文憑教師的職責包括 - (a) 在官立小學、官立中學或藝術與科技教育中心授課； (b) 擔任班主任； (c) 籌辦及推行課外活動； (d) 評核及記錄學生成績； (e) 協助處理學校的行政工作及非教學職務； (f) 維持良好的教學水平，使學生的成績有所進步; (g) 如有需要，須擔任一個或多個科目小組的主席/成員/秘書；及/或 (h) 在官立小學、官立中學或藝術與科技教育中心擔任學校圖書館主任。 [備註：本局會根據官立學校或藝術與科技教育中心不時調整的運作需要及獲取錄人員個別的學歷和經驗，調派他們任教指定科目。他們或須任教並非其在申請書內指明的科目。]

Certificated Masters/Mistresses are mainly deployed on the following types of duties – (a) to engage in class teaching in a government primary school, a government secondary school or the Arts and Technology Education Centre (ATEC); (b) to be a Class Master/Mistress; (c) to organize and conduct extra-curricular activities; (d) to assess and to record students' attainment; (e) to assist in carrying out school administrative matters and non-teaching duties; (f) to maintain a good teaching standard and progress among students; (g) to serve as a chairman/member/secretary of one or more of the subject discipline panels as required; and/or (h) to serve as a teacher-librarian in a government primary school, a government secondary school or ATEC. [Remarks: The Bureau, in deploying a successful candidate to a particular subject, will take into account the operational needs of government schools or ATEC that may be adjusted from time to time and the candidate's qualification and experience. A successful candidate may be required to teach subjects other than those he/she has indicated in his/her application.]