Correlates of employer-provided training while in the most recent full-time job held were explored. Respondents were nearly 10,000 members of the 1980 high school seniors cohort of the High School and Beyond survey data set. Two types of forces expected to influence participation in employer-provided training were distinguished: incentive and opportunity. Five types of factors were components of these incentive and opportunity sets: education and work experience, personal and household characteristics, personal attitudes, location, and industry/occupational affiliation. Findings indicated 40 percent of the respondents had participated in some type of employer-provided training. No important difference in the overall participation patterns in training appeared between females and males. Females spent 52 percent as many hours and 68 percent as many weeks in training compared to males. Conclusions were that different factors affect the incentives and opportunities upon which females and males acted, education and work experience appear to be more consistent correlates of female participation in training, the industry and occupational affiliation factors appear to dominate as correlates of participation in training, and employers offer training support as a substitute for alternative external sources of work skills enhancement. (YLB)