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SUNDAY, AUGUST 2, 1981
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APPRENTICE SCHEME HELPS YOUNG PEOPLE
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YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ASPIRE TO A CAREER IN INDUSTRY MAY APPROACH THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT FOR ASSISTANCE IN FINDING PROPER APPRENTICE TRAINING.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT POINTED OUT TODAY (SUNDAY) THAT THERE WERE A LOT OF VACANCIES FOR CRAFT OR TECHNICIAN APPRENTICESHIPS IN HONG KONG'S 11 MAJOR INDUSTRIES AND COMMERCE AND SERVICE SECTORS.
THESE ARE THE AUTOMOBILE REPAIRS AND SERVICING, BUILDING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING, CLOTHING, ELECTRICAL, ELECTRONICS, MACHINE SHOP AND METAL WORKING, PLASTICS, PRINTING, SHIPBUILDING AND SHIP REPAIRS, TEXTILES AND HOTEL, TOURISM AND CATERING.
THE ENTRY REQUIREMENT FOR CRAFT APPRENTICESHIP IS COMPLETION OF FORM 3 WHILE THAT FOR TECHNICIAN APPRENTICESHIP IS COMPLETION OF FORM 5 WITH PASSES IN FOUR RELEVANT SUBJECTS IN THE CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION.
THE SPOKESMAN FURTHER POINTED OUT THAT THE DEPARTMENT'S TRAINING COUNCIL DIVISION OPERATED AN APPRENTICE PLACEMENT SERVICE FOR SUITABLY QUALIFIED YOUNG PEOPLE WISHING TO PURSUE A CAREER IN INDUSTRY THROUGH AN APPRENTICESHIP.
+THESE 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 AN APPRENTICESHIP IS NORMALLY FOUR YEARS, THE SPOKESMAN CONTINUED.
BESIDES RECEIVING ON-THE-JOB TRAINING PROVIDED BY THEIR EMPLOYERS, THE 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.
ON COMPLETION OF TRAINING, THE APPRENTICES ARE AWARDED CERTIFICATES OF APPRENTICESHIP BY THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR CERTIFYING THEIR COMPETENCY IN THE TRADE OR OCCUPATION THEY HAVE CHOSEN.
THOSE INTERESTED IN AN APPRENTICESHIP MAY MAKE ENQUIRIES AT THE TRAINING COUNCIL DIVISION, 12TH FLOOR, ASIAN HOUSE, 1 HENNESSY ROAD, WAN CHAI.
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