The INFPC's Training Observatory analyses employees' access to training and companies' training efforts, using data collected in the context of applications for the co-funding of in-company training.
The data relating to in-company training in Luxembourg is collected from Luxembourgish private-sector companies receiving public co-funding for continuing vocational training. The applications made by these companies make it possible to analyse their training practices.
In 2021, 2.248 Luxembourgish companies in the private sector received financial support from the State to finance their training plan. These companies dedicated 1,3% of their payroll to training. Employees took, on average, 4,9 training courses lasting 3,0 hours. On average, a training course cost 167 euros per participant and 56 euros per hour. State support for continuing vocational training (CVT) came to 32,5 million euros.
In 2021, 2.248 companies received financial support from the State for training. These companies, either individually or grouped together with other companies, made up for a total of 1.711 co-funding applications. At a national level, 30,8% of private companies with 10 employees or more received State support and 56,4% of all private-sector employees were potentially concerned by in-company training.
Companies receiving State support dedicated 1,3% of their payroll to training. On average, training courses cost 167 euros per participant and 56 euros per hour. The services offered by training providers represented 27% of companies' training investment. The "Technical/Core-business-related" subject area accounted for 40% of companies' training investment and for 42% of training hours completed. After "Technical/Core-business-related", the highest number of training course participants was in "Finance, accounting and law" and "Quality, ISO and safety". These three subject areas together attracted 74% of those participating in training courses.
The employees of companies receiving State support took, on average, 4,9 training courses lasting 3,0 hours. On average, women took nearly as many training courses than men (4,8 compared with 4,9), the gap being wider in companies in the "Agriculture and industry" sector (5,8 compared with 2,2). On average, senior executives participated in 8,5 training courses, managers in 6,7 courses, qualified employees in 5,0 courses and non-qualified employees in 1,8 training courses. Female senior executives, managers and qualified employees participated in more training courses (on average 8,3, 9,7 and 5,1, respectively) than non-qualified women (1,3 training courses, on average). Finally, "employees +" could expect to attend 3,5 training courses.
In 2021, State support for continuing vocational training (CVC) came to 32,5 million euros, which was an increase of 24% compared with 2020. The amount of co-funding granted came, on average, to 18.976 euros per application (median: 4.530 euros), 9,8 euros per training hour and 143 euros per employee.