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| FPC104C - Cost of continuing vocational training by components and ownership type |
| Definition |
The total cost of continuing vocational training includes the cost of continuing vocational training courses and the labour cost of participants in courses, according to the period in which the courses were given.
Labour cost of participants in CVT courses represents part of the amount invested by the employer for their persons employed training and is calculated as the ratio between total labour cost and the number of hours worked, weighted with the number of hours attended in CVT courses.
Continuing vocational training cost of CVT courses includes:
1. Fees and payments to units which provided CVT courses, comprising course fees, the cost of assessors and examiners and the cost of external trainers used to support internal courses. They include:
- the cost of external courses, respectively the payments/fees to the CVT provider; when the course is organised and carried out by another unit then the respondent one (external courses), it has to pay a course fee, (per person or in global amount), irrespective of the place of the course (inside or outside the surveyed enterprise);
- the payments to external trainers (not belonging to employed staff of respondent unit) holding the courses, irrespective of CVT type (internal or external);
- the payments to external consultants, experts, trainers (not belonging to the employed staff of the respondent unit) and who contributed as much as possible to CVT course organisation, planning or to the elaboration of the course documentation/material support, irrespective of the course type (internal or external);
- any payment of the unit for the CVT courses, internal or external ones, even if the person/persons employed attended those CVT courses, exclusively in their time off.
Fees for training courses undertaken by apprentices and trainees were not included.
2. Travel and subsistence payments to participants for travel, daily allowance and accommodation
They include the amounts for CVT courses (internal and external), respectively:
- the payments of the unit for local transport of the participants in the courses taking place in the same locality;
- the payments of the unit for the participants transport between localities (inside or outside the country) in the courses taking place outside the locality;
- the payment of accommodation and daily allowance for participants in the courses, attended by the enterprise;
- any additional payments of the unit for the participants travell to and from the place of the course.
3. Labour costs of internal trainers, the staff of the training centre and other staff exclusively or partly involved in providing, designing and managing CVT courses. The payments to the staff exclusively and/or partly involved in planning, organization and managing of CVT courses are included.
The following staff categories are involved:
- internal trainers (the unit's persons employed) holding the CVT courses whether during this period they have or have not carried out another professional activity;
- directors and other managers involved in training and elaboration of programmes for persons employed training;
- clerks and administrative staff involved in training programmes and activities of the unit's staff.
There are also included the amounts taken in labour cost calculation corresponding to the manager, leader of trade union and other type of staff partly involved in CVT activity (study and approval of CVT programme, its development etc.) that are estimated accordingly to the approximate working time in this area.
4. Costs for training premises (training rooms), equipment and materials, including consumables used for CVT courses
They include:
- expenditure for training premises functioning (excluding the cost of employed staff), including maintenance expenditure used for CVT courses; the maintenance costs for the training centre (water, electricity, sanitation services, repairs, etc.); only the share corresponding to the courses given is included (e.g., one, two rooms, 30% of the centre's area, etc.);
- expenditure for purchasing equipment and materials, used exclusively for CVT courses;
- material expenditure related to the use of the enterprise's equipment and materials exclusively for the provision of CVT courses.
5. Contributions to collective funding arrangements (e.g. fees, dues, contributions, subscriptions for CVT courses) to the benefit of various funds (e.g. national, regional)
It includes the costs of contributions made by the enterprise to national financing funds (only contributions specifically intended for CVT training) through Romanian Government and intermediary organisations, in order to allow an accurate estimate of the total cost for the enterprises that organised CVT courses for their persons employed.
6. Receipts from various collective funds (e.g. sponsorships) for CVT, from different sources
The receipts from collective funding arrangements, subsidies and financial assistance from Romanian Government and other sources are included. |
| Periodicity |
5 years |
| Data sources |
Continuing vocational training survey (CVTS) details |
| Last update |
NOV 27, 2007 |
| Observations |
The statistical survey Characteristics of vocational training in enterprises was performed for the first time in 1999.
The next rounds of the survey has as reference period the years 2005, 2010, 2015.
The data are not available for reference years 2010, 2015. |
| Responsible person |
Cristina Buravic; cristina.buravic@insse.ro; int 2281 |
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