
Eligible employees of Hong Kong aged 15 or above can enrol in training courses of the Employees Retraining Board (ERB) offered by the appointed Training Bodies.
The objective of ERB courses is to assist service targets in entering the employment market and continuously upgrading their skills through training.
ERB offers a wide variety of training courses to eligible employees of Hong Kong, including:
*Applicants should meet the entry requirements of individual courses, please refer to the application guidelines for details.
Placement-tied courses tailored for the unemployed are offered free of charge. 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.
Trainees attending placement-tied courses with duration of seven days or more and fulfilling the stipulated eligibility criteria, can apply for retraining allowance. For details on the eligibility criteria and the amounts of retraining allowance, please refer to the latest issue of Course Prospectus or consult the Training Bodies concerned.
Appointed Training Bodies of ERB offer employment counseling and referral services to all trainees who have attained an attendance rate of at least 80% in the placement-tied courses. Placement officers of the Training Bodies provide vacancy information and refer suitable vacancies to trainees according to their experience, skills and job expectation.