Professional Certificate Programme in Career Development Facilitation

The programme aims to promote awareness and knowledge of the essence and importance of a proper approach and process in providing assistance in one’s career development or planning. It equips participants with the key repertoire of theories, skills, and practices for providing facilitation and career plan services to clients with different needs in career development with due awareness of ethical codes and standards.

Programme Background and Objectives

The programme objectives are to:

• promote awareness and knowledge of the essence and importance of a proper approach and process in providing assistance in one’s career development or planning
• equip participants with the key repertoire of theories, skills, and practices for providing facilitation and career plan services to clients with different needs in career development with due awareness of ethical codes and standards
• enable participants to yield insights into how career development relates and contributes to personal understanding and growth via reflection on personal values, traits, interests, abilities, goals, and lifestyles

Expected Programme Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the programme, participants will have acquired the ability to:

• articulate a clear understanding of a proper approach and process for conducting facilitation in handling career-related issues
• process, synthesize, and apply knowledge about major theories, skills, tools, and practices in facilitating career development in compliance with ethical standards
• utilize a range of resources and strategies to assist clients in enhancing employability and design appropriate career development programmes
• identify contexts or areas in need of further training or supervision for continuing development as a facilitator for career development or services

Programme Structure

The programme consists of eight modules:

1. Facilitating Career Development: The Exploring Phase: This course covers key areas and skills for exploration at the beginning phase of career development facilitation with clients.
2. Facilitating Career Development: The Understanding Phase: This course covers key areas, practices, and tools for understanding client needs, characteristics, and issues.
3. Facilitating Career Development: The Action Phase: This course covers key areas and practices for preparing clients for action through effective decision-making, goal-setting, as well as action-planning or programme design in the provision of career services.
4. Group Facilitation for Career Development: This course is designed to provide participants with first-hand experience in conducting career development facilitation in a small-group setting.
5. Advanced Facilitation Skills: This course is designed to examine the workings of different micro-skills through highlights of four successive video-recorded facilitation sessions with a client from relationship-building to termination.
6. Assessment Tools and Practices: This course introduces additional assessment tools and practices that address specific needs in career development.
7. Career Development Theories and Practice: This course examines a wider range of career development theories, how they may apply to culturally diverse populations, and issues that facilitators may face in the helping process.
8. Facilitating Career Development for Specific Targets: This course studies the career needs, concerns, or issues of specific target groups which may often be overlooked in society.

Admission Requirement

To be eligible for the programme, applicants must:

• be a holder of an Associate Degree or equivalent with at least 8 years of working experience
• be a holder of a Bachelor Degree or equivalent with at least 2 years of working experience
• be a holder of a Master Degree or equivalent with at least 1 year of working experience
• be a holder of a Doctorate Degree or equivalent

Attendance and Award of Certificate

• An attendance rate of 70% or above in each course is required.
• Participants will be awarded the "Professional Certificate in Career Development Facilitation" upon fulfilling the following requirements:
  • An attendance rate of 70% or above in each course is required
  • Completion of all the EIGHT courses
  • Participants must obtain an overall pass in each course

Professional Affiliation Prospect

Graduates are eligible to apply for two globally recognised credentials: Certified Career Services Provider (CCSP), and Global Career Development Facilitator (GCDF).

Continuing Education Fund

This course has been included in the list of reimbursable courses under the Continuing Education Fund. This course is recognised under the Qualifications Framework (QF Level 5).

Programme Details

• Course No.: 261-CDF100-26
• Course Type: Part-time
• Start Date: 17 January 2026 (Sat)
• Total Hours: 88 hours (Face-to-Face Sessions)
• Application Fee: HK$150
• Tuition Fee: HK$32,500 (There is an additional cost of US$250 for the Student Manual (e-version) to be ordered online on the NCDA website)
• Language Used: Cantonese (supplemented with English)
• Closing Date for Application: 30 December 2025 (Tue)