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Diploma of Vocational Education Programmes
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  3. Diploma of Vocational Education
  4. Diploma of Vocational Education (Building Services Engineering)

Diploma of Vocational Education (Building Services Engineering)

Programme code FS113659

The following section presents the programme information offered in September 2023. Application information for AY 2024/25 will be announced in early November 2023.
Duration of Study
1 Year
Mode of Study
Full-time
Offering Campus(es) / Venue(s)
Youth College (Pokfulam)
Entrance Requirements
Completion of Secondary 6 (under the New Senior Secondary academic structure) OR Equivalent.
Programme Aims
This programme aims at helping students to develop, through a balanced curriculum with generic and vocational knowledge and skills, and structured whole person development competencies in a specific trade so as to enhance their opportunities for employment and / or further studies. This programme covers mainly fundamental knowledge and skills required in the building services engineering sectors. Graduates can become professional personnel in building services trade. They can apply skills and knowledge to solve technical problems in building services trade. Graduates may choose to seek employment or further their studies.
Career Prospects
Graduates may be employed as technician trainees, engineering assistants or technician apprentices in the building facilities management profession, construction, renovation, electrical and mechanical engineering, including air-conditioning and refrigeration, fire services, plumbing & drainage and electrical works of building services trade for the project design, installation, operation and maintenance, etc. The employment rate of graduates is nearly 100% in recent years.
Articulation
Holders of Diploma of Vocational Education (students admitted to DVE in AY2017/18 or before are required to complete prescribed further studies modules) are considered having met the general entrance requirements of Higher Diploma programmes (not applicable to programmes with specific entrance requirements). Please refer to the details of Higher Diploma programmes in this homepage.
Professional Recognition
Graduates who are employed and registered as apprentices in the relevant trades could be exempted part of the training required. The apprenticeship could thus be shortened, normally up to a maximum of 12 months.
Notes
  1. Normally 3 semesters during one academic year, depending on students’ study progress and academic results.
  2. For some modules of the programmes, the medium of instruction and assessments is Chinese.
  3. Students may be required to attend classes on other VTC campuses. VTC reserves the right to cancel any programme, revise programme content or change the offering institute(s) / campus(es) / class venue(s) if circumstances so warrant.

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