Macau Productivity & Technology Transfer Center (CPTTM)

Free-of-Charge Training for the Unemployed

Since 2001, with support from the Social Security Fund (FSS) and the Labour and Employment Affairs Bureau (DSAL), CPTTM has been providing a number of free-of-charge seats in specified courses at CPTTM for the unemployed to apply. The objective is to encourage them to upgrade themselves, thereby enhancing their opportunity for employment.

Conditions for Enrollment

  1. Each course can accept up to 3 free-of-charge enrollments by the unemployed.  

  2. The applicant must have registered at DSAL for job-seeking and not rejected any job referral within the last 15 days;

  3. The applicant must meet the pre-requisites of the course;

  4. If the applicant has already attended a particular course, he/she cannot apply to attend the same course again;

  5. Enrollment deadline is 2 weeks prior to the start date of the course;

  6. Provided that there is no conflict in the course schedules, the applicant you can enroll up to two designated courses per month (based on start dates of the courses);

  7. At the time of application, the applicant need to sign a “Declaration” and submit it together with the course enrollment form, a copy of his/her Macao identity card and other documents required for enrollment;

  8. Under normal circumstances, once the above documents have been submitted, CPTTM will inform the applicant (via telephone) whether his/her enrollment has been accepted or not within 7 working days.