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

Key Insights

• Specialist Skills Dominance: Specialist skills consistently show the highest training focus, with 73.2% in 2010, 59.4% in 2015, and 57.1% in 2020, showing a declining trend but remaining the top priority.
• Management Skills Decline: Significant decrease from 48.5% in 2010 to 26.1% in 2020, indicating reduced focus on management training across Polish enterprises.
• Customer Handling Training: Showed a steady decline from 43.3% in 2010 to 29.1% in 2020, reflecting changing business priorities.
• Teamwork Skills Drop: Major decrease from 37.1% in 2010 to 18.3% in 2015, then remained stable at 18.5% in 2020.
• Digital Skills Evolution: General IT skills training decreased from 21.3% in 2010 to 9.9% in 2020, while professional IT skills remained relatively stable around 10-20%.
• Emerging Focus on Other Skills: “Other” skills category showed dramatic growth from 1.5% in 2010 to 30.4% in 2020, indicating diversification of training needs.
• Communication and Language Decline: Both communication (from 5.4% to 2.6%) and foreign language training (from 25.1% to 13.1%) showed significant decreases.
• Administrative Skills Stability: Administrative skills training remained relatively stable, fluctuating from 34.5% (2010) to 20.2% (2015) and back to 20.9% (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