ADJ
- basic, initial, preliminary
- New recruits undergo six weeks' basic training at this naval base
- advanced, high/higher, high-level
- comprehensive, systematic, thorough
- extensive, lengthy
- intensive
- essential, necessary
- minimum
- adequate, proper
- No one must operate the machinery without proper training
- inadequate
- minimal
- Using spreadsheets requires minimal training
- excellent, first-class, high-quality
- specialist
- hands-on, practical
- theoretical
- continuous, long-term, ongoing
- individual, one-to-one
- formal, informal
- He is good at selling, although he has had no formal training
- job, job-related, occupational, professional, vocational, work-related
- in-service, on-the-job
- off-the-job
- external
- internal, on-site
- computer-based
- mental, moral, physical, social
- academic, educational, industrial, intellectual, journalistic, legal, management, medical, military, musical, scientific, technical
- first-aid
- assertiveness
- potty (= when a child learns to use a potty)
- staff, teacher
VERB + TRAINING
- do, get, have, receive, undergo
- You have to do a year's intensive training to become a paramedic
- give sb, provide (sb with)
- require
TRAINING + NOUN
- base, camp, centre, college, establishment, facility, school
- an army training base a teacher training college
- activity, course, exercise, initiative, package, plan, programme, project, scheme, strategy, system
- The soldiers were building a bridge as a training exercise
- methods, policy, procedures, process, techniques, skills
- needs, objectives, requirements
- opportunities, provision
- aid, device, equipment, material
- manual
- instructor, manager, officer, staff
- body, committee, company, department, organization, provider, service
- place, placement
- event, workshop
- day, period, etc.
- budget, costs, fees
PREP
- by ~
- She's an accountant by training
- in ~
- I am delighted with the work he has done in training
- ~ for
- Training for nursing was on strictly formal lines
- ~ in
- Employees should be given training in safety procedures
ADJ
- hard, rigorous, serious, strict, tough
- She did six months' hard training before the marathon
- pre-season
TRAINING + NOUN
- run, session, stint
- regime, regimen, routine, schedule
- ground, pitch, track (figurative)
- This local newspaper has been a training ground for several top journalists
PREP
- in ~
- Lewis is in serious training for the Olympics
- ~ for