Youth Employment and Training Programme (YETP)

YETP provides a comprehensive platform of job search with one-stop and diversified pre-employment and on-the-job training for young school leavers aged 15 to 24 with educational attainment at sub-degree level or below.  This programme enables young people to better understand themselves and their work aptitudes while enriching their job skills and experience so as to enhance employability.

YETP is built on the following pillars: training courses, workplace attachment training, on-the-job training and case management and employment support services.

1. Trainees can enrol in training courses offered by Employees Retraining Board with the assistance of Case Managers under YETP. YETP will also arrange training courses for special employment projects and specific service targets when appropriate.

2. Workplace attachment opportunities are provided by government departments, private companies and welfare organisations. There is no employment relationship between the trainees and the host organisations during the one-month attachment period. An attachment allowance of $7,300 is payable to trainees on completion of the workplace attachment training.

3. During the on-the-job training period, while the trainees are engaged as paid employees in full-time or part-time posts, comprehensive support services would be offered to the employers together with a monthly on-the-job training allowance. The amount of such allowance is 50% of the monthly salary of a trainee during the training period, up to a maximum amount of $5,000 per month per trainee (payable for a period of 6 to 12 months). They have to appoint a mentor, who is current staff with relevant work experience, to provide appropriate guidance for the trainee at work. Also, the trainee may enrol in relevant off-the-job vocational training courses or examinations and apply for reimbursement of course or examination fees up to $4,000 from YETP. With suitable vacancies, employers may offer further employment to trainees with good performance upon completion of on-the-job training.

4. YETP will arrange registered social workers to be case managers of individual trainees providing case management and employment support services.