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General skills courses retrainees are taught general vocational skills such as computer, typing and language (e.g. English, Putonghua and Japanese) training.
Skills upgrading courses - these courses are designed to help workers of a specific occupation to upgrade their skills to meet market needs. Examples are skill upgrading courses for mechanical craftsmen and technicians, product design and development personnel and electroplating operatives.
On-the-Job Training Programme under this programme, individual employers provide induction training which is specific to the jobs concerned after they have taken on the retrainees.
(iii) Programme for the Elderly these are specially designed courses for persons aged 50 and above. They are trained for occupations such as junior clerks, couriers, carpark attendants and domestic helpers, and in areas such as office English and basic computer skills.
(iv) Programme for Disabled and Accident Victims - this programme includes training for office assistants, cleaning services, desktop publishing, paging services, mobile kiosk work and fast food services.
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these are tailor-made courses designed to train employees for a specific firm or groups of firms, such as training for paging operators, retail salespersons, market interviewers and building attendants.
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