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 71 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


• 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 & Allowance

"Retraining allowance" is available for full-time courses with duration of over one week. The amount of retraining allowance varies from course to course, with a ceiling of $4,000 per month. Detailed information on retraining allowance of respective courses can be obtained from the Training Bodies concerned.

Trainees taking part-time or evening courses are required to pay a course fee amounting to 20% of the training costs. For unemployed or low-income persons with monthly income at $7,000 or less, they can apply to waive course fees subject to a commitment of achieving an 80% attendance rate.

Placemant 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.