SUNDAY, JUNE 3, 1979
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LABOUR DEPARTMENT HELPS 2,000
FIND APPRENTICESHIP IN INDUSTRY *****
THE TRAINING COUNCIL DIVISION OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT HELPED SOME 2,000 YOUNG PEOPLE FIND A CRAFT OR TECHNICIAN APPRENTICESHIP LAST YEAR.
DISCLOSING THIS TODAY (SUNDAY), A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT POINTED OUT THAT THE DIVISION HAS BEEN OPERATING AN APPRENTICE PLACEMENT SERVICE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WISHING TO PURSUE A CAREER IN INDUSTRY THROUGH AN APPRENTICESHIP.
+THE APPRENTICES ARE NOW USEFULLY AND PRODUCTIVELY EMPLOYED, EARNING THEIR LIVING AND AT THE SAME TIME LEARNING
TRADE IN WHICH THEY ARE INTERESTED, HE SAID.
+THE DURATION OF THEIR APPRENTICESHIP IS EITHER THREE OR FOUR YEARS.+
IN ADDITION TO RECEIVING ON-THE-JOB TRAINING PROVIDED BY THEIR EMPLOYERS, THE APPRENTICES ALSO ATTEND RELATED TECHNICAL COURSES THREE TIMES A WEEK - ONE DAY AND TWO EVENINGS -- IN EITHER A TECHNICAL INSTITUTE OR THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC,+ HE ADDED.
THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT THERE ARE NOW OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE TO SUITABLY QUALIFIED YOUNG PEOPLE FOR BOTH CRAFT AND TECHNICIAN APPRENTICESHIP IN HONG KONG'S 10 MAJOR INDUSTRIES. THESE ARE.
* AUTOMOBILE REPAIRS AND SERVICING=
* BUILDING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING-
* CLOTHING-
* ELECTRICAL-
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ELECTRONICS=
* MACHINE SHOP AND METAL WORK ING-
* PLASTICS-
* PRINTING-
* SHIPBUILDING AND SHIP REPAIRS, AND
* TEXTILES.
THE ENTRY REQUIREMENT FOR CRAFT APPRENTICESHIP IS COMPLETION OF FORM 3 WHILE FOR TECHNICIAN APPRENTICESHIP COMPLETION OF FORM 5 WITH PASSES IN RELEVANT SUBJECTS IN THE CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION.
/ON COMPLETING