DEFINITIONS

Enterprise – an organisational unit producing goods or services, the smallest combination of legal units, which benefits from a certain degree of autonomy in decision making, especially for the allocation of its current resources. An enterprise performs one or more activities in one or more places. An enterprise can be one legal unit.

In-service training – training measures or activities (incl. formal education) that the enterprise finances either partially or entirely for its employees (paid study leave and enabling to leave for school during paid working hours are also regarded as partial financing). In-service training  is planned in advance and have a specific purpose. Measures or activities that are financed entirely by the Estonian Unemployment Insurance Fund, other public institutions or the employees themselves do not belong here. In-service training can be divided into internal and external in-service training courses and other ways of training. Training of apprentices/trainees is not considered to be in-service training.

Principal activity of the enterprise – the activity of the enterprise that consumes the biggest number of working hours. The principal activity of an enterprise is coded according to a 5-diggit code of the Estonian Classification of Economic Activities (EMTAK).

The number of employees or the number of people working in the enterprise – the number of all the employees in the enterprise despite the length of their working week.

Employees include:

- the owners working in the enterprise and their family members working without pay;

- full-time or part-time employees who are listed as paid employees;

- persons working outside the enterprise (e.g. marketing personnel) but belong to the staff of the enterprise and are listed as paid employees;

- persons who are temporarily absent from work (on sick leave, paid leave, study leave, strike etc);

- seasonal workers, apprentices (trainees) and out-workers, who are listed as paid employees;

- persons working under a contract for services.

Family members working without pay are persons who are living together with the owner of the enterprise and work in the enterprise on a regular basis but have not concluded a contract and do not receive pay for their work. Only persons who are not listed as full-time paid employees in other enterprises belong to this category.

The number of employees does not include employees of other enterprises who operate in the enterprise in question by performing orders, nor the persons who are absent from work for a long period (on parental leave, in compulsory military service, etc.), who have been absent and have not received pay throughout 2010.

The number of participants of the in-service training – a participant of a training course is a person who has participated at least in one in-service training course in the reference period. Every person can be counted only once regardless of the number of times he or she has participated in the in-service training courses. Thus, if an employee has taken part in two external training courses and one internal training course, he or she will be considered as one participant.

The number of worked hours of employees – the number of worked hours is the total number of hours actually worked by the employees in the reference period. In addition to standard working hours, all overtime hours must also be shown. The paid working hours that were actually not worked (holidays, sick leaves, etc.), also lunch breaks, time spent on coming to work and leaving work, time spent on formal education (acquisition of education) and professional training (courses, exercises), and other time not belonging directly under the working time will not be taken into account.

METHODOLOGY

Survey on the adult education in enterprises (CVTS) is a part of an international survey that is organised in all of the EU Member States at the same time. The aim of the survey is to collect data on the activities of employers concerning in-service training. Statistics Estonia has carried out the survey three times: in 2000, in 2006 and in 2011. The survey has been compiled for all the participating countries on the basis of a common questionnaire and methodology in order that the data of Estonia could be compared on the international level.

In 2011, the sampling frame was 6,183 enterprises. The sample-size of the Estonian survey was 3,000 enterprises, of which 1,859 (10–49 persons) were small, 1,000 medium (50–249 persons) and 141 large enterprises (250 and more persons).

The 2010 year version of the Estonian Business Register was used as a source of the sampling frame. Only the enterprises that are included in the scope of the sample were selected – with 10 and more employees in 2010 in 20 NACE categories.

The sampling frame comprises of 6,183 enterprises, allocated in 120 strata (20 rows and 6 columns). The strata are defined by the 20 NACE categories and the 6 size classes according to the number of employees (10–49, 50–99, 100–249, 250–499, 500–999 and more than 1,000).

The results are disclosed by the principal activity of the enterprise and by the number of employees in the three size classes: the enterprises with 10–49 employees, the enterprises with 50–249 employees and the enterprises with 250 and more employees.

CLASSIFICATIONS

Estonian Classification of Economic Activities (EMTAK 2008) based on NACE Rev 2.

Survey comprises NACE Rev 2 categories

B

Mining

C10–C12

Manufacture of food products, beverages and tobacco products

C13–C15

Manufacture of textiles and wearing apparel; manufacture of leather and related products

C17–C18

Manufacture of paper and paper products; printing and reproduction of recorded media

C19–C23

Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products; manufacture of chemicals and chemical products; manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations; manufacture of rubber and plastic products; manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products

C24–C25

Manufacture of basic metals; manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment

C26–C28, C33

Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products; manufacture of electrical equipment; manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.; repair and installation of machinery and equipment

C29–C30

Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers; manufacture of other transport equipment

C16, C31–C32

Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials; manufacture of furniture; other manufacturing

D–E

Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply; water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities

F

Construction

G45

Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles

G46

Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles

G47

Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles

H

Transportation and storage

I

Accommodation and food service activities

J

Information and communication

K64–K65

Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding; insurance, reinsurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security

K66

Activities auxiliary to financial services and insurance activities

L, M, N, R, S

Real estate activities; professional, scientific and technical activities; administrative and support service activities; arts, entertainment and recreation; other service activities

CONTACT PERSON

Karolin Kυrreveski

Population and Social Statistics Department

Tel +372 625 9165

karolin.korreveski@stat.ee

Updated: 16.04.2012