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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of on-the-job¹

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

With the right person in the right job, the need for on-the-job support is diminished.

From The Daily Beast

That means more on-the-job training, and more apprenticeships that set a young worker on an upward trajectory for life.

From The Daily Beast

In the process, we've shut down other, traditional sources of mobility, like on-the-job experience.

From The Daily Beast

Human capital, for example, is built through public education, private education, and on-the-job training in the private sector.

From The Daily Beast

More to the point, the army of ex-Clinton staffers were the ones who wouldn't need on-the-job training.

From The Daily Beast

On-the-job training, however, does provide a means for mobility within the industrial labor force.

From Project Gutenberg

Few workers have professional school training; most acquire their skills through short courses or on-the-job training.

From Project Gutenberg

They found the on-the-job engineering office for the ship in a small dome half a mile from the construction dock.

From Project Gutenberg

It's just on-the-job training—you go out with old officers and learn how to dust for prints and take pictures and fingerprints.

From Project Gutenberg