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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.

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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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