Training Information

Employees Retraining Board

The Employees Retraining Board (ERB) offers around 700 training courses straddling across 28 industries and generic skills category, including "placement-tied courses" for the unemployed, "generic skills courses" for people from all industries, "skills upgrading courses" with skills enhancement training for the unemployed and in-service workers, and dedicated courses for specific service targets. ERB provides "generic skills courses" covering areas such as workplace languages, IT applications and personal attributes, while "skills upgrading courses" are job-specific skills training for enhancing the skills competency of practitioners and fostering their attainment of multi-dimensional skills.

Elder Academy

To encourage elders to lead an active and flourishing life, the Labour and Welfare Bureau and the Elderly Commission jointly launched a school-based Elder Academy (EA) Scheme in early 2007. With the support of schools and NGOs, there are at present over 100 elder academies established in primary, secondary and tertiary institutions throughout the territory.

To learn more about the EA Scheme, please visit the EA website (www.elderacademy.org.hk).