[7][9][10][11] The Iran Technical and Vocational Training Organization is one of affiliated government agency of the Ministry of Cooperatives, Labour, and Social Welfare and it consists of the following three main cores:[9] The main mission of the organization is skills training, research, production of educational standards and labor force evaluation.
[7] The target groups of the organization for skills training are: job seekers, employees (enterprises - unions and guilds), students and university graduates, conscripts, residents of deprived and country borders areas, vulnerable groups (Including female-headed households and working children), housewives, people with disabilities, villagers, nomads, prisoners and their families, recovering addicts, the socially disadvantaged, foreign nationals and refugees, and educators from other countries.
[7][12] The Instructor Training and Research Center[13] of the organization is one of the unique educational centers in the Middle East which through its 16 specialized departments, acts as a research and development unit of the organization and prepare background to transfer knowledge and application of new technologies.
[7][14][15][16] So far the organization has managed to holding 18 national skill competitions with the presence of more than 10,000 competitors from all over the Iran country.
These acts led to prepare the national skills team and finally 9 participation in international competitions.