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Continuing Vocational Training Survey

Statistics Norway carries out the survey Continuing vocational training survey (CVTS) every fifth year. The purpose of the survey is to give insight into the extent of courses and other forms of continuing vocational training among Norwegian businesses. Additionally, the enterprises receive questions tied to skill needs, training strategies as well as factors limiting the provision of vocational training.

Updated: 16 June 2022
Next update: Not yet determined

Selected figures from this statistics

  • Share of enterprises that offer training courses and other forms of continual vocational training, after number of employees
    Share of enterprises that offer training courses and other forms of continual vocational training, after number of employees
    2020
    Total10-49 employees50-249 employees250 employees and more
    Courses or other forms of continuing vocational training in total93.092.295.999.3
    Courses in total79.076.988.094.4
    Other forms of continuing vocational training in total84.483.189.797.0
    Internal courses65.662.678.090.2
    External courses60.456.976.280.1
    Explanation of symbols
  • Share of enterprises that offer training courses and other forms of continual vocational training, by type of training and industry
    Share of enterprises that offer training courses and other forms of continual vocational training, by type of training and industry
    2020
    Courses or other forms of continuing vocational training in totalCourses in totalOther forms of continuing vocational training in totalInternal coursesExternal courses
    Total93.079.084.465.660.4
    Mining and quarrying98.685.892.969.876.5
    Manufacturing91.776.981.460.561.0
    Electricity and gas, water supply, sewerage, waste100.095.793.982.982.1
    Construction88.472.577.453.665.8
    Wholesale and retail trade93.780.084.566.950.4
    Transportation and storage90.380.976.561.362.7
    Accommodation and food service activities94.861.987.755.130.8
    Information and communication98.487.396.478.069.8
    Financial and insurance activities100.095.3100.087.287.2
    Real estate activities: professional, scientific and technical activities: administrative and support service activities: arts, entertainment and recreation: other service activities94.188.087.778.173.7
    Explanation of symbols
  • Main skills needed for the development of the enterprise, as share of enterprises by type of skill and number of employees
    Main skills needed for the development of the enterprise, as share of enterprises by type of skill and number of employees
    2020
    Total10-49 employees50-249 employees250 employees and more
    General IT skills23.222.825.621.9
    IT professional skills12.010.319.524.9
    Management skills28.126.931.744.0
    Team working skills47.047.345.642.3
    Customer handling skills49.352.334.239.0
    Problem solving skills36.037.927.128.3
    Office administration skills0.70.61.1.
    Foreign language skills2.82.55.21.2
    Technical, practical or job-specific skills58.857.663.767.1
    Oral or written communication skills16.316.217.513.1
    Numeracy and/or literacy skills4.45.01.21.4
    Other skills not listed above16.615.821.115.1
    Explanation of symbols
  • Strategies for meeting skill needs, share of enterprises by type of industry
    Strategies for meeting skill needs, share of enterprises by type of industry
    2020
    Continuing vocational training of current staffRecruitment of new staff with the suitable qualifications, skills and competencesRecruitment of new staff combined with specific trainingInternal reogranisation to better use existing skills and competences
    Total93.476.552.761.6
    Mining and quarrying93.488.746.173.6
    Manufacturing93.778.351.765.6
    Electricity and gas, water supply, sewerage, waste97.788.853.769.1
    Construction91.475.644.263.9
    Wholesale and retail trade95.065.755.266.7
    Transportation and storage95.872.957.865.5
    Accommodation and food service activities84.472.957.055.1
    Information and communication95.092.251.053.7
    Financial and insurance activities99.793.266.370.8
    Real estate activities: professional, scientific and technical activities: administrative and support service activities: arts, entertainment and recreation: other service activities95.584.754.353.5
    Explanation of symbols

About the statistics

The information under «About the statistics» was last updated 22 January 2024.

Enterprises

In the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC2007) an enterprise is defined as the smallest combination of juridical units that produces goods and services, and that to a certain extent has independent decision making powers. In this statistic one juridical unit is treated as one enterprise.

Firms

The results from 2005 uses firms as its statistical unit. Where enterprises are the smallest juridical and economical unit, firm refers to a local branch unit. This is a production unit categorized by the kind of economic activity that the firm undertakes.

Industry

Enterprises are grouped after the most important activity in the enterprises. Enterprises can be grouped at different levels of detail. This statistic shows results by section of industry.

Training

In this survey we define training activities as planned activities that are mainly with the purpose of attaining new skills, or further development of existing skills. In order to be counted as a training activity it has to be an actual activity that is separate from the ordinary work in the enterprise.

Courses

Course activities are usually training activities that are clearly separate from the day to day work situation for the participants and are, as a rule, organised for a larger group of participants. In this statistic we differentiate between internal courses, that are organised by employees of the enterprises, and external courses¸ that are organised by persons outside the enterprise.

Industry classification follows the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC2007).

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