Skills upgrading courses are part-time non-placement-tied courses provided to eligible clientele including the unemployed and in-service workers. Vocational training straddling different industries is provided with the aim of enhancing the skills competency of practitioners and fostering their attainment of multi-dimensional skills. Non-practitioners may also enrol in individual courses which provide basic knowledge of the industries. These courses aim to broaden their employment opportunities through training and facilitate their job mobility.
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.
