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The Workplace English Campaign aims to heighten public awareness of the importance of workplace English and to raise the standard of English among the Hong Kong workforce.
The Campaign consists of:
- the establishment of Hong Kong Workplace English Benchmarks for the following job types: clerks, executives/ associate professionals, frontline service personnel, low proficiency job types, receptionists/ telephone operators, secretaries.
- the provision of a Funding Scheme for Workplace English Training for employees' English training and for course development.
The below City & Guilds qualifications in English Language are applicable to the Benchmarks and Funding Scheme of the Workplace English Campaign and Continuing Education Fund. The table below shows the specified minimum requirements for the different job types.
Job Title
(H.K. Workplace English benchmarks) |
EBC
(Written) |
EOS
(Written) |
ISESOL
(Spoken) |
IESOL
(Written) |
clerks
(Written: Level 1 high)
(Spoken: Level 1 mid) |
Level 2
Pass |
Level 2
Pass |
Access
Pass |
Access
Pass |
frontline service personnel
(Written: Level 1 low)
(Spoken: Level 1 mid) |
Level 1
Pass |
Level 1
Pass |
Access
Pass |
Access
Pass |
receptionists/telephone operators
(Written: Level 1 low)
(Spoken: Level 1 high) |
Level 1
Pass |
Level 1
Pass |
Achiever
Pass |
Achiever
Pass |
secretaries
(Written: Level 2 low)
(Spoken: Level 2 low) |
Level 2
Pass |
Level 2
Pass |
Achiever
Pass |
Achiever
Pass |
executives/associate
professionals/
administrators
(Written: Level 2 high)
(Spoken: Level 2 high) |
Level 2
1st Class Pass |
Level 2
1st Class Pass |
Commun-
icator
Pass |
Commun-
icator
Pass |
low proficiency job types
(Written: Pre-1)
(Spoken: Level 1 low) |
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Access
Pass |
Access
Pass |
Please visit The Standing Committee on Language Education and Research (SCOLAR), the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government (HKSARG) for more details about The Workplace English Campaign.
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