THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1934
TRAINING GUIDELINES FOR JEWELLERY INDUSTRY
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A MANUAL TO HELP EMPLOYERS OF JEWELLERY INDUSTRY TO DRAW UP SYSTEMATIC ON-THE-JOB TRAINING PROGRAMMES FOR THEIR TRAINEES AND APPRENTICES HAS JUST BEEN PUBLISHED BY THE JEWELLERY INDUSTRY TRAINING BOARD OF THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL.
SPECIFICATIONS FOR NINE PRINCIPAL JOBS AT TECHNOLOGIST, TECHNICIAN AND CRAFTSMAN LEVELS IN THE INDUSTRY ARE SET OUT IN DETAILS IN THE MANUAL.
+THE PURPOSE OF PUBLISHING A MANUAL IS TO ESTABLISH AN ACCEPTABLE AND UNIFORM STANDARD OF SKILLS FOR EACH PRINCIPAL JOBS IN THE JEWELLERY INDUSTRY, SAID MR HUI CHECK-WING, CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD.
BY FOLLOWING THE SKILLS SPECIFICATIONS IN THE MANUAL, EMPLOYERS COULD ASSESS THE COMPETENCE OF THEIR WORKERS AS WELL, HE SAID.
MR HUI SAID THAT THE MANUAL ALSO SERVED AS GUIDELINES FOR EDUCATION AND TRAINING INSTITUTIONS IN PLANNING RELEVANT THEORY COURSES FOR STUDENTS OR APPRENTICES.
THE MANUAL, ENTITLED JOB SPECIFICATIONS FOR PRINCIPAL JOBS IN THE JEWELLERY INDUSTRY+, IS NOW ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS SALES CENTRE AT HK$6.00 A COPY.
NEW POSTER ON ILLEGAL STRUCTURE HAZARDS ****
+ ILLEGAL STRUCTURES CREATE DANGER+ IS THE MESSAGE OF A NEWLY PRODUCED GOVERNMENT POSTER TO WARN THE PUBLIC AGAINST THE HAZARDS POSED BY SUCH STRUCTURES.
THE POSTER, PRINTED IN TWO SIZES, AIMS AT STEPPING UP PUBLICITY ON THE ISSUE OF ILLEGAL STRUCTURES AND 25 000 COPIES HAVE BEEN PRODUCED.
IT DEPICTS A LIVELY CARICATURE SHOWING THE TYPES OF ILLEGAL STRUCTURES SUCH AS CAGES, ROOFTOP STRUCTURES, CANOPIES, PODIUM EXTENSIONS ETC WHICH ARE MOST COMMONLY FOUND OUTSIDE BUILDINGS.
COPIES OF THE POSTER ARE NOW ON DISPLAY ON NOTICE BOARDS AND GOVERNMENT POSTER SITES AT THE STAR FERRY CONCOURSE, BUS STOPS, PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS, WALK-WAYS, AND GOVERNMENT OFFICES THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY, AND DISTRIBUTED TO OWNERS INCORPORATIONS AND MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES OF MULTI-STOREY BUILDINGS THROUGH THE DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS OF CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION.
/GOVERNMENT
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