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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