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MONDAY, JULY 26, 1976

COURSES FOR 300 INDUSTRIAL TRADE INSTRUCTORS

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ABOUT 300 INDUSTRIAL TRADE INSTRUCTORS ARE TO BE TRAINED IN THE NEXT ACADEMIC YEAR AT THE HONG KONG TECHNICAL TEACHERS' COLLEGE IN MODERN TEACHING METHODS TO ENABLE THEM TO PLAY AN EFFECTIVE ROLE IN THE TRAINING PROGRAMMES OF THEIR RESPECTIVE INDUSTRIAL CONCERNS, THE PRINCIPAL OF THE COLLEGE, MR. PETER SMITH SAID TODAY.

THE INSTRUCTORS' COURSES COVER ENGINEERING, AUTOMOBILE ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, TEXTILES, GARMENT MAKING, CONSTRUCTION, PLASTICS AND TOY MAKING- OFFICE ARTS, PRINTING AND SUPERVISOR TRAINING,

IN THE PAST SEVEN YEARS, SUCH COURSES RUN BY THE COLLEGE AND BEFORE IT BY THE TECHNICAL TEACHER DEPARTMENT OF THE MORRISON HILL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE WERE CONDUCTED IN THE EVENINGS AND AS PART-TIME DAY-RELEASE COURSES.

+ IN THE COMING SESSION, MR. SMITH SAID, THE COLLEGE IS OFFERING ADDITIONAL COURSES IN WHICH THE TRAINEE-INSTRUCTORS SPEND TWO WEEKS FULL-TIME AT THE COLLEGE WHEN THEY WILL BE TAUGHT METHODS OF INSTRUCTION FOLLOWED BY TWO WEEKS AT THEIR PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT WHEN COLLEGE TUTORS VISIT THEM TO ASSIST IN APPLYING THESE TECHNIQUES WITHIN THEIR OWN COMPANIES,

+THE COLLEGE HAS ALREADY HAD EXPERIENCE WITH SUCH COURSES SINCE IT HAS ORGANISED ONE FOR A VERY LARGE PUBLIC UTILITY COMPANY. THAT EXPERIENCE LEADS US TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THESE BLOCK RELEASE COURSES ARE BY FAR THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY OF TRAINING INSTRUCTORS.+

THE PRINCIPAL POINTED OUT THAT IN THE PAST SEVEN YEARS 500 INSTRUCTORS HAD RECEIVED CERTIFICATES OF ATTENDANCE AFTER TAKING THE COURSES WHICH WERE RUN BY SPECIALISTS WHO STUDIED THE ORGANISATION OF INDUSTRIAL TRAINING IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA.

MR. SMITH STRESSED THAT THE ECONOMIC SURVIVAL OF HONG KONG DEPENDED UPON THE FLEXIBILITY OF ITS WORK FORCE AND IN THESE DAYS OF CHANGE OUR INDUSTRIAL MANPOWER NEEDS TRAINING AND RE-TRAINING MORE AND MORE FREQUENTLY.+

HE SAID THAT DURING A SURVEY OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF HONG KONG INDUSTRY FOR INSTRUCTORS, 128 COMPANIES EXPRESSED A PREFERENCE FOR COURSES OF A BLOCK RELEASE PATTERN. THE SURVEY WAS CARRIED OUT BY THE COMMITTEE ON INSTRUCTOR TRAINING OF THE HONG KONG TRAINING COUNCIL.

IT IS HOPED THAT THIS NEW SCHEME WILL MEET THEIR NEEDS. BECAUSE OF THE LARGE NUMBERS OF INSTRUCTORS NEEDED IN EACH INDUSTRY, THE COLLEGE WILL BE OFFERING COURSES SPECIFIC TO PARTICULAR INDUSTRIES.

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