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

Key Insights

• Specialist Skills Dominance: Specialist skills consistently show the highest training focus, with 64.8% in 2010, 64.3% in 2015, and 64.9% in 2020, remaining remarkably stable.
• Customer Handling Decline: Significant decrease from 50.3% (2010) to 23.3% (2020), indicating reduced emphasis on customer service training.
• Management Skills Drop: Notable decrease from 30.4% in 2010 to 13.6% in 2020, showing reduced focus on management development.
• IT Training Evolution: General IT skills training decreased from 39.1% (2010) to 20.4% (2015) but recovered to 23.1% (2020), while professional IT skills remained stable around 10-12%.
• Communication Skills Decline: Dramatic drop from 10.9% in 2010 to just 1.6% in 2020, indicating shift away from formal communication training.
• Foreign Language Training: Significant reduction from 15.6% in 2010 to 3.5% in 2020, reflecting changing language skill priorities.
• Stable Other Skills: “Other” skills category remained consistently around 23%, showing steady demand for diverse training areas.
• Problem Solving Decrease: Declined from 37.5% in 2010 to 20.3% in 2020, indicating reduced formal problem-solving training focus.

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