Commission Regulation (EU) No 822/2010Show full title

1. Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 198/2006 is replaced by the following:

“‘ANNEX I VARIABLES

Note to the table:

The values “core” and “key” in the column “variable group” are explained in Annex III. The value “ID” means that the variable is an “identification variable” (no missing allowed). In the column “variable type” the value “QL” refers to “Qualitative variable” of type Yes/No, “QM” to “Qualitative variable” with multiple categories as described in the table and “QT” refers to “Quantitative variable”. CVT stands for Continuing Vocational Training. NACE refers to economic activity according to NACE Rev 2.

1. Variables to be collected from all enterprises: sample characteristics

Variable name	Variable group	Variable type	Variable description
COUNTRY	ID		Country code
REGION	ID		Region identification NUTS — level 1
REFYEAR	ID		Reference year
RESPID	ID		Enterprise ID
RESPWEIGHT	ID		Weighting factor Two decimal positions — use “.” as decimal separator
RESPEXTRA1	ID		Extra variable 1 (see Annex III)
RESPEXTRA2	ID		Extra variable 2 (see Annex III)
RESPEXTRA3	ID		Extra variable 3 (see Annex III)
SP_NACE	ID		Sampling plan economic activity category
SP_SIZE	ID		Sampling plan size group
SP_NSTRA	ID		Sampling plan – Number of enterprises in the stratum defined by NACE_SP and SIZE_SP, i.e. the population
SP_N	ID		Sampling plan — Number of sampled enterprises from the sample-frame in the stratum defined by NACE_SP and SIZE_SP
SP_SUB	ID		Sub-sample indicator, shows if enterprise belongs to sub-sample
N_RESPST	ID		Number of responding enterprises in the stratum defined by NACE_SP and SIZE_SP
N_EMPREG	ID		Number of persons employed according to the register
INTRESP	ID		Response indicator (sampling unit type)
INTMETHOD	ID		Data collection mode
INTLANG	ID		Language of data collection

2. Variables to be collected from all enterprises: background data

Variable name	Variable group	Variable type	Variable description
A1	Core	QL	Actual NACE CODE
A2tot	Core	QT	Total number of persons employed on 31 December of the reference year
A2m		QT	Total number of males employed on 31 December of the reference year
A2f		QT	Total number of females employed on 31 December of the reference year
A3	Key	QT	Total number of persons employed on 31 December of the previous year
A4	Key	QT	Total number of hours worked in the reference year by persons employed
A5	Key	QT	Total labour costs (direct + indirect) of all persons employed in the reference year
A6		QL	Introduction of any new or significantly new improved products or services or methods of producing or delivering products and services during the reference year.

3. Variables to be collected from all enterprises: CVT strategies

Variable name	Variable group	Variable type	Variable description
A7		QL	Own or shared training centre
A8		QL	Person or unit within the enterprise with responsibility for the organisation of CVT
A9		QL	Assessment of future skill needs of the enterprise
A10		QM	Reaction to future needs through
			Continuing vocational training of current staff
			Recruitment of new staff with the suitable qualifications, skills and competences
			Recruitment of new staff combined with specific training
			Internal reorganisation to better use existing skills and competences
A11a		QM	Reviews of future skill and training needs of individual employees
			Yes, mainly by way of structured interviews
			Yes, but mainly by way of other methods
			No
A11b		QM	The reviews of future skill and training needs of individual employees focus on:
			Occupations or groups of occupations
			Skills and competences
			Working tasks and activities
			Formal qualifications
A12		QM	Skills and competences important in the next few years
			General IT skills
			IT professional skills
			Management skills
			Team working skills, customer handling skills, social skills
			Problem solving skills
			Office administration skills
			Foreign language skills
			Technical, practical or job-specific skills
			Oral or written communication skills
			Numeracy and/or literacy skills
			None of these
			Do not know
A13		QL	Planning of CVT in the enterprise lead to a written training plan or programme
A14		QL	Annual training budget, which includes provision for CVT
A15		QL	National, sector or other agreements between the social partners, which cover the provision of CVT
A16a		QL	Staff representatives/committees involved in the management process of continuing vocational training
A16b		QM	Aspects covered by staff representatives/committees
			Objective setting of training
			Establishing criteria for the selection of participants or specific target groups
			Form/type of training (e.g. internal/external courses; other forms such as guided on-the-job training)
			Content of training
			Budget for training
			Selection of external training providers
			Evaluation/assessment of training outcomes
A17		QM	Sources of information about CVT
			Public information centres/services and authorities
			Private training providers
			Personnel/staff representatives
			Others
			Do not use any such source of information

4. Variables to be collected from all enterprises: CVT characteristics

Variable name	Variable group	Variable type	Variable description
B1a	Core	QL	Provision of internal CVT courses in the reference year
B1b	Core	QL	Provision of external CVT courses in the reference year
B2a	Core	QL	Provision of guided on-the-job training in the reference year
		QT	Number of participants in guided on-the-job training
B2b	Core	QL	Provision of job rotation in the reference year
		QT	Number of participants: job-rotation, exchanges, secondments or study visits
B2c	Core	QL	Attendance at conferences/workshops in the reference year
		QT	Number of participants in conferences/workshops
B2d	Core	QL	Participation in learning and quality circles in the reference year
		QT	Number of participants in learning or quality circles
B2e	Core	QL	Planned training by self-directed learning/e-learning in the reference year
		QT	Number of participants in self-directed learning/e-learning
B3		QL	Provision of CVT courses in the year before the reference year
B4		QL	Provision of other forms of CVT in the year before the reference year
B5a		QL	Existence of CVT contributions in the reference year
		QT	Amount of contributions CVT (in euros)
B5b		QL	Existence of CVT receipts in the reference year
		QT	Amount of receipts CVT (in euros)
B6		QM	Measures the enterprise benefits from
			Tax incentives (tax allowances, tax exemptions, tax credits, tax relief, tax deferrals)
			Receipts from training funds (national, regional, sector)
			EU subsidies (e.g. European Social Fund)
			Government subsidies
			Other sources
			None of these

The following sections 5 and 6 shall be addressed to enterprises providing CVT courses in the reference year [(B1a or B1b) = YES].

Section 7 shall be addressed to all training enterprises in the reference year, i.e.:

• enterprises providing CVT courses in 2010 [(B1a or B1b) = YES], or

• enterprises providing other forms of CVT [(B2a or B2b or B2c or B2d or B2e) = YES].

Section 8 shall be addressed to non-training enterprises.

5. Variables to be collected from enterprises which provided CVT courses: CVT participants, subjects and providers

Variable name	Variable group	Variable type	Variable description
C1tot	Key	QT	Total number of CVT course participants
C2m		QT	Number of CVT course participants — males
C2f		QT	Number of CVT course participants — females
C3tot	Key	QT	Paid working time (in hours) spent on all CVT courses
C3i		QT	Paid working time (in hours) for internal CVT courses
C3e		QT	Paid working time (in hours) for external CVT courses
C4		QT	Share of training hours spent on obligatory courses for health and safety at work
C5		QL	Subjects covered
			General IT skills
			IT professional skills
			Management skills
			Team working skills, customer handling skills, social skills
			Problem solving skills
			Office administration skills
			Foreign language skills
			Technical, practical or job-specific skills
			Oral or written communication skills
			Numeracy and/or literacy skills
			None of these
C5Main		QL	Main subject (with respect to volume of training hours)
C6		QL	Providers (external courses)
			Schools, colleges, universities and other higher education institutions
			Public training institutions (financed or guided by the government; e.g. adult education centre)
			Private training companies
			Private companies whose main activity is not training
			Employer’s associations, chambers of commerce, sector bodies
			Trade unions
			Other training providers
C6Main		QL	Main provider (with respect to volume of training hours)

6. Variables to be collected from enterprises which provided CVT courses: CVT costs

Variable name	Variable group	Variable type	Variable description
C7a		QL	Existence of fees
		QT	CVT course costs — fees and payments for courses for employees (in euros)
C7b		QL	Existence of travel costs
		QT	CVT course costs — travel and subsistence payments (in euros)
C7c		QL	Existence of labour costs of internal trainers
		QT	CVT course costs — labour costs of internal trainers (in euros)
C7d		QL	Existence of costs of training centre and teaching materials etc.
		QT	CVT course costs — training centre, or rooms and teaching materials for CVT courses (in euros)
C7sub		QL	Existence of “Sub-total only” (no sub-categories)
	Key	QT	CVT costs sub-total (in euros)
PAC	Key	QT	Personal absence cost — to be calculated (PAC=C3tot*A5/A4 in euros)
C7tot	Key	QT	Total cost CVT — to be calculated (C7sub + B5a – B5b (in euros)

7. Variables to be collected from enterprises which provided CVT courses or other forms of CVT: CVT quality, outcomes and difficulties

Variable name	Variable group	Variable type	Variable description
D1		QM	Aspects considered to ensure the quality of CVT
			Certification of external providers (e.g. use of national registers)
			Continuous training of internal trainers
			Continuing vocational training and certification is based on national/sector recognised standards or frameworks
			Others
			No particular aspect considered
D2a		QM	Assessment of the outcomes of CVT activities
			Yes, for all activities
			Yes, for some activities
			No, proof of participation is sufficient
D2b		QM	Methods of assessment
			Certification after written or practical test
			Satisfaction survey amongst participants
			Assessment of participants’ behaviour or performance in relation to training objectives
			Assessment/measurement of the impact of training on performance of relevant departments or the whole enterprise
			Other
D3		QM	Factors limiting CVT provision in the reference year
			No limiting factor: level of training provided was appropriate to the enterprises needs
			Recruitment of individuals with the required qualifications, skills and competencies
			Difficulties in assessing training needs in the enterprise
			Lack of suitable offerings of CVT courses in the market
			High costs of CVT courses
			Higher focus on IVT provision than on CVT
			Major efforts in CVT realised in recent years
			Limited time available for staff to participate in CVT
			Other reasons

8. Variables to be collected from non-training enterprises: reasons for the non-provision of CVT activities

Variable name	Variable group	Variable type	Variable description
E1		QM	Reasons for not providing CVT in the reference year
			The existing qualifications, skills and competences were appropriate to the current needs of the enterprise
			Recruitment of individuals with the required qualifications, skills and competencies was preferred
			Difficulties in assessing training needs in the enterprise
			Lack of suitable offerings of CVT courses in the market
			High costs of CVT courses
			Higher focus on IVT provision than on CVT
			Major efforts in CVT realised in recent years
			No time available for staff to participate in CVT
			Other reasons

9. Variables to be collected from all enterprises: IVT

Variable name	Variable group	Variable type	Variable description
F1tot	Core	QT	Total number of IVT participants in the enterprise during the reference year
F2		QM	Reasons for providing IVT (if F1Tot > 0)
			To qualify future employees according to the needs of the enterprise
			To choose the best apprentices for future employment after completion of initial vocational training
			To avoid possible mismatch with enterprise needs in case of external recruitment
			To make use of the productive capacities of IVT participants already during their initial vocational training
			Other (e.g. to make the enterprise more attractive to potential staff)

Optional variables

Member States can transmit complementary variables to the Commission (Eurostat) on an optional basis in a harmonised format as described in the “European Union Manual” referred to in Article 8.’;”