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arising from the changing environment, technology and the demands of the public.
At the moment there are five component units in the Training School --- the Administration and Planning Unit, the Cultural Services Training Unit, the Environmental Health Training Unit, the Management Training Unit and the Recreation and Amenities Training Unit. The training units organize in-house basic and refresher training and at the same time commission local academic institutions such as the two universities and the H.K. Polytechnic to run specialized training in various fields of specialty. For highly specialized training where expertise is not available locally, officers are sent overseas, to U.K., U.S.A., Canada, Australia and Singapore, through the arrangements of the Training School, to attend courses or for attachment training. Additionally, selected officers with recognized potential are sent overseas for advanced management studies for career development. As a report on the work of the Training School and its different units, even in outline, has necessarily to be far too lengthy to constitute a part of my answer, I have arranged for this to be tabled for the general information of Members.
The second part of the question is about the value of the Training School in keeping up a stream of talented young persons entering the Health Inspectorate. The Training School organizes a basic 3-year full-time training to young persons who have been recruited, through civil service public recruitment exercise, into the department as Student H.I.s. This training provides the young in-takes not only a strong base in vocational knowledge and skills, but also a unique form of further education which contributes to their character formation. It covers the following areas:
(a) vocational knowledge on all aspects of personal hygiene and environmental health;
(b) administrative knowledge in respect of the theories and practices of law enforcement, government office practices and procedures;
(c) practical experience through visits and demonstrations in departmental district offices, abattoirs, food and licensing sections;
(d) physical exercise in the form of indoor games, football games and competitions both to provide relaxation and to develop team spirit;
(e) individual counselling to help the character formation of Student H.I.s who are all very young and fresh from school.
The process of training, however, does not stop upon acquisition of the basic qualification by the Student Health Inspectors. A newly appointed Health Inspector II, after working for about 3 years in the various aspects of public health duties, receives further training either at the Training School in the field of food and meat inspection or at the H.K. Polytechnic in the field of solid wastes management, a course which is specially commissioned by the department. These two specialist areas constitute the two major components of responsibilities for a health inspector.
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As Health Inspectors proceed further, they receive also in-house specialist training in hawker and market management, cemeteries and crematoria, etc. Some of them also receive overseas specialist training in environmental health, food technology and health education. All H.I.s and S.H.I.s are given mandatory supervisory management training organized by the Training School. For C.H.I.s and above advanced management training is provided to those recognized to have the necessary potential for advancement to senior management positions.
Training has always been and remains an important aspect of the department's work and appropriate training courses are organized for departmental staff in all the different streams of work. The aim of the U.S.D. Training School is to provide suitable training programmes to train staff for the efficient and effective operation of their services to the public.
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THE ACTIVITIES OF THE U.S.D. TRAINING SCHOOL
Training for Health Inspectorate, G.D.T.s and other Environmental Health Staff
The Training School organizes in-house 3-year basic training to Student Health Inspectors to prepare them to obtain the requisite qualification for appointment as Health Inspectors through examinations organized by the Royal Society of Health (H.K. Branch). Subsequent training for the Health Inspectorate officers is in the inspection of meat and other foods and solid wastes management. The school also organizes in-service training courses both for health inspectors and supervisory staff in the fields of cleansing, pest control, hawkers and market control and cemeteries and crematoria. During the year 1983-84, attendance figures of H.I. and Environmental Health Staff in different training courses are as follows:
Local In-house No. of officers Basic 3-Year Training for St. H.I.s 44 (graduated) Advanced training for serving H.I.II to obtain qualification for promotion 213 (attending) In-service Training in cleansing, pest control, hawkers and market control, cemeteries and crematoria, etc. for H.I. and Supervisory Grades 272 Training for G.D.T.s-basic and refresher 553 23 (obtained R.S.H. Diploma in Food and Meat Inspection) 6 (obtained Diploma in Solid Wastes Management)Page 38 of 233
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arising from the changing environment, technology and the demands of the public.
At the moment there are five component units in the Training School ---the Administration and Planning Unit, the Cultural Services Training Unit, the Environmental Health Training Unit, the Management Training Unit and the Recreation and Amenities Training Unit. The training units organize in-house basic and refresher training and at the same time commission local academic institutions such as the two universities and the H.K. Polytechnic to run specialized training in various fields of specialty. For highly specialized training where expertise is not available locally, officers are sent overseas, to U.K., U.S.A., Canada, Australia and Singapore, through the arrangements of the Training School, to attend courses or for attachment training. Additionally, selected officers with recognized potential are sent overseas for advanced management studies for career development. As a report on the work of the Training School and its different units, even in outline, has necessarily to be far too lengthy to constitute a part of my answer, I have arranged for this to be tabled for the general information of Members.
The second part of the question is about the value of the Training School in keeping up a stream of talented young persons entering the Health Inspectorate. The Training School organizes a basic 3-year full-time training to young persons who have been recruited, through civil service public recruitment exercise, into the department as Student H.I.s. This training provides the young in-takes not only a strong base in vocational knowledge and skills, but also a unique form of further education which contributes to their character formation. It covers the following areas:
(a) vocational knowledge on all aspects of personal hygiene and environ-
mental health;
(b) administrative knowledge in respect of the theories and practices of law
enforcement, government office practices and procedures;
(c) practical experience through visits and demonstrations in departmental
district offices, abattoirs, food and licensing sections;
(d) physical exercise in the form of indoor games, football games and competitions both to provide relaxation and to develop team spirit; (e) individual counselling to help the character formation of Student H.I.s
who are all very young and fresh from school.
The process of training, however, does not stop upon acquisition of the basic qualification by the Student Health Inspectors. A newly appointed Health Inspector II, after working for about 3 years in the various aspects of public health duties, receives further training either at the Training School in the field of food and meat inspection or at the H.K. Polytechnic in the field of solid wastes management, a course which is specially commissioned by the department. These two specialist areas constitute the two major components of responsibilities for a health inspector.
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As Health Inspectors proceed further, they receive also in-house specialist training in hawker and market management, cemeteries and crematoria, etc. Some of them also receive overseas specialist training in environmental health, food technology and health education. All H.I.s and S.H.I.s are given mandatory supervisory management training organized by the Training School. For C.H.I.s and above advanced management training is provided to those recognized to have the necessary potential for advancement to senior management positions.
Training has always been and remains an important aspect of the department's work and appropriate training courses are organized for departmental staff in all the different streams of work. The aim of the U.S.D. Training School is to provide suitable training programmes to train staff for the efficient and effective operation of their services to the public.
APPENDIX
THE ACTIVITIES OF THE U.S.D. TRAINING SCHOOL Training for Health Inspectorate, G.D.T.s and other Environmental Health Staff The Training School organizes in-house 3-year basic training to Student Health Inspectors to prepare them to obtain the requisite qualification for appointment as Health Inspectors through examinations organized by the Royal Society of Health (H.K. Branch). Subsequent training for the Health Inspectorate officers is in the inspection of meat and other foods and solid wastes management. The school also organizes in-service training courses both for health inspectors and supervisory staff in the fields of cleansing, pest control, hawkers and market control and cemeteries and crematoria. During the year 1983-84, attendance figures of H.I. and Environmental Health Staff in different training courses are as follows:
Local In-house
Basic 3-Year Training for St. H.I.s
Advanced training for serving H.I.II to obtain qualification for promotion
In-service Training in cleansing, pest control, hawkers and market control, cemeteries and crematoria, etc. for H.I. and Supervisory Grades
Training for G.D.T.s-basic and refresher
No. of officers
44 (graduated)
213 (attending)
23 (obtained R.S.H.
Diploma in Food and Meat Inspection)
6 (obtained Diploma
in Solid Wastes
Management)
272
553
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