Workforce, Labor Standards & Skills Planning worked example

Training Hours Required at 9.2% trainer utilization target: a worked example

Push trainer utilization target up to 9.2% and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. Use it when training hours required in workforce, labor standards and skills planning is being sized against an asset rating.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Training hours of demand to deliver: 100 units (unchanged)
  • Trainer or classroom hours available: 1.2 units (unchanged)
  • Trainer utilization target: 9.2 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 8)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Required training hours required load = training hours required demand รท training hours required utilization target) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 120 hr for total load, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 13.04 hr / hr for hourly equivalent.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 100 hr for input load.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 1.2 x for load factor.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where trainer utilization target sits at 8% and the headline result is 120 hr, this scenario lands almost exactly on the baseline at 120 hr.
  • It divides the training demand by your utilization target to get the required load, then subtracts available capacity to reveal the gap. The value of this scenario is the size of the gap it exposes: that gap, priced out over a year, is the budget you can justify spending to close it.

Results at a glance

  • Total load: 120 hr (headline result)
  • Hourly equivalent: 13.04 hr / hr
  • Input load: 100 hr
  • Load factor: 1.2 x

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Training Hours Required calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.