ERB Course Qualifications for Registaration
Placement-tied Courses (Generally Full-Time)
1. Eligible employees in Hong Kong(i.e., individuals legally residing in Hong Kong and free to work without conditions, including permanent residents and newcomers who have settled in Hong Kong);
2. Aged 15 or above;
3. Applicants must possess the abilities, qualifications, and physical requirements specified by the course they are applying for. Individual courses may have additional entry requirements based on industry/position licensing conditions or legal requirements.
4. Applicants must be unemployed,out of work, or out of school and must demonstrate a desire to work.
5. All applicants must pass eligibility checks, interviews, and entrance exams (if applicable) to be formally accepted and placed in classes.
6. Applicants may enroll in a maximum of two Placement-tied Courses within one year (calculated based on the application date and the start date of the first Placement-tied Course sat tended within the past year, including cases where enrollment was confirmed but not attended, or where the course was started but not completed).
Generic Skills / Skills Upgrading Courses (Part-Time / Evening Fee-Based Certificate Courses)
1. Applicants must meet the above criteria (1-3).
2. Applicants may apply for a maximum of five non-employment-linked courses at any one time. Provided there are no scheduling conflicts, students may enroll in more than one non-employment-linked course simultaneously. However, applicants are not permitted to enroll in or retake courses that are identical, similar in content, or of a lower level within the same category.
3. Applicants may attend a maximum of 150 course hours of non-employment-linked courses within a one-year period. (This is calculated from the date of application back to the commencement date of the first employment-linked course attended within the past year. This includes instances where an applicant was enrolled but failed to attend without cancelling the registration, or started but did not complete the course.)
4. Applicants may retake the same course once under the following circumstances: An attendance rate of 80% or above was achieved, but the applicant failed to obtain a passing grade in the final assessment (including all re-examinations); or the applicant completed a non-employment-linked course (including courses completed under the 'Skills Upgrading Scheme') four years ago or earlier.
Application for Fee Waiver and Tuition Subsidies
Fee waivers and tuition subsidies are base don the employment/income status of students at the time of class placement.Students can apply for a waiver of tuition or tuition subsidies under the following circumstances:
Eligibility for Tuition Waiver: Low income (monthly income* of $15,000 or below) or unemployed/out of work/out of school.
Eligibility for "High Subsidy Tuition": Monthly income* of $15,001 to $23,500.
Paying "General Subsidy Tuition": Monthly income* of $23,501 or above.
*Refers to salary earned from work(including base salary, living allowances, overtime pay, bonuses/commissions,and other allowances, minus mandatory provident fund contributions); or monthly salary.
Qualified Applicants Can Apply by Mail,Online, or In-Person:
Human Resources Training Centre
Ground Floor, Lung Shing Building, Lower Wong Tai Sin Estate
Office Hours: 9 AM - 9:30 PM (Monday to Friday), 9 AM - 6 PM (Saturday)
Phone: 3165 1600
Retraining and Employment Centre
Ground Floor, Lung Wo Building, Lower Wong Tai Sin Estate
Office Hours: 9 AM - 9:30 PM (Monday to Friday)
Phone: 2326 7862
Mong Kok Employment Resource Centre
Address: Room 4, 16/F, Prosperity Centre, 982 Canton Road, Mong Kok, Kowloon
Office Hours: 9 AM - 9:30 PM (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday), 9 AM - 5:30 PM (Monday, Friday), 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM (Lunch Break)
Phone: 3165 8870
Zonta Club of the New Territories Employment Resource Centre
Podium Room 203-206, Bik Shui House, Shui Pin Wai Esatate, Yuen Long , NT
Office Hours: 9 AM - 5:30 PM (Monday to Friday)
Extended service hours until 9:30 PM on Mondays and Wednesdays.
Closed on Saturdays, Sundays, and Public Holidays.
Phone: 3618 5027
Inquiry Hotline: 2326 7862
Related Web page: For details, please visit the Employees Retraining Board website.
