Table 5. Percent of total training hours spent in various types of formal training by industry division, May - October, 1995
Table 5. Percent of total training hours spent in various types of formal training by industry division, May - October, 1995
Manufacturing Transpor-
tation, Finance,
Characteristic Total communi- insurance,
50 or more Mining Construction Durable Non- cations, and Wholesale Retail and real Services
employees durable public utilities trade trade estate
Type of formal training:
Any formal training 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Job skills
Management training 7.3 1.9 1.5 9.7 4.0 8.5 10.0 9.2 7.6 6.5
Professional and technical training 11.8 7.3 3.4 15.8 7.3 10.9 2.6 1.8 12.5 14.2
Computer training 19.9 15.9 3.5 12.7 7.2 9.7 15.1 11.6 33.5 30.6
Clerical and administrative training 5.1 0.4 0.0 0.2 2.1 9.5 0.7 0.6 8.5 7.6
Sales and customer relations training 7.3 2.8 1.0 3.8 1.3 9.9 14.7 39.5 9.9 3.8
Service related training 5.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.7 11.3 0.0 12.8 0.2 8.3
Production and construction training 10.2 11.6 23.5 16.1 18.7 19.5 35.9 8.3 0.0 0.9
General skills
Basic skills training 1.0 0.0 0.0 2.9 3.0 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.1 0.1
Occupational safety training 11.0 38.0 58.0 13.1 19.1 5.7 6.2 1.3 0.0 11.5
Employee health and wellness training 1.5 4.3 0.3 0.5 0.7 0.6 3.6 0.0 3.7 1.9
Orientation training 5.7 6.0 1.2 2.4 10.8 5.0 2.9 12.9 1.1 6.7
Awareness training 0.5 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.8 0.7 1.0 0.0 1.8 0.1
Communications and quality training 13.2 9.0 7.5 22.4 23.6 8.7 6.4 2.1 20.9 7.2
Other types of formal training 0.4 2.5 0.0 0.1 0.9 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.7
United States Department of Labor
