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Programme

No of retraining

places

(i)

Job search skills courses

(ii)

General Retraining Programme

i.

ii. Job-specific skills courses

iii. General skills courses

iv. Skills upgrading courses

i.

Communication, Social & Personal Service

ii. Import & Export and Retail & Wholesale

iii. Manufacturing

28,307

19,902

69,725

1,927

Sub-total:

119,861

On-the-Job Training Programme (by industry)

3,857

2,723

1,929

iv. Finance, Insurance, Real Estate and Business Service

1.021

v. Hotel & Catering

908

vi. Transport, Storage & Communication

680

vii. Others

227

Sub-total:

11,345

(iii)

Programme for the Elderly

2,888

(iv)

Programme for Disabled and Accident Victims

1,485

(v)

Other Programmes

570

Grand total:

136,149

There is no breakdown of the actual number of workers who have joined each of the above programmes and some workers might have taken more than one course since the commencement of the Employees Retraining Scheme.

The general contents of each of the programmes are as follows:

(b)

(i)

General Retraining Programme

i.

ii.

Job search skills courses retrainees are taught job search skills, interview techniques, information on labour market, psychological coping skills, interpersonal and communication skills.

Job-specific skills courses retrainees are taught vocational skills for specific occupations. Examples of vocational skills relate to salespersons, hotel housekeepers, receptionists, office assistants, junior account clerks, building attendants, travel assistants and domestic helpers.

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