retraining
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alt=Women sitting in a circle, sewing fishing nets|thumb|These Syrian refugees and local Lebanese women are being retrained to make fishing nets. Retraining is the process of learning or teaching new skills, or known skills in new ways. Upskilling is the process of improving skills in a current role, whereas reskilling develops new skills for new roles. Retraining may be a business priority that companies or organizations conduct on a regular basis, in order to avoid personnel obsolescence due to technological changes, as well as to refresh the knowledge base of its personnel. Retraining may a
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alt=Women sitting in a circle, sewing fishing nets|thumb|These Syrian refugees and local Lebanese women are being retrained to make fishing nets. Retraining is the process of learning or teaching new skills, or known skills in new ways. Upskilling is the process of improving skills in a current role, whereas reskilling develops new skills for new roles. Retraining may be a business priority that companies or organizations conduct on a regular basis, in order to avoid personnel obsolescence due to technological changes, as well as to refresh the knowledge base of its personnel. Retraining may also indicate the repetition of a prior training.
==Terminology== Retraining may be in the form of refresher training, undertaken to refresh memory and ensure that worker knowledge is contemporary.