Governance Structure

Apprenticeship Training Board - Terms of Reference

1.    To tender advice on strategic plans for training skilled workers for commercial and industrial trades through apprenticeship.

2.    To advise the Vocational Training Council (the Council) on legislation relating to the employment and training of apprentices and on designation of trades under the Apprenticeship Ordinance.

3.    To tender advice on promotion plans for apprentice training.

4.    To collect and analyse views and expectations of employers, young persons and parents on apprentice training and complementary technical education.

5.    To monitor and tender advice on measures for assessing the skill attainment of apprentices.

6.    To advise on plans to award achievements in apprentice training.

7.    To submit to the Council an annual report on the Training Board’s work and its recommendations on the strategies for programmes in the relevant disciplines.

8.    To undertake any other functions delegated by the Council in accordance with Section 7 of the Vocational Training Council Ordinance.