Macau Yearbook 2013 - Macao Yearbook

Macao Yearbook 20133. Languages, including LCCI business language examinations, City & Guilds ISESOLconversational skills and EBC English business writing. TOEIC examinations were addedin 2012; and4. Vocational skills, including City & Guilds professional training and appraisals, professionalbeauty care, makeup and customer service in service industry examinations, and NationalVocational Qualification Assessment. The professional nail art certificate examination ofthe Central TAFE of Australia was added in 2012.Moreover, the centre also became an official examination centre of the ATA Testing Authority(Beijing) Limited in 2012.The centre reached a cooperation agreement on “One Examination, Two Accreditations”with the Labour Affairs Bureau in October 2011. All Macao residents awarded a NationalVocational Qualification via the centre will receive the relevant local vocational skillcertificates issued by the bureau. As at the end of 2012, at least 141 individuals applied forlocal vocational skill certificates.Technical Training and Support ServicesThe House of Apparel Technology provides technical training and technological support to help thegarment industry move towards high added value, brand autonomy and innovation. These trainingand support services cover mainly CAD/CAM system applications, clothing mould production,digital cloth-printing, computer embroidery model making, and clothing model making, which wasadded in 2012. There are also fashion information stations to provide manufacturers and designerswith up-to-date information on trends in fashion and textiles.In 2012, the CPTTM continued to run a diploma course in fashion design, with a duration ofmore than a year, to foster the development of next-generation fashion craftsmen and designers.As regards personal image services, the centre continued to organise courses related to the City &Guilds’ professional beauty and makeup qualification.In 2012, CPTTM continued to assist fashion designers and students to participate in variousdesign contests and shows, and co-organised the “Casual Wear In Summer, Let’s Conserve EnergyAltogether” fashion design competition in tandem with the Office for the Development of theElectricity Sector. CPTTM continued to carry out the MaConsef fashion training programme witha view to fostering all-round skills development among Macao’s fashion design students.CPTTM also continued to cooperate with IPIM to organise the Macao Fashion Festival 2012during the staging of the 16th Macao International Trade and Investment Fair, with participationby 40 designers and brands from the mainland, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao.To complement both the adequate economic diversification strategy and cultural and creativeindustry development promoted by the Government, CPTTM set up the Macao Fashion Galleryat St. Lazarus Parish in July 2012 upon the invitation of the Cultural Institute. The fashion galleryholds on a regular basis various themed fashion shows and activities, and collects cultural andcreative products distinctive of Macao’s characteristics for sale. Renowned fashion designers frommainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao were invited to join the first fashion show titled180