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TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 1983

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INDUSTRIAL SAFETY TRAINING COURSES FOR WORKERS

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EMPLOYERS WERE URGED TODAY (TUESDAY) TO SEND THEIR EMPLOYEES TO ATTEND VARIOUS TRAINING COURSES ON INDUSTRIAL SAFETY OFFERED FREE OF CHARGE BY THE FACTORY INSPECTORATE DIVISION OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT.

THE DIVISION CONDUCTS THE COURSES AT ITS INDUSTRIAL SAFETY TRAINING CENTRE IN CANTON ROAD GOVERNMENT OFFICES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID ENROLMENT IS NOW INVITED FOR SIX COURSES TO BE CONDUCTED FROM THIS MONTH TO THE END OF JUNE. THE COURSES, WHICH LAST FROM ONE TO THREE DAYS, ARE RELATED TO WORK IN CONFINED SPACES, SLINGING+ SAFETY, MACHINERY SAFETY, CONSTRUCTION SAFETY, ELECTRICAL SAFETY IN INDUSTRY AND SAFETY AT WORK IN COMPRESSED AIR.

THE COURSES ARE RECOMMENDED FOR TECHNICIANS, FOREMEN, SUPERVISORS AND THOSE WHO MIGHT FROM TIME TO TIME BE REQUIRED TO PERFORM SUPERVISORY DUTIES. THEY ARE DESIGNED TO ENABLE THE COURSE TRAINEES TO IDENTIFY UNSAFE WORKING ENVIRONMENTS, TO SUGGEST METHODS FOR THE IR ELIMINATION AND TO PREPARE THEM FOR THE DUTIES OF A SAFETY SUPERVISOR, IN ADDITION TO THEIR NORMAL DUTIES.

+ IT IS HOPED THAT EMPLOYERS WOULD MAKE FULL USE OF OUR FREE SERVICE BY NOMINATING EMPLOYEES TO ATTEND THE COURSES. ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE ENROLMENT AND DETAILS OF THE COURSES CAN BE MADE ON TELEPHONE 3-688111 EXT. 347,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

THE DIVISION CONDUCTED 298 TRAINING COURSES FOR 7 756 EMPLOYEES LAST YEAR.

IN THE SAME YEAR, OFFICERS FROM THE TRAINING CENTRE ALSO CONDUCTED 135 TALKS ON SAFETY FOR 15 405 PEOPLE FROM 71 ORGANISATIONS, INCLUDING INSTITUTES OF HIGHER EDUCATION. VOCATIONAL TRAINING SCHOOLS AND ASSOCIATIONS OF EMPLOYEES AND EMPLOYERS.