SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1979
YOUNG PEOPLE URGED TO JOIN TEXTILE INDUSTRY
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THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY OFFERS EXCELLENT CAREER OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WISH TO BE TRAINED AS MECHANICS.
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY TRAINING BOARD MR. FEI LEE, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY) THAT THERE WERE VACANCIES FOR MECHANIC APPRENTICES IN THE INDUSTRY.
HE POINTED OUT THAT AN APPRENTICE WOULD LEARN SUCH TRADE SKILLS AS MAINTENANCE, OVERHAULING, CONVERTING, MODIFICATION AND REPAIR OF TEXTILE MACHINERY. AT THE SAME TIME, HE WOULD ALSO ATTEND A RELATED PART-TIME DAY-RELEASE COURSE IN A TECHNICAL INSTITUTE AT THE EXPENSE OF THE EMPLOYER.
+I WOULD RECOMMEND YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING FOR JOBS TO CONSIDER SERIOUSLY STARTING A CAREER IN THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY THROUGH APPRENTICESHIP,+ SAID MR. LEE.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT SAID THE ENTRY REQUIREMENT FOR TEXTILE MECHANIC APPRENTICESHIP IS COMPLETION OF FORM 3 OR ABOVE.
YOUNG PEOPLE INTERESTED IN BECOMING APPRENTICES CAN MAKE ENQUIRIES AT THE DEPARTMENT'S TRAINING COUNCIL DIVISION AT 1 HENNESSY ROAD, ASIAN HOUSE, 12TH FLOOR, WAN CHAI.
THE DURATION OF TRAINING IS NORMALLY THREE YEARS BUT GRADUATES OF PRE-VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS AND THOSE WHO HAVE COMPLETED AN APPROPRIATE FULL-TIME ONE-YEAR BASIC CRAFT COURSE MAY ENTER DIRECTLY INTO THE SECOND YEAR OF APPRENTICESHIP.
ON COMPLETING THE APPRENTICESHIP, APPRENTICES WILL BE AWARDED CERTIFICATES OF COMPETENCY IN THE TRADE, ISSUED BY THEIR EMPLOYERS AND COUNTERSIGNED BY THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR.
OVER 5 700 GRADUATE FROM TECHNICAL INSTITUTES
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A TOTAL OF 5 700 STUDENTS GRADUATED LAST JULY FROM THE FOUR GOVERNMENT-RUN TECHNICAL INSTITUTES.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID: +OF THIS NUMBER, 1 484 ATTENDED FULL-TIME COURSES, 1 571 PART-TIME DAY COURSES AND THE REMAINDER EVENING COURSES IN THE MORRISON HILL, KWAI CHUNG, KWUN TONG AND HAKING WONG TECHNICAL INSTITUTES.
ON THE ACADEMIC LEVEL OF THE GRADUATES, HE NOTED THAT 1 948 OR 33.8 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL HAD COMPLETED TECHNICIAN OR COMPARABLE COURSES, AND THE REST CRAFT OR COMPARABLE LEVEL COURSE.
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