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Expressions of interest invited for development of Specification of Competency Standards-based Training Packages under Qualifications Framework
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     The Education Bureau today (November 20) invited expressions of interest through the Qualifications Framework Secretariat (QFS) from organisations interested in participating in the 2014-15 tendering exercise to develop Specification of Competency Standards (SCS)-based Training Packages.

     A spokesman for the Education Bureau said, "Under the Qualifications Framework (QF), Industry Training Advisory Committees (ITACs) are tasked, among other roles, to draw up the SCS of their respective industries. The SCS are designed to specify the competency standards at various levels under various functional areas of an industry.

     "To enable more educational and training providers as well as the human resources or training departments of enterprises to make use of the SCS effectively in developing training programmes that meet the needs of the industries, the ITACs concerned will select those job functions with pressing needs, and will then match the relevant Units of Competency under the SCS as the basis for development of Training Packages. The drafting work will be done by suitable organisations selected through a tendering process. As a first step, the QFS would like to invite interested organisations to express their interest in participating in the tendering exercise."

     The Financial Secretary proposed in the 2013-14 Budget to allocate $10 million per year from that financial year onwards to support the ITACs in launching new initiatives with a view to further enhancing the knowledge and skills of practitioners in the industries and their competitiveness in the labour market. The development of SCS-based Training Packages is one of the initiatives.

     So far, 20 industries/sectors have set up their ITACs, covering about 48 per cent of the total workforce in Hong Kong. Among them, 16 ITACs have completed drawing up at least one set of SCS. Four of them are now developing SCS-based Training Packages under the 2013-14 round of tendering. For the 2014-15 round, there will be six ITACs (see attachment) taking part in the development of SCS-based Training Packages.

     Interested organisations can refer to the Expression of Interest reply form and relevant information available at the dedicated webpage on the QF website (www.hkqf.gov.hk/TrainingPackages) and they are required to return the completed form to the QFS at 16/F, VTC Tower, 27 Wood Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong, or by fax to 3106 2035 or email to hkqf@edb.gov.hk on or before December 11.

Ends/Thursday, November 20, 2014
Issued at HKT 14:01

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