Consistency of technical institutes and vocational training with the needs of small industries of Ahvaz

The main purpose of this research was a survey on the consistency of technical and vocational training institutes with the needs of small industries of Ahwaz city. The resaearch method was mixed in type of exploratory.  Interview was used to collect qualitative data and survey method was used to collect quantitative data. Participants in qualitative part included specialists and managers of small industries that selected 10 from by purposive sampling with select desired items; then, semi-structured interviews were conducted. The results, which were small industry training needs, were extracted. In the quantitative part, using 75 census managers and teachers of technical and vocational schools and 120  managers and experts of the small industries of town  that were selected by simple random sampling, distributed questionnaire with Cronbach's alpha coefficient 0/91 and validity that was confirmed by faculties of Educational Sciences department, between them. Also, 10 questionnaires in the form of training needs given to the managers and experts in industrial estates. The results showed that, there is no adaptation between technical and vocational training institutes and needs of small businesses. So, to solve this problem, proposed small-scale industry at the micro level are being educated and evaluated policies in the field of technical institutes and vocational training tailored to small business needs change and professional disciplines of technical institutes and industrial estates are consistent and coordinated with industrial activities.