SUNDAY, AUGUST 18, 1991
EXAMINATION WAS SCHEDULED ELECTRICAL WORKERS WHO MAKE USE
"THE DATE FOR THE FIRST OF SUCH AN ON AUGUST 30 THIS YEAR AND THOSE EXPERIENCED DID NOT POSSESS THE NECESSARY ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS COULD
MR KWOK SAID. OF THE EXAMINATION TO BECOME A REGISTERED WORKER,
T
HE POINTED OUT WHO FAILED APPLICATIONS
REGARDING THE ON-GOING REGISTRATION PROGRESS, THAT SO FAR EXCEPT FOR A VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE OF WORKERS
THE MAJORITY OF TO MEET ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS, CONSIDERED SATISFACTORY FOR REGISTRATION.
AIMED
ΤΟ REGISTER ALL
WERE
THE EXISTING INDUSTRY,
HE SAID HIS DEPARTMENT ELECTRICAL WORKERS, WHICH WAS ESTIMATED TO BE 30,000 IN THE BY AROUND MID-1992.
ONLY BE CARRIED "BY THEN, FIXED ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS CAN
WITH OUT BY REGISTERED ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS AND WILL HAVE TO COMPLY
(WIRING) DOWN IN THE ELECTRICITY THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS REGULATIONS, HE SAID.
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LAID
MR KWOK ALSO SAID FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE
DEPARTMENT
ELECTRICAL INDUSTRY, A PUBLISH
CODE OF DETAILS TECHNICAL'
WOULD THE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL PRACTICE BY EARLY NEXT YEAR WHICH WOULD SET OUT IN GUIDELINES ON HOW THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS COULD BE MET.
SEMINAR TO BOOST WORK SAFETY ON GONDOLAS
A SEMINAR ON
AUGUST
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THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT WILL ORGANISE (WEDNESDAY) TO FURTHER PROMOTE SAFETY AT WORK ON GONDOLAS.
TAT-KING,
ACTING CHIEF FACTORY INSPECTOR, MR CHAN THERE HAD BEEN A NUMBER OF SERIOUS ACCIDENTS, SOME OF THEM WORK SITES INVOLVING THE USE OF GONDOLAS IN RECENT YEARS.
"THESE ACCIDENTS
MOSTLY
CAUSED
BY
NOTED THAT FATAL, ON
OF THE TO WEAR AN INDEPENDENT
WRRE
FAILURE GONDOLA'S SUSPENSION SYSTEM, OR WERE DUE TO WORKERS' FAILURE
ΤΟ ATTACHED HAVE BEEN WHICH SHOULD SAFETY BELTS
+1 MR CHAN SAID.
LIFELINE OR A SECURE ANCHORAGE,
TO
PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY HE POINTED OUT THAT THE SEMINAR WOULD FOR CONTRACTORS, WORKERS AND OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS IN THE TRADE EXCHANGE VIEWS AND SHARE EXPERIENCES IN THE SAFE USE OF GONDOLAS.
DISCUSSIONS
ON
OF GONDOLA AND
TESTS, USE OF SAFETY
ASPECTS VARIOUS RE "THERE WILL
EXAMINATIONS SAFETY SUCH AS INSTALLATION AND RELOCATION, SAFETY ROPES WITH AUTOMATIC SAFETY DEVICES AND PROPER BELTS. HE ADDED.
DEPARTMENT'S
THE HALF-DAY SEMINAR WILL START AT 2.30 PM AT THE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY TRAINING CENTRE ON THE 13TH FLOOR, HARBOUR BUILDING, 38 PIER ROAD, CENTRAL, AND ADMISSION IS FREE.
FURTHER ENQUIRIES AND ENROLMENT CAN BR MADE ON TEL. 852 3564.
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