Professional technical school

Not to be confused with Vocational-technical school, Professional school, or Technical school.
Vocation school in Tallinn, a carryover from Soviet times. Vocations available there include metalworker, welder, technician, barber, and tailor. A one-month electrician's certification is also available).

A professional technical school (Russian: профессиона́льно-техни́ческое учи́лище) – "professionalno-tehnicheskoye uchilishche" (acronym: PTU; ПТУ, пэ-тэ-у́) is a type of vocational education facility established in the former Soviet Union to train qualified industrial workers and servicemen. Such schools are widespread in post-Soviet countries (with one or more in most cities).