The Occupational Safety and Health Training Centre of the Labour Department (LD) will launch a wide range of occupational safety and health training courses from January to March in 2025. The courses aim to enhance the working population's awareness of occupational safety and health, as well as their understanding of the legal requirements and standards stipulated in occupational safety regulations.
The training courses cover a wide range of topics, including:
- Major Safety and Health Regulations related to Industrial Accident Prevention and Their Latest Amendments
- Safety Management Regulation cum Safety Inspection Programme and Accident/Incident Investigation
- Major Safety Regulations related to Accident Prevention on Work in Confined Spaces and other Safety Regulations related to Risk Assessment
- Major Safety Regulations and Codes of Practice related to Work in Public Cargo Working Areas (new course)
- Industrial Accident Cases Analysis and Related Safety Regulations cum Major Safety and Health Regulations related to Employees' Duties (with one class to be conducted in English)
- Safety Regulations on Working in times of Inclement Weather and Hot Environment
- A Brief Introduction to Safety Regulations and Codes of Practice related to Construction Work (including Renovation, Maintenance, Alteration and Addition Works)
- Safety Regulations on Working at Height (including Truss-out Bamboo Scaffolds and Suspended Working Platforms) cum Codes of Practice on Scaffolds and Suspended Working Platforms
- Major Safety Regulations related to Accident Prevention on Lifting Work (including Tower and Mobile Cranes) cum Codes of Practice for Safe Use of Tower and Mobile Cranes
- Loadshifting Machinery Regulation cum Safe Use of Power-operated Elevating Work Platform and Common Heavy Machinery
- Major Safety Regulations related to Accident Prevention in Catering Trade
- Occupational Safety and Health Ordinance and Regulation (with one class to be conducted in English)
- Safety Regulations on Manual Handling Operations
- Dangerous Substances Regulations
- Health Hints on the Use of Computer cum More Exercise Smart Work
- Occupational Stress cum Happy Workplace
- First Aid in the Workplace
- Strategies for the Prevention of Occupational Diseases cum Work and Healthy Lifestyle
Unless otherwise specified, the courses will mainly be conducted in Cantonese at the LD's Occupational Safety and Health Training Centre, 13/F, KOLOUR Tsuen Wan I, 68 Chung On Street, Tsuen Wan. Enrolment is free.
Employers who wish to arrange for their employees to attend the courses can log in to the application website (www.oshtc.labour.gov.hk/wpas/?lang=en) or scan the QR code (see Annex) to learn about the course content and sign up for the courses. Interested employees can also enrol in the courses through the abovementioned channels on their own. For enquiries, please call 2940 7057.
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