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

Key Insights

• Specialist Skills Dominance: Specialist skills consistently show the highest training focus, with 67.5% in 2010, 56.3% in 2015, and 61.6% in 2020, showing some recovery after a decline in 2015.
• Customer Handling Training: Decreased significantly from 53.3% in 2010 to 28.6% in 2020, indicating a shift in training priorities.
• Management Skills Decline: Substantial decrease from 53.1% in 2010 to 15.9% in 2020, showing reduced emphasis on management training.
• Digital Skills Evolution: General IT skills training fluctuated from 36.6% (2010) to 12.4% (2015) and recovered to 17.0% (2020), while professional IT skills remained stable around 15.8% in 2020.
• Significant Growth in Other Skills: “Other” skills category showed dramatic growth from 3.3% in 2010 to 31.6% in 2015, then stabilized at 9.3% in 2020.
• Language Training Decline: Foreign language training dropped significantly from 29.6% in 2010 to 6.4% in 2020.
• Numerical Literacy Low Focus: Shows consistently low values with only 1.1% in 2015 and 3.0% in 2020, indicating minimal training focus in this area.

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