كانت تتبع وزارة العمل والشؤون الاجتماعية في العراق خمسة معاهد مهنية لتدريب الباحثين عن عمل وتطوير كفاءة العاملين: اثنان منها في بغداد وثلاثة في المحافظات الرئيسية (البصرة - نينوي - التأميم).
The Iraqi Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs formerly operated five vocational training institutes for specialists interested in conducting research on labour and worker skills development. Of these five institutes, two were located in Baghdad, while the other three were located in major Governorates (Basra, Ninawa and Ta'mim).