Question No. 10
Division
Training for officers in the selective Placement tsun
Written Reply by the
Secretary for Education and Manpower
zo Question by the Hon. HUI Yin-fat
in the Legislative Council on 10 February 1988 10. MR. HUI asked:
Question No. 10:
Will Government inform this Council what kind of training is being provided for officers in the Selective Placement Division of the Labour Department, and what the average length of stay is for officers posted to this division?
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Answer wer
SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER:
Sir,
The Labour Department provides in-service training
courses of two weeks duration on a regular basis for officers
handling placement of disabled persons. These courses aim to
provide officers with a basic understanding of disability and
knowledge of counselling and placement techniques. Visits to
organisations providing services to disabled persons are
arranged. Officers also attend training courses on sign
language organised by the Society for the Deaf. Since the
Labour Department took over the responsibility for placement
of disabled persons in 1980, 90 officers have attended these
local courses which have proved very useful.
Nineteen
in
19, officers have also attended training courses
the United States, Canada,
counselling, assessment and
These training courses
courses ranged
t he United Kingdom, Germany,
Australia and New Zealand on
placement of disabled persons.
from two weeks to 10 months, the majority being between four
and eight weeks.
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