Vocational Training for People with Disabilities Office provides assessment, vocational education and training, rehabilitation, skills training and employment support services, as well as loan of technical aids to people aged 15 or above ^(Note) who have basic selfcare skills and special education needs (including attention deficit / hyperactivity disorder, autism, hearing impairment, intellectual disability, physical disability, mental illness, specific learning difficulties, speech impairment, visceral disability, visual impairment), to develop their employment potential and thereby to further their integration into the society.

Note: Applicants must be permanent residents of Hong Kong or eligible to stay and work in Hong Kong without limitations by the Immigration Department.

Shine Skills Centre, one of the 14 member institutions of Vocational Training Council, is a leading vocational and professional education and training provider in Hong Kong. The three offering sites of Shine Skills Centre are SSC (Kwun Tong) – Oxford Road Re-provisioned Campus, SSC (Pokfulam) and SSC (Tuen Mun). Shine Skills Centre provides specific and comprehensive vocational assessments and offers relevant training programmes in full-time and part-time modes for people with special educational needs. In addition, the Centre provides technical aids, rehabilitation and residential services.

Set up in 1982, Shine Vocational Assessment Service customizes vocational assessment service for people with disabilities and special educational needs (SEN). The vocational assessment team comprises work evaluators, occupational therapists and social workers, together with medical doctors from the Hospital Authority and labour officers from the Labour Department. By conducting various professional assessments and evaluations, assessment service users are evaluated in their learning abilities, interests, potentials and limitations in various work aspects for better understandings of their capabilities to facilitate their pursuing for a suitable vocational training and employment opportunities.

Shine Technical Aids and Resource Centre provides professional assessment and consultation on special educational needs for students at Shine Skills Centres and other VTC institutions. The Centre also provides the necessary technical aids for individuals to facilitate their study and work.