TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1981
PWD OFFERS TECHNICAL CAREER FOR YOUTHS
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YOUNG PEOPLE SEEKING A CAREER IN ELECTRICAL, MECHANICAL, AND ELECTRONIC CRAFTSMANSHIP CAN NOW JOIN THE CRAFT APPRENTICE TRAINING SCHEME.
THE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS INVITING APPLICATIONS FROM THOSE WHO HAVE COMPLETED MINIMUM FORM TWO AND WHOSE AGE IS BETWEEN 15 AND 17.
+CANDIDATES SELECTED FOR THE SCHEME WILL RECEIVE FOUR YEARS OF TRAINING AS CRAFTSMEN IN ELECTRICAL, MECHANICAL OR AIR- CONDITIONING FIELDS AND BE ENTITLED TO A MONTHLY SALARY BETWEEN $765 AND $1 150 WITH ANNUAL PAID LEAVE AND FREE MEDICAL CARE,+ SAID MR WONG SHIU-KWONG, SUPERINTENDENT OF APPRENTICES OF THE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL OFFICE TODAY.
+ON COMPLETION OF THE COURSE, APPRENTICES WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR APPOINTMENT AS ARTISANS WITH THE GOVERNMENT. THEY WILL ALSO BE FREE TO JOIN THE PRIVATE SECTOR IN WHICH WELL-TRAINED CRAFTSMEN ARE IN GREAT DEMAND, HE ADDED.
MR WONG POINTED OUT THAT PROMOTION PROSPECTS FOR ARTISANS ARE GOOD AND THEY WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR PROMOTION TO WORKS SUPERVISOR OR EVEN MORE SENIOR POSTS DEPENDING ON THE IR INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE.
THEY MAY BE EMPLOYED IN THE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL OFFICE, WATER SUPPLIES OFFICE, AND GEOTECHNICAL OFFICE OF THE PWD OR KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY WORKSHOPS ALTHOUGH THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT THEY WILL ALL BE TAKEN UP BY THE GOVERNMENT, HE ADDED.
HOWEVER, ARTISAN I AND II POSTS ARE NORMALLY FILLED BY CRAFT APPRENTICES WHO HAVE SATISFACTOR ILY COMPLETED THE IR TRAINING.
MR WONG ADDED THAT SINCE THE FIRST GROUP OF CRAFT APPRENTICES GRADUATED IN 1974 UNDER THE PRESENT RESTRUCTURED TRAINING SCHEME, OVER 40 GRADUATED APPRENTICES HAD BEEN PROMOTED TO WORKS SUPERVISORS AND ONE WAS ALREADY AN ASSISTANT INSPECTOR.
MR WONG WAS HIMSELF AN EX-GOVERNMENT APPRENTICE.
ABOUT 200 APPRENTICES WILL BE RECRUITED FOR THESE POSTS THIS YEAR.
THE FOUR-YEAR APPRENTICESHIP CONSISTS OF BASIC AND ON-THE-JOB TRAINING.
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