WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 1985
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ORDINANCE ENSURES PROPER APPRENTICE TRAINING
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YOUNG PEOPLE ENTERING INTO APPRENTICESHIP CONTRACTS WERE REMINDED TODAY THAT THEIR EMPLOYERS ARE REQUIRED TO LOOK AFTER THEIR INTERESTS UNDER THE APPRENTICESHIP ORDINANCE.
EMPLOYERS ARE REQUIRED UNDER THE ORDINANCE TO DRAW UP APPRENTICESHIP CONTRACTS WHEN ENGAGING THE YOUNG PEOPLE BETWEEN 14 AND 19 YEARS OF AGE IN ANY OF 42 DESIGNATED TRADES AND TO HAVE THE CONTRACTS REGISTERED BY THE TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND INDUSTRIAL TRAINING DEPARTMENT.
A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT THE ORDINANCE PROVIDES FOR PRIVILEGES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF EMPLOYERS AND APPRENTICES.
PARENTS OF YOUNG PEOPLE SEEKING TO SECURE A SKILL THROUGH PROPER TRAINING WERE ALSO URGED TO GIVE SUITABLE GUIDANCE TO THEIR CHILDREN IN THIS AREA.
CONTRACTS FOR APPRENTICES OVER 19 YEARS OF AGE OR IN NON-DESIGNATED TRADES COULD ALSO BE REGISTERED VOLUNTARILY, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
INSPECTORS FROM THE APPRENTICESHIP SECTION OF THE TEITD REGULARLY VISIT ALL REGISTERED APPRENTICES, TO LOOK INTO TRAINING PROGRESS AND TO ASSIST EMPLOYERS IN DEALING WITH PROBLEMS WHICH MAY ARISE FROM SUCH TRAINING.
REGISTERED APPRENTICES WOULD NOT ONLY OBTAIN ON-THE-JOB TRAINING, BUT WOULD ALSO BE PLACED IN TECHNICAL INSTITUTES OR THE POLYTECHNIC TO ATTEND PART-TIME DAY RELEASE COURSES TO RECEIVE TECHNICAL EDUCATION RELEVANT TO THEIR TRAINING,
APART FROM RELEASING APPRENTICES TO ATTEND COURSES, EMPLOYERS ARE REQUIRED TO PAY FOR THEIR TUITION FEES AND WAGES EVEN WHEN THEY ARE ATTENDING CLASSES.
IN RECOGNITION OF THE COMPLETION OF TRAINING, THE EMPLOYER WOULD ISSUE A CERTIFICATE WHICH WOULD BE ENDORSED BY THE DIRECTOR OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND INDUSTRIAL TRAINING. THESE CERTIFICATES WERE COMMENDED BY MAJOR ORGANISATIONS THROUGHOUT HONG KONG AS A LEVEL OF ACCEPTANCE FOR SKILLED WORKERS AND A TESTIMONIAL OF QUALIFICATIONS FOR CRAFTSMEN AND TECHNICIANS.
THE APPRENTICESHIP SECTION MAINTAINED FIVE BRANCH OFFICES WHERE ENQUIRIES CONCERNING THE APPRENTICESHIP SCHEME WOULD BE MADE. THESE ARE AT TENTH FLOOR, HARBOUR CENTRE, 25 HARBOUR ROAD, WAN CHAI EIGHTH FLOOR, TO KWA WAN MARKET AND GOVERNMENT OFFICES BUILDING, 165 MA TAU WE! ROAD, TO KWA WAN: TENTH FLOOR, FOUR SEAS BUILDING, 208-212 NATHAN ROAD, TSIM SHA TSUI: 33-N, KWAI HING (MTR) STATION GOVERNMENT OFFICES, TENTH FLOOR, 166-174 HING FONG ROAD, KWAI CHUNG NINTH FLOOR, KOWLOON EAST GOVERNMENT OFFICES BUILDING, NO. 12 LEI YUE MUN ROAD, KWUN TONG.
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