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ORDINANCE ENSURES PROPER TRAINING FOR APPRENTICE
YOUNG PEOPLE EMPLOYED IN 42 DESIGNATED TRADES ARE REMINDED OF THEIR PROTECTION UNDER THE APPRENTICESHIP ORDINANCE THAT THEIR INTERESTS ARE BEING LOOKED AFTER BY THEIR EMPLOYERS.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND INDUSTRIAL TRAINING DEPARTMENT SAID THAT UNDER THE ORDINANCE, EMPLOYERS MUST DRAW UP AN APPRENTICESHIP CONTRACT WHEN ENGAGING YOUNG PEOPLE AGED BETWEEN 14 AND UNDER 19 WITHIN THE DESIGNATED TRADES AND HAVE IT REGISTERED WITH THE DEPARTMENT.
HE SAID THE AIM OF THE ORDINANCE IS ΤΟ ENSURE AN ORGANISED TRAINING FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND A REGULAR SUPPLY OF SKILLED DEVELOPMENT OF INDUSTRIES.
CONTRACTS FOR APPRENTICES ABOVE THE AGE OF NON-DESIGNATED TRADES CAN ALSO BE REGISTERED VOLUNTARILY,
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AN APPRENTICESHIP CONSISTS OF THREE TO FOUR YEARS ON-THE-JOB TRAINING, DURING WHICH THE APPRENTICE WILL ATTEND PART-TIME COURSES RELEVANT TO THEIR TRAINING AT A TECHNICAL INSTITUTE OR THE POLYTECHNICS.
INSPECTORS FROM THE APPRENTICESHIP SECTION OF THE TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND INDUSTRIAL TRAINING DEPARTMENT WILL VISIT REGISTERED APPRENTICES REGULARLY TO SUPERVISE ON TRAINING PROGRESS AND TO ASSIST EMPLOYERS IN DEALING WITH PROBLEMS ARISING FROM TRAINING.
UPON COMPLETION OF THE TRAINING, REGISTERED APPRENTICES WILL BE ISSUED A CERTIFICATE WHICH IS COMMENDED BY MAJOR ORGANISATIONS IN HONG KONG AS A LEVEL OF ACCEPTANCE FOR SKILLED WORKERS.
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FURTHER ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE ORDINANCE AND APPRENTICESHIP SCHEME CAN BE MADE AT BRANCH OFFICES OF THE APPRENTICESHIP SECTION. TIINAK OMIDES ARE LONG ATP-1 A1 HONG KONG IS AAAAAAY DAY. 155).
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