61151 Technical and Trade Schools

Official definition

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in offering vocational and technical training in a variety of technical subjects and trades. The training often leads to job-specific certification. Instruction may be provided in diverse settings, such as the establishment's or client's training facilities, educational institutions, the workplace, or the home, and through diverse means, such as correspondence, television, the Internet, or other electronic and distance-learning methods. The training provided by these establishments may include the use of simulators and simulation methods.

Examples Census gives

• Apprenticeship training programs
• Graphic arts schools
• Aviation and flight training schools
• Modeling schools
• Computer repair training
• Nursing schools (except academic)
• Cosmetology schools
• Real estate schools
• Electronic equipment repair training
• Truck driving schools

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS descriptions.

When to use a different code

Census classifies these close-sounding activities somewhere else. Businesses mainly engaged in:

• Offering courses in office procedures and secretarial and stenographic skills are classified in Industry 61141, Business and Secretarial Schools.
• Offering computer training (except computer repair) are classified in Industry 61142, Computer Training.
• Offering professional and management development training are classified in Industry 61143, Professional and Management Development Training.
• Offering academic courses that may also offer technical and trade courses are classified according to the type of school.
• Providing air transportation services that may also provide flight training are classified in Subsector 481, Air Transportation.
• Offering registered nursing training with academic degrees (e.g., associate, baccalaureate) are classified in Industry 61121, Junior Colleges, or Industry 61131, Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools.
• Providing job training for the unemployed, underemployed, disabled, and persons who have a job market disadvantage because of lack of education, job skill, or experience are classified in Industry 62431, Vocational Rehabilitation Services.

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS cross-references.

Codes in 61151

• 611511Cosmetology and Barber Schools
• 611512Flight Training
• 611513Apprenticeship Training
• 611519Other Technical and Trade Schools