managing their careers, th…
  • Police trainer
    Police trainers train probationary, new academy recruits, or cadets, and seasoned veterans on the theory and practice necessary to become a police officer. They conduct theoretical…
  • Car driving instructor
    Car driving instructors teach people the theory and practice of how to operate a car safely and according to regulations. They assist students in developing the skills needed to…
  • Armed forces training and education officer
    Armed forces training and education officers train probationary, new academy recruits, or cadets, on the theory and practice necessary to become a soldier or a military officer, an…
  • Language school teacher
    Language school teachers educate non-age-specific students in a language that is not their native language at a specialised school, not bound by a level of education. They focus le…
  • First aid instructor
    First aid instructors teach students immediate lifesaving emergency measures, such as cardiopulmonary resuscitation, the recovery position, and injury care. They provided practice …
  • Firefighter instructor
    Firefighter instructors train probationary, new academy recruits, or cadets, on the theory and practice necessary to become a firefighter. They conduct theoretical lectures on acad…
  • Driving instructor
    Driving instructors teach people the theory and practice on how to operate a vehicle safely and according to regulations. They assist students in developing the skills needed to dr…
  • Community social worker
    Community social workers help people in disadvantage or excluded from society to change their situation and handle their integration problems. They work with communities focusing o…
  • Education policy officer
    Education policy officers research, analyse and develop education policies, and implement these policies to improve the existing education system. They try to improve all aspects o…

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Last updated on February 18, 2026

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