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on-the-job

[on-thuh-job, awn-]

adjective

  1. done, received, or happening while in actual performance of one's work.

    on-the-job training.



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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of on-the-job1

First recorded in 1935–40
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Idioms and Phrases

At work, busy, as in We've got three men on the job . [Late 1800s]

Paying close attention, alert, as in Trust Jim to find out the details—he's always on the job .

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Instead of joining an acting academy in London, as he had planned, Chamberlain received what he referred to as on-the-job training during his more than four years living in England.

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Harvard-Westlake isn’t the only school allowing its students to get on-the-job experience, but the school certainly has put together one of the more sophisticated and professional operations.

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Introduced in 2020, the qualification includes a mixture of classroom learning and on-the-job experience.

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She also has to provide on-the-job training for her team, who did not study journalism at university before joining the TV station.

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A major bottleneck is limitations by hospitals on the number of student nurses they will accept for on-the-job training, she said.

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