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SUNDAY, JANUARY 13, 1980
180 SAFETY TRAINING COURSES HELD FOR WORKERS LAST YEAR
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THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S INDUSTRIAL SAFETY TRAINING CENTRE HAD OFFERED 180 SAFETY TRAINING COURSES TO 6 200 TECHNICIANS, FOREMEN, WORKS SUPERVISORS AND WORKERS LAST YEAR.
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO BENEFITED FROM THIS FREE SERVICE REPRESENTS AN INCREASE OF NEARLY 17 PER CENT OVER THE FIGURE OF 1978.
IN ADDITION, FACTORY INSPECTORS FROM THE CENTRE GAVE 62 TALKS ON INDUSTRIAL SAFETY TO TECHNICAL INSTITUTES, VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTRES, SCHOOLS AND VARIOUS ASSOCIATIONS.
THEY ALSO CONDUCTED 25 SAFETY TRAINING COURSES FOR APPRENTICES IN FACTORIES AND VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS.
THE CENTRE, LOCATED ON THE THIRD FLOOR OF THE CANTON ROAD GOVERNMENT OFFICES IN YAU MA TEI, OFFERS NO LESS THAN 13 DIFFERENT TYPES OF SAFETY COURSES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
THE COURSES ARE ON BASIC INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT PREVENTION, CONSTRUCTION SAFETY, MANUAL LIFTING AND HANDLING, WORK IN CONFINED SPACE, SLINGING SAFETY, ELECTRICAL SAFETY, SAFETY IN THE USE OF ABRASIVE WHEELS, MACHINERY SAFETY, SAFETY IN DIE-CASTING WORK, SAFETY IN PLASTICS INDUSTRY, SAFETY IN WORK IN COMPRESSED AIR, SAFE USE OF WOODWORKING MACHINERY AND SAFE USE OF POWER PRESSES.
THE DURATION OF THESE COURSES VAR IES FROM ONE TO THREE DAYS.
THEIR MAIN OBJECTIVES ARE TO ENABLE THE ATTENDANTS TO IDENTIFY AND ELIMINATE UNSAFE WORKING ENVIRONMENTS AND TO PREPARE THEM FOR THE DUTIES OF A SAFETY SUPERVISOR IN ADDITION TO THE IR NORMAL DUTIES.
THE CENTRE IS ALSO EQUIPPED WITH A WIDE RANGE OF CHARTS, PHOTOGRAPHS, POSTERS, GRAPHS, MACHINERY AND MODELS TO HELP IN CARRYING THE SAFETY MESSAGE ACROSS TO THE PARTICIPANTS.
THE MACHINERY DEMONSTRATES THE CORRECT METHODS OF MACHINE GUARDING AND THE MODELS SHOW SAFETY MEASURES TO BE ADOPTED AT CONSTRUCTION SITES.
THIRTY-FIVE APPRENTICES FROM THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT RECENTLY COMPLETED THE BASIC PREVENTION COURSE AT THE CENTRE.
THE SYLLABUS OF THE THREE-DAY COURSE COVERS EXISTING SAFETY LEGISLATION- SAFE USE OF MACHINERY, HAND TOOL, LIFTING APPLIANCE AND LIFTING GEAR- MACHINE HAZARD AND GUARDING- ELÉCTRIC HAZARD AND SAFETY CHEMICAL HAZARD AND FIRE PREVENTION AND WORK IN CONFINED SPACES.
EMPLOYERS ARE WELCOME TO SEND THE IR EMPLOYEES TO ATTEND THE COURSES AND DETAILS ABOUT THEM CAN BE OBTAINED ON TELEPHONE 3-688111 EXT. 347.
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