Table 3. Number of hours of formal training per employee by type of formal training and industry, May - October, 1995
Table 3. Number of hours of formal training per employee by type of formal training and industry, May - October, 1995
Manufacturing Transportation,
communications, Finance,
Characteristic Total Mining Construction Durable Non- and public Finance,
durable utilities Wholesale Retail insurance, Services
50 or more trade trade and real
employees estate
Type of formal training:
Any formal training 10.7 14.4 5.0 11.7 11.9 18.3 8.4 3.7 16.6 11.0
Job skills
Management training 0.8 0.3 0.1 1.1 0.0 1.6 0.8 0.3 1.3 0.7
Professional and technical training 1.3 1.1 0.2 1.9 0.9 2.0 0.2 0.1 2.1 1.6
Computer training 2.1 2.3 0.2 1.5 0.9 1.8 1.3 0.4 5.6 3.4
Clerical and administrative training 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 1.7 0.1 0.0 1.4 0.8
Sales and customer relations training 0.8 0.4 0.1 0.5 0.2 1.8 1.2 1.5 1.6 0.4
Service related training 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 2.1 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.9
Production and construction training 1.1 1.7 1.2 1.9 2.2 3.6 3.0 0.3 0.0 0.1
General skills
Basic skills training 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.4 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Occupational safety training 1.2 5.5 2.9 1.5 2.3 1.0 0.5 0.1 0.0 1.3
Employee health and wellness training 0.2 0.6 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.6 0.2
Orientation training 0.6 0.9 0.1 0.3 1.3 0.9 0.2 0.5 0.2 0.7
Awareness training 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.0
Communications and quality training 1.4 1.3 0.4 2.6 2.8 1.6 0.5 0.1 3.5 0.8
Other types of formal training 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1
United States Department of Labor
