trowel fodder n.— «Excavations are often very expensive or simply use students as “trowel fodder,” providing no training at all.» —“Archaeology in Further Education” by Dave Jones Education and the...
suitcasing v.— «Suitcasing A traditional method of delivering classroom training to groups of workers at remote locations. All materials required to conduct the training are packaged and either sent or hand-carried to the training...
suitcase v.— «A hands-on lab can be “suitcased” to a customer specified location. This traveling lab provides an environment to conduct formal classroom training in essentially the same environment as would be provided at a UTStarcom’s...
slaving n.— «The director of the Workplace Centre at the University of Sydney, Dr John Buchanan, says the practice of employees receiving low wages in return for expensive training is referred to as “slaving,” and he says it...
postman’s holiday
n.— «One weekend Dave took a postman’s holiday to watch a herding dog trial.» —by James B. Spencer Training Retrievers for the Marshes and Meadows May, 1998. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
boss lift n.— «Local cavalry troopers doing annual training at the National Guard’s Camp Minden this week and next will get unusual inspections Saturday and Sunday. Saturday, they’ll get the once-over from their bosses in what the...