SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1989
HE POINTED OUT THAT MORE THAN 11,700
423 COURSES ON 27 MAJOR SAFETY SUBJECTS ORGANISED BY THE YEAR.
EMPLOYEES TOOK PART IN
CENTRE LAST
LASTING FROM HALF A DAY AREAS SUCH AS INDUSTRIAL
TO FIVE DAYS,
THE
ACCIDENT
PREVENTION,
COURSES CONSTRUCTION
COVERED
SAFETY,
MANUAL LIFTING AND HANDLING, AND POWER PRESS.
ELECTRICAL
SAFETY,
"OF THEM, THE
BASIC ACCIDENT
PREVENTION
MOST
SLINGING, MACHINERY
COURSES WERE
++ THE SPOKESMAN
IN DEMAND, WITH 1,750 EMPLOYEES ENROLLED IN 52 CLASSES, NOTED.
TRAINING HEARING
THE CENTRE HAS ALSO ORGANISED A VARIETY OF SPECIALIST COURSES FOR SUPERVISORY STAFF FROM INDUSTRY ON SUCH TOPICS AS
AND CONTROL OF ASBESTOS, CONSERVATION, ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION, USE AND SAFETY IN WORK IN COMPRESSED AIR (TUNNELLING) AND IN CAISSONS.
AND AS FOR THIS YEAR, THE SPOKESMAN SAID, A TOTAL OF 198 BASIC
THE FIRST HALF OF ADVANCED COURSES OF 28 TYPES WOULD BE OFFERED IN THE YEAR.
BUT ALSO
THEY INCLUDE NOT ONLY COURSES FOR INDUSTRIAL WORKERS,
FOREMEN AND SAFETY COMMITTEE MANY FOR SAFETY OFFICERS, SUPERVISORS, MEMBERS.
IN
NEW COURSES WILL ALSO BE INTRODUCED ON CRANE SAFETY, SAFETY
SAFETY, FATAL ELECTRICAL
ACCIDENTS ANALYSIS WORKING AT HEIGHT AND AND CASE STUDY.
OF INDUSTRIAL
ACCIDENTS,
TO COPE WITH THE RISING TREND COURSES WILL BE OFFERED ON "HIGH-RISK" OPERATIONS IN A MOVE TO AWARENESS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF INDUSTRIAL SAFETY.
MORE FOSTER
THE NUMBER OF COURSES ON THERE WILL ALSO BE AN INCREASE IN
ENACTMENT OF LABELLING AND SAFE HANDLING OF CHEMICALS, FOLLOWING THE LEGISLATION ON DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES LATE LAST YEAR.
IN ALL THE SAFETY COURSES ARE CONDUCTED MAINLY ADMISSION IS FREE OF CHARGE, THOUGH APPLICATION MUST BE EMPLOYERS.
CANTONESE AND MADE THROUGH
INTERESTED
"IN VIEW OF THE FAVOURABLE RESPONSE TO THE COURSES,
AS EMPLOYEES ARE ADVISED TO APPLY FOR ENROLMENT AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE,
FIRST SERVED BASIS, THE PLACES WILL BE ALLOCATED ON A FIRST COME, SPOKESMAN SAID.
11
ARE OBTAINABLE FROM THE
"PROSPECTUSES AND APPLICATION FORMS CENTRE ON THE 13TH FLOOR OF HARBOUR BUILDING IN PIER ROAD, CENTRAL.
"ENQUIRIES CAN BE MADE ON 5-8523563 OR 5-8523565."
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