Skills Training Focus in Belgian Enterprises: Continuing Vocational Training Patterns 2010-2020

Key Insights

• Specialist Skills Dominance: Specialist skills consistently show the highest training focus, with 81.1% in 2010, 79.1% in 2015, and 68.5% in 2020, showing a declining trend over the decade.
• General IT Skills Stability: IT general training remained relatively stable at 36.1% (2010), 24.0% (2015), and 24.9% (2020), showing initial decline but recovery by 2020.
• Customer Handling Training: Decreased from 32.9% in 2010 to 27.0% in 2020, with the lowest point at 28.0% in 2015.
• Management Skills Decline: Significant decrease from 28.0% in 2010 to 16.7% in 2020, indicating reduced focus on management training.
• Problem Solving Training: Remained relatively stable around 26.2% (2010), 18.4% (2015), and 21.2% (2020).
• Emerging Focus on Other Skills: “Other” skills category showed dramatic growth from minimal presence in 2010-2015 to 16.7% in 2020.
• Language Training Decline: Foreign language training dropped significantly from 18.5% in 2010 to 5.9% in 2020.
• Minimal Numerical Literacy Focus: Numerical literacy shows consistently low values, dropping from 2.7% in 2010 to 0.9% in 2015, then slightly recovering to 1.4% in 2020.

Chart Information

Chart Type: Multi-series Line Chart

Colors Used: Primary color #18baa8 with complementary shades for different skill categories

Time Period: 2010, 2015, 2020

Data Source: Eurostat dataset trng_cvt_29n2 – Total across all NACE sectors