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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1979

INDUSTRIAL SAFETY COURSE FOR MANAGERS

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THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT HAS TAKEN ANOTHER STEP TO PROMOTE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY BY ORGANISING A ONE-YEAR EVENING COURSE AT THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC FOR MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL FROM BOTH PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTORS.

THE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY OFFICERS COURSE - THE FIRST OF ITS KIND - IS TO ENCOURAGE MANAGERIAL STAFF AND EMPLOYERS TO PARTICIPATE IN INDUSTRIAL SAFETY TRAINING, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).

*IT IS ALSO HOPED THAT PERSONNEL AT MID-MANAGEMENT LEVEL WILL BENEFIT FROM THE COURSE AND PUT TO USE IN FACTORIES AND CONSTRUCTION SITES WHAT THEY HAVE LEARNED,+ HE SAID.

THE COURSE, COMMENCING ON OCTOBER 2, WILL INCLUDE AN IN-DEPTH STUDY OF ACCIDENT PREVENTION AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES. VISITS TO VARIOUS INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENTS WILL BE ORGANISED.

AMONGST THE 65 APPLICATIONS, 40 HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED. THEY INCLUDE FOUR FROM GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, 12 FROM CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING FIRMS, 11 FROM FACTORIES, NINE FROM PUBLIC UTILITIES AND FOUR FROM OTHER ESTABLISHMENTS.

+ALL OF THEM HAVE MET THE COURSE REQUIREMENTS AND WERE RECOMMENDED BY THEIR EMPLOYERS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

*ON SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE COURSE, THE ATTENDANTS WILL BE AWARDED CERTIFICATES OF PROFICIENCY IN INDUSTRIAL SAFETY ISSUED BY THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC AND THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT, HE SAID.

THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THE DEPARTMENT'S INDUSTRIAL SAFETY TRAINING CENTRE IN CANTON ROAD GOVERNMENT OFFICES BUILDING ALSO PROVIDES COURSES ON INDUSTRIAL SAFETY FOR WORKERS AT OPERATIVE LEVEL AND FACTORY INSPECTORS OF THE DEPARTMENT.

HE SAID THE CENTRE CONDUCTED 86 OF THESE COURSES DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THIS YEAR AND THE SAME NUMBER WILL BE HELD FOR THE SECOND HALF.

TO PROMOTE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY CONSCIOUSNESS AT THE TOP MANAGEMENT LEVEL, THE COMMITTEE ON INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND ACCIDENT PREVENTION OF THE LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD IS PLANNING A CONFERENCE FOR NEXT YEAR, HE ADDED.

+MOREOVER, THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES, CARRIES OUT AN ANNUAL PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN ON INDUSTRIAL SAFETY. LAST YEAR THE PUBLICITY DRIVE PROVED VERY SUCCESSFUL.+

/THE SPOKESMAN.