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SATURDAY, JULY 8, 1978

VACANCIES FOR CRAFT AND TECHNICIAN APPRENTICES

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MORE THAN 2,000 VACANCIES FOR CRAFT AND TECHNICIAN APPRENTICES NOW EXIST IN HONG KONG'S 10 MAJOR INDUSTRIES AND ALL YOUNGSTERS INTERESTED IN THE JOBS WERE TODAY INVITED TO APPLY TO THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THE INDUSTRIES NEEDING APPRENTICES WERE AUTOMOBILE REPAIRS AND SERVICING, CLOTHING, ELECTRICAL, ELECTRONICS, BUILDING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING, MACHINE SHOP AND METAL WORKING, PLASTICS, PRINTING, SHIPBUILDING AND SHIP REPAIRS, AND TEXTILES.

THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S TRAINING COUNCIL DIVISION RUNS AN APPRENTICE PLACEMENT SERVICE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WISH TO PURSUE A CAREER IN INDUSTRY THROUGH AN. APPRENTICESHIP.

THE ENTRY REQUIREMENT FOR CRAFT APPRENTICESHIP IS COMPLETION OF FORM 3 SCHOOLING AND FOR TECHNICIAN APPRENTICESHIP IT IS COMPLETION OF FORM 5 WITH PASSES IN FOUR RELEVANT SUBJECTS IN THE CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID: THE DURATION OF AN APPRENTICESHIP IS USUALLY FOUR YEARS AND IN THIS PERIOD THE APPRENTICE IS GIVEN PLANNED PRACTICAL ON-THE-JOB TRAINING AND, AT THE SAME TIME, AN OPPORTUNITY TO PURSUE RELATED TECHNICAL EDUCATION ON A PART- TIME DAY-RELEASE BASIS AT A TECHNICAL INSTITUTION.

+ON COMPLETION OF THE APPRENTICESHIP, THE APPRENTICE IS AWARDED A CERTIFICATE WHICH SERVES AS A YARDSTICK OF HIS COMPETENCE IN THE TRADE OR OCCUPATION HE IS ENGAGED IN, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.

ANY SUITABLY QUALIFIED YOUNGSTER INTERESTED IN BEING TRAINED THROUGH AN APPRENTICESHIP AND PLACED INTO A PROPER SCHEME SHOULD ENQUIRE AT THE TRAINING COUNCIL DIVISION, LABOUR DEPARTMENT, 12TH FLOOR, ASIAN HOUSE, 1 HENNESSY ROAD, WAN CHAI.

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