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Local In-house Overseas
HONG KONG URBAN COUNCIL
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No. of officers
Local
Short specialist/technical/refresher
In-house
153
Commissioned
5
course
Short seminar conducted by visiting experts from overseas
3-Year
20
9
Overseas training in Environmental Health, Food Technology and Health Education
Training for Recreation and Amenities Staff
The Training School provides specialist and technical training to recreation and amenities staff at all levels. The subject areas cover horticulture, recreation, swimming and life-saving. During the year 1983-84 attendance figures are as follows:
Local In-house
Horticulture Training
Recreation Training
No. of Officers
232
393
Swimming and life-saving training
409
Induction training for new recruits of Amenities Officers and Amenities Assistants
59
Overseas
Overseas training in horticulture, landscape construction and design, nursery practice, arboriculture, and parks and recreation management
8
Training for Cultural Services Staff
The Training School deals with the professional training of cultural services staff, including Curators, Librarians, and Managers and skills training for Cultural Services Assistant grades. Besides organizing in-house induction courses for new recruits of Assistant Curators, Assistant Librarians and Assistant Managers, the school also conducts short specialist/technical courses on specific subjects such as stage production, computerized ticketing, and whenever possible, endeavours to obtain the services of visiting experts from overseas in areas such as arts administration. Because of the high specialization of knowledge required for these grades, most vocational/technical training provided locally is organized through local academic institutions such as the University of Hong Kong and the Library Association. Attendance statistics for 1983-84 are as follows:
Local
In-house
Induction course for new recruits of AC II/AL II/AM
40
Commissioned
Part-time-day-release Certificate Course in Librarianship (H.K.U. Extra-Mural Studies)
2-Year
Part-time-day-release Certificate Course in Arts Administration (H.K.U. Extra-Mural Studies)
Overseas
Overseas training in museum studies, exhibition design, libraries management
Management Training
6
11
The Training School is responsible for identifying management training needs of different departmental grades of staff, organizing management courses at different levels to meet their varied needs and making use of management expertise available overseas and locally to develop the potential officers for career advancement. At the moment, the School runs two basic management training programmes, one for middle supervisors and one for first-line supervisors, providing them with the basic management and supervisory skills essential for the day-to-day operation of their duties. In addition, the School organizes short courses, seminars and workshops on special subjects for selected groups of staff. It is also responsible for training up departmental officers to be instructors in the Training School. In this respect, the School organizes Training Officers' Basic Courses to provide instructors with the basic training skills, methodologies and technology, and alternatively makes use of central programmes organized by the Hong Kong Technical Teachers College and the Civil Service Training Centre. Attendance statistics in 1983-84 are as follows:
Local
Supervisory Management Training Courses for Middle Supervisors
Supervisory Training for First-line Supervisors
In-house
301
243
Commissioned outside organization
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Local In-house
Overseas
HONG KONG URBAN COUNCIL
Page 39 of 233
HONG KONG URBAN COUNCIL
43
No. of officers
Local
Short specialist/technical/refresher
In-house
153
Commissioned
5
course
Short seminar conducted by visiting experts from overseas
3-Year
20
9
Overseas training in Environmental Health, Food Technology and Health Education
Training for Recreation and Amenities Staff
The Training School provides specialist and technical training to recreation and amenities staff at all levels. The subject areas cover horticulture, recreation, swimming and life-saving. During the year 1983-84 attendance figures are as follows:
Local In-house
Horticulture Training
Recreation Training
No. of Officers
232
393
Swimming and life-saving training
409
Induction training for new recruits of
Amenities Officers and Amenities
59
Assistants
Overseas
Overseas training in horticulture,
landscape construction and design, nursery practice, arboriculture, and parks and recreation management
8
Training for Cultural Services Staff
The Training School deals with the professional training of cultural services staff, including Curators, Librarians, and Managers and skills training for Cultural Services Assistant grades. Besides organizing in-house induction courses for new recruits of Assistant Curators, Assistant Librarians and Assistant Managers, the school also conducts short specialist/technical courses on specific subjects such as stage production, computerized ticketing, and whenever possible, endeavours to obtain the services of visiting experts from overseas in areas such as arts administration. Because of the high specialization of knowledge required to these grades, most vocational/technical training provided locally is organized through local academic institutions such as the University of Hong Kong and the Library Association. Attendance statistics for 1983-84 are as follows:
Local
In-house
Induction course for new recruits of AC II/AL II/AM
40
Commissioned
Part-time-day-release Certificate Course in Librarianship (H.K.U. Extra-Mural Studies)
2-Year
Part-time-day-release Certificate Course in Arts Administration (H.K.U. Extra- Mural Studies)
Overseas
Overseas training in museum studies, exhibition design, libraries management
Management Training
6
11
The Training School is responsible for identifying management training needs of different departmental grades of staff, organizing management courses at different levels to meet their varied needs and making use of management expertise available overseas and locally to develop the potential officers for career advancement. At the moment, the School runs two basic management training programmes, one for middle supervisors and one for first-line supervisors, providing them with the basic management and supervisory skills essential for the day-to-day operation of their duties. In addition, the School organizes short courses, seminars and workshops on special subjects for selected groups of staff. It is also responsible for training up departmental officers to be instructors in the Training School. In this respect, the School organizes Training Officers' Basic Courses to provide instructors with the basic training skills, methodologies and technology, and alternatively makes use of central programmes organized by the Hong Kong Technical Teachers College and the Civil Service Training Centre. Attendance statistics in 1983-84 are as follows:
Local
Supervisory Management Training Courses for Middle Supervisors
Supervisory Training for First-line Supervisors
In-house
301
243
Commissioned! outside organization
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