Special Notice
System maintenance of the “Online Employment Service Platform” will be arranged from 9:00am to 5:30pm on 31 March 2026 (Tuesday). During this period, the platform will be temporarily unavailable. We appreciate your understanding and for any enquiries, please call ERB hotline at 182 182.
Generic skills courses are part-time non-placement-tied courses. Training of transferable skills applicable in different industries including foundation skills (English, Putonghua, and IT Applications) and personal attributes is provided to eligible clientele including the unemployed and in-service workers. To assist trainees to acquire recognised qualifications and enhance their competitiveness, preparatory course for language proficiency test is also offered under this course category.
Non-placement-tied courses are fee-charging and fees payable are based on the amounts stipulated at the time of application. Applicants with nil income or monthly income at or below $14,000 can apply for course fee waiver. Applicants with monthly income higher than $14,000 can apply for course fee subsidies. "Highly Subsidised Fee" and "Normal Subsidised Fee" of individual courses will be payable respectively by applicants with monthly income between $14,001 and $22,000 and those with monthly income above $22,000.
