From talking with corporate people from IBM, GTE, TI, and El Paso Natural Gas Company, I know that they require 40 hours/employee/year across the board. Hope that helps!>---------------------- Information from the mail header ----------------------- >Sender: Innisbrook Program discussions <[log in to unmask]> >Poster: "JOSEPH T. BORK" <[log in to unmask]> >Organization: Arkansas State University >Subject: Training hours per enployee >------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > I am interested in finding out what this group believes to be an >average number of classroom training hours per employee per year, we >can break >this out by the service and manufacturing sectors. I also would like >to know if you have read any articles that support your >thoughts.This information will assist me in nailing down a big >contract. > > >Sincerely; Joe Bob > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lee Nelson Associate Director [log in to unmask] Division of Professional & Continuing Education (915) 747-5104 108 Miners; Hall - University of Texas at El Paso Fax (915) 747-5538 El Paso, Texas 79968-0602 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~