Continuing Vocational Training Survey

The Continuing Vocational Training Survey (CVTS) gives detailed information on enterprises' strategies in training programs for their personnel. In particular, it gives information about the provision by enterprises of CVT courses (internal or external), the participation of persons employed in these courses, the cost and duration of the courses as well as the participation of persons employed in Initial Vocational Training courses. Moreover it assesses the outcome of training programmes and the reasons for non-provision of training programmes.

A sample survey conducted via a web questionnaire (CAWI), which is completed by the enterprise. The sample includes about 1.460 enterprises for 2025 and is selected using sampling by stratified economic activity (Nace Rev. 2) and enterprise size.

The CVTS covers enterprises in all economic activities, excluding Agriculture, Fishing, Public Administration and Defence, Education, Human Health and Social Work activities, Activities of Private Households and Extra-territorial Organisations. It covers enterprises with 10 or more employees. 

The statistical unit of the survey is the enterprise.

The CVTS is conducted every 5 years (reference years: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2020, 2025 etc.)

A report (publication) is available for year 2005.
Data are also available on EUROSTAT's website for the years 2005, 2010, 2015 and 2020.

The data are comparable over time.

Data for Persons Employed: Number of participants in CVT Courses by gender, paid working hours spend on CVT Courses. Training providers of external CVT Courses. Cost of CVT Courses. Assessment of the outcome of CVT Courses and reasons for non-provision of CVT Courses. Number of participants in Initial Vocational Training Programs.

Economic activity: Statistical Codes of Economic Activities 2008 (NACE Rev. 2) - Results disseminated at the 1 digit level.

Council Regulation (EC) No 1552/2005 concerning statistics relating to vocational training in enterprises.

21/04/2026