ENGINEERING GRADUATETRAINING SCHEME

General Information

The Vocational Training Council (VTC) operates an <Engineering Graduate Training Scheme> to help ensure that Hong Kong has an adequate supply of well trained engineers. The scheme aims at bringing about adequate practical training opportunities for engineering graduates and engineering students in sandwich courses to enable them to complete their training as engineers and to attain professional status. To provide incentive to both employers and trainees, the Council subsidizes the salary of trainees in the scheme for a period of up to 18 months. The Council also helps employers to recruit graduates for training and assist graduates in finding training opportunities.

The Engineering Graduate Training Scheme

The Engineering Graduate Training Scheme (EGTS) is intended to provide engineering graduates and sandwich students, who are permanent residents of Hong Kong, with up to 18 months subsidized practical training at a standard that will be acceptable for the Corporate Membership of an approved engineering institution.

A subsidy will be granted to a trainee being trained under an approved programme. It will be paid through his employer as part of his salary. For the purpose of the Scheme, priority will be accorded to granting of subsidy for programmes administered by local engineering institutions.

The subsidy is to help employers meeting the high cost of training engineering trainees to the standard required by the professional engineering institutions, and will be reviewed annually. The current subsidy rate is $5,885 per month for graduate trainee and $3,500 per month for sandwich trainee.

The subsidy period may comprise partly sandwich and partly post-graduate training up to a maximum of 18 months. The maximum subsidy period under sandwich training is 12 months.

Committee on Technologist Training

The Committee on Technologist Training of the Vocational Training Council is responsible for administering the <Engineering Graduate Training Scheme>. The Committee is assisted by the Technologist Training Unit of the Council in the implementation of the scheme.

Employers Eligible for the Scheme

Employers wishing to participate in the <Engineering Graduate Training Scheme> may register their training scheme direct with the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE) or other approved engineering institutions. After registration, employers will be required to submit an application to the <Committee on Technologist Training> for approval. Alternatively, employers may apply through the Vocational Training Council to register their training schemes with the HKIE. The training programmes submitted must conform to the HKIE requirements for Scheme 'A' training. Application forms can be obtained from the Technologist Training Unit of the Council or download from the internet.

Applications will be processed by Sub-Committee on EGTS of the <Committee on Technologist Training>. If approved, the decision will be conveyed to the employer.

DOWN LOAD FOR THE APPLICATION FORM :

Engineering Graduate Training Scheme

Application for Subsidy

Trainees Eligible for the Scheme

Engineering graduates and sandwich students of the following local courses are eligible to join the <Engineering Graduate Training Scheme>.

Graduates from overseas tertiary institutions and higher degree holders wishing to join the scheme must have educational qualifications acceptable for Corporate Membership of the approved engineering institutions.

Allocation of Training Places

Each year, employers with approved schemes will be invited to apply for training places under the scheme. The <Committee on Technologist Training> will inform employers of the number of training places available to them.

Monitoring of Training Progress

The training of each trainee in the <Engineering Graduate Training Scheme> will be closely monitored by an engineering supervisor who is a member of the approved engineering institution and preferably should be of the same discipline as the trainee. He should hold a responsible position in the organization providing the training.

The engineering supervisor will be required to:

(a)	ensure that the trainee receives training in accordance with the approved training programme,
(b)	be available to the trainee to discuss training, technical and professional matters,
(c)	verify the trainee's log book and assess his progress, and
(d)	endorse quarterly and final reports of the trainee for submission to the Committee.
(e)	ensure the trainee meets the requirement of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) set by the HKIE.

In organizations where suitable engineering supervisors are not available, the <Committee on Technologist Training> will be glad to assist employers in finding external engineering supervisor.

Training Log Book

Throughout the training period, trainees will be required to maintain training log books for examination by their engineering supervisors and the institutions concerned for membership purposes. The log books will also be inspected by Industrial Training Officers of the Vocational Training Council.

Training Reports

Employers will be required to submit to the Committee quarterly copies of the trainees' HKIE log book and final progress reports of their trainees.

Certificate of Completion

On satisfactory completion of training under the <Engineering Graduate Training Scheme>, a trainee will receive a Certificate of Completion of Post-graduate Training issued by his employer and countersigned by the Chairman of the <Committee on Technologist Training>.