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THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 1980

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APPRENTICESHIPS OFFERED IN TEN MAJOR INDUSTRIES

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MORE THAN 1 400 YOUNG PEOPLE FOUND A NEW CRAFT OR TECHNICIAN APPRENTICESHIP WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE TRAINING COUNCIL DIVISION OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT IN THE FIRST SEVEN MONTHS OF THIS YEAR.

AND THERE ARE STILL OPPORTUNITIES OPEN IN TEN MAJOR INDUSTRIES FOR SUITABLY QUALIFIED YOUNG PEOPLE, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).

HE SAID THE DIVISION OPERATED AN APPRENTICE PLACEMENT SERVICE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WISHING TO PURSUE A CAREER IN INDUSTRY.

+THESE 1 400 APPRENTICES ARE NOW USEFULLY AND PRODUCTIVELY EMPLOYED, EARNING THEIR LIVING AND AT THE SAME TIME LEARNING A TRADE IN WHICH THEY ARE INTERESTED, HE SAID,

THE DURATION OF APPRENTICESHIP WAS NORMALLY FOUR YEARS.

+ IN ADDITION TO RECEIVING ON-THE-JOB TRAINING PROVIDED BY THE IR EMPLOYERS, APPRENTICES ALSO ATTEND RELATED TECHNICAL COURSES THREE TIMES A WEEK - ONE DAY AND TWO EVENINGS - EITHER IN A TECHNICAL INSTITUTE OR THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC, HE ADDED.

THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THERE WERE OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE TO SUITABLY QUALIFIED YOUNG PEOPLE FOR BOTH CRAFT AND TECHNICIAN APPRENTICESHIP IN HONG KONG'S TEN MAJOR INDUSTRIES - AUTOMOBILE REPAIRS AND SERVICING, BUILDING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING, CLOTHING, ELECTRICAL, ELECTRONICS, MACHINE SHOP AND METAL WORKING, PLASTICS, PRINTING, SHIPBUILDING AND SHIP REPAIRS, AND TEXTILES.

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

ON COMPLETION OF THE APPRENTICESHIP, THE APPRENTICES WILL BE AWARDED CERTIFICATES OF APPRENTICESHIP BỶ THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR CERTIFYING THEIR COMPETENCY IN THE TRADE OR OCCUPATION THEY HAVE CHOSEN.

ANY SUITABLY QUALIFIED YOUNG PERSON INTERESTED IN BEING TRAINED THROUGH AN APPRENTICESHIP MAY MAKE ENQUIRIES AT THE DIVISION, 12TH FLOOR, ASIAN HOUSE, 1 HENNESSY ROAD, WAN CHAI.

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