Employees Retraining Board

Our Target group

All Hong Kong eligible employees (including new arrivals) aged 15 or above and with education attainment of sub-degree or below can enroll in the training programmes, which are funded by ERB and delivered through 72 training bodies.

Our objectives

To help our target group to secure employment, hold down their jobs, and in the longer term be able to gradually develop a career ladder in their jobs.

Service approach

ERB believes in a total-service approach in delivering our services for employees. Such services include counseling, training courses, placement services and follow-up services.

Training Courses

A great variety of full-time, part-time and evening courses are being offered. They broadly fall into the following categories:

• Job Specific Skills Courses


• Skills Upgrading Scheme Courses


• Generic Skills Courses including Workplace Languages, IT Applications, Personal Attributes and Job Search Skills


• Employment Set Sail Training (for new arrivals), Courses for disabled & people recovered from industrial accidents, Courses for ethnic minorities


• Youth Training Programme


• Tailor-made Programme for Employers

Course Fee

Trainees taking part-time courses are required to pay a course fee . Trainees with an income less than HK$7,000 may apply for course fee exemption.

In addition, priority will be given to people with financial difficulties. Trainees whose monthly income level range from HK$7,001 to HK$15,000 will receive substantial subsidy on the courses. For trainees with a monthly income over HK$15,000, they will have to bear the full cost of these part-time courses.

Allowance

Retraining allowance is only available for the unemployed taking a full-time placement-tied course with duration longer than a week. Mixed mode courses are considered as full-time courses in this respect. Trainees must attend no less than 80% of the classes to be eligible. The total allowance is calculated based on two factors: the actual number of training sessions the trainee has attended and the number of days in terms of full-day training.

Placement Services for Trainees

Graduate trainees of full-time courses are offered employment assistance in job counselling and placement services upon completion of training. The placement officers of the training bodies where you have attended the course will provide job market information and refer suitable vacancies to trainees according to their experiences, job skills, aptitudes and job expectations and so forth.

Pilot Work Experience Programme

The Pilot Work Experience Programme (WEP) is a support service provided by the Employees Retraining Board (ERB) for graduate trainees of its full-time placement-tied training courses. It aims at offering extended training for graduate trainees of selected retraining courses (see below) in gaining workplace experience to equip them with quality customer services, better problem solving as well as interpersonal skills, hence laying a foundation for their career development. It is hoped that the employability of graduate trainees will be enhanced by strengthening their practical skills as well as building up self-confidence.

Currently, WEP is extending to the following full-time placement-tied training courses:

• Certificate in Healthcare and Massage Training Course


• Certificate in After School Care Tutor Training Course


• Certificate in Standard Security & Property Management Training Course


• Certificate in Advanced Security & Property Management Training Course


• Certificate in Clubhouse and Recreation Assistant Training Course


• Certificate in Personal Care Worker Training Course


• Certificate in Infant and Child Care Worker Training Course


• Certificate in Post-natal Care Worker Training Course


• Certificate in Social Services Programme Assistant Training Course

Trainees who have completed either one of the above training courses can register to join the WEP on a voluntary basis. Training bodies will be responsible for arranging eligible trainees to start work experience in various workplaces of participating employers.

1. Trainees should have graduated from either one of the above training courses.


2. Graduate trainees should have passed relevant common assessment of the following courses before enrolling in WEP:




• Certificate in Healthcare and Massage Training Course


• Certificate in Personal Care Worker Training Course


• Certificate in Infant and Child Care Worker Training Course


• Certificate in Post-natal Care Worker Training Course




3. Trainees should have obtained relevant working permit (i.e. Security Personnel Permit) upon completion of the courses below before joining the WEP:




• Certificate in Standard Security & Property Management Training Course


• Certificate in Advanced Security & Property Management Training Course

Trainees should read carefully the “Notes to Trainee Participants of WEP” (click here to download the guideline (Chinese version only)) and fill in the “Trainees Registration Form” (click here to download the form (Chinese version only)) to register. Trainees should return the completed registration form to training bodies where they have attended their relevant training courses. If necessary, trainees could consult their responsible placement officer before joining this Programme. Trainees will be arranged to conduct work experience after verification of their eligibility by the training bodies.

Trainees will be awarded a WEP certificate upon completion of work experience with no less than 80% attendance rate. Trainees will receive a per diem allowance against their attendance of the Programme. The rate is equivalent to the eligible daily retraining allowance for individual trainees of the training courses linked with this Programme.

Below is the list of training bodies registered under this Programme.

Trainees who are interested in the WEP may contact training bodies where they have attended their relevant training courses OR the Industry Services Section (Tel: 3129 1181) of the ERB for further details.