The Huron Expositor, 1988-06-22, Page 5Survey de
Almost 70 per L,. t of 'iron County
businesses rtmortt•d in a receiit survey they
must send tht;Ir employees out of the county
to obtain formal (job-related t training. As a
• result, many companies, especially smaller
ones, are unable to supply as much
employee training as they would like.
This was one of the r a jor findings of the
Training Needs Sur% ey commissioned by
the Huron Commw y Industrial Training
Committee. '. su. ey was designed and
conducted by the Small Business Consu.tine
Service of Wilfrid Laurier University. More
than 300 Huron County businesses were con-
tacted by telephone to dutern,ine the train-
ing programs they currently use, the types
r f progral is they would like to have
a t , g iia u' f, . uld where they obtained informa-
tion abort training. The businesses were
chosen t , provide a sample off large and
small cf nlpanies with representation from
all employment sectors. •
The results showed fewer than half of the
businesses ow v yed were currently involv-
ed in formal training programs. Most of the
training was related to technical areas and
skilled trades including apprenticeships and
product updating. However, many firms did
inl..cate employee training is important.
Larger businesses are n ,re likely to pro-
vide formal training courses. Sectors most
involved in tin :ling included wholesalers,
retailers, financial and real estate firms and
government, education and health. In many
cases, a parent organization makes training
available to these employees.
Employee groups most likely to be involv-
ed in training are skilled labor and manage-
ment. Often these courses are required to
obtain licenses or professional certification.
Most businesses felt training was important
for all employee groups, with the larger
firms placing more emphasis on super-
visory, sales and management personnel.
While business is saying training is impor-
tant, only 38.3 per cent are actively planning
for future training needs. These respondents
were interested in programs related to of-
fice and computer skills, technical skills,
sales and business managment. Thema jor
difficulty cited by employers in providing
training is the lack of locally available
courses. Having to, go out of the area makes
the training expensive and inconvenient.
Many smaller companies report they cannot
afford to have employees off the job for long
periods of time. Businesses would be more
likely to train if travelling time and costs
were reduced. A desire for more training is
supported by the fact only five per cent of
the companies reported lack of employee in-
terest as a factor.
To obtahi information about training op-
portunities, most businesses relied on sup-
pliers, head offices and trade literature. A
smaller percentage made use of the com-
munity colleges and the Canadian Employ-
ment Centre. Generally, employers felt that
lack of information was a significant issue.
It appeared they would be more likely to in-
volve their employes in training programs if
they were more aware of the availability
and benefits of these courses.
Overall, Huron County businesses are in-
terested in making training available to
their employees within the county. Current-
ly, most formal training programs being
• utilized by businesses within the county are
crates program need
. Table.10: How many employees does the rum have?
Response Frequency Percent
0 Employees
laS Employees
6-10 Employees
11-20 Employees
21+ Employees
2
107
60
70
69
0.6
34.7
19s
22 1
22.4
Total
308 100.0
Table 12: Nature of the responents's business based on SIC codes?
Response
Frequency
Percent
Agriculture and Mining
28
9.1
Manufacturing
60
19.5
Construction
28
9,1
Transportation and Warehousing
10
3.2
Wholesalers
24
7.8
Retailers
79
25.6
Financial and Read Estate
29
9.4
Government. Education and Health
II
3.6
Service Industries
38
12.3
Missing
I
0.3
TOTAL
308
100.0
Table 2: Which group of employee, are involved in fomnal
training programa?
Response Frequency . Percent
Umkiled Labour 36 24.7
Skilled Labour 78 53.4
Clerical Staff41 28,1
Sales Personnel 46 31.5
Supervisory Staff 39 26.7
Managerial Staff 54 37.0
Other Pummel 17 11.6
Note: The reepondenu may have mentioned mere than one
category for this question if they enawored yea to Question I.
The percentage values are based on the 146 yea answers to Ques-
tion I,
Table 4: What types of formal training programs are used by these
employees?
Response Frequency
Percent
Computer Skills 27
18.5
Leadership Skills 10
6.8
Customer Relations Skills 21
14.4
Telemarketing Skills 2
1.4
Supervisory Skills 22
15.1
Safety 16
II
Office Skills 15
10.3
Technical Skills 70
48.0
communication Skins 22
15.1
Sales Skills 46
31.5
Tredeflndusrrid Skills 46
31.5
Managerial Skill, 33
22,6
Other Skills 39
26.7
Note: The percentage values were calculated on a based of 146 yes
responses to Question 1.
The respondents may hove given more than one response to this
question.
Table 3: How important would formal twining entree, ha for the following employee group?
CATEGORY RESPONSE
Does Net Very Unenponant
Apply Unimportant
Neutral Important Very
Important
Labour Personnel:
Frequency 67
Pere u
21.8
supmriaory Personnel:
Frequency 79
Percent 25.6
Clerical Personnel:.
Frequency 80
Percent 26.1
46 46
14,9
45 31
14,9 14.6
TOTAL
73 308
10,1 23.7
II 31 34 64
3.6 10.1 11.0 20.8
89
28.9
23 34 65 62 44
7.5 11.0 21.1 20.1 14.3
Sale. Personnel:
Frequency 117 14
Percent 38.0 4.5
Managerial Peaonoel:
Frequency 49
Percent 15.9
Other Personnel:
Frequency 266
Pamet 86.4
15 32 56 74
4.9 10.4 18.2 24.0
21 23 31 75
6.8 73 10.1 24.4 33.4
100.0
308
100.0
308
100.0
308
100.0
109 308
4 0 3 15 20
1.3 0,0 1.0 4.9 6.5
NOTE: Percent column, that do not total 100%. are the resuh of rounding errer.
The percentage values way calculated using the peso of 308 empo derus.
100.0
308
100.0
those relating to skilled and unskilled labor
such as trade apprenticeships.
For the future, businesses are interested
in developing office, computer, technical
and sales skills.
A majority of businesses are currently not
involved in planning for future training
needs of their employees. The information
obtained from this study may be used as the
basis for determining ways in which the
Huron Community Industrial Training Com-
mittee may assist local businesses to pro-
vide appropriate training for their
employees.
The complete report :may be obtained
from the office at the Huron Community In-
dustrial Training Committee, 50 South
Street, Gooerich. 524-7722.
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