Careers take off at Airport Authority

On July 6, 1998, the Airport Authority Hong Kong (AAHK) made history by moving the city's airport from Kai Tak to its present location on Lantau Island in one single night - a testament to the professionalism of its staff.

Becoming part of such a competent and expert team is surely the dream of many young people, and this is made possible thanks to an annual management training programme.

'Normally, we aim to recruit about five or six management trainees per annum, though the exact intake each year depends on organisational needs and the quality of the candidates who can meet our requirements,' says Christine Chan, AAHK general manager for human resources.

Applicants should be university graduates in any discipline, with up to three years of work experience, and excellent written and spoken English and Chinese, including Putonghua.

Those who successfully pass an aptitude test and an assessment of their English and Chinese writing skills must do face-to-face interviews and pass a psychometric test to be able to join the 24-month structured training and familiarisation attachment programme with job rotations.

'Our management trainees will experience a structured and standardised training curriculum focusing on core airport management competency, as well as job rotations to different functions where they will undergo on-the-job training and perform meaningful roles,' Chan says.