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LD recruits volunteers to promote occupational safety and health
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     The Labour Department spares no effort in raising employers' and employees' awareness of occupational safety and health. This year, the Labour Department will again hold the Customer Service Teams Project to promote safety and health at work from June to September.

     "The project is organised to enhance the occupational safety and health awareness of those operating and working in the workplace. This year, food and beverage services; minor works contractors of repair, maintenance, alteration and addition works; and small- and medium-size enterprises of retail trade, pest control and cleaning services will be the targets of visits by our volunteers," a spokesman for the Labour Department said today (June 2).

     "We hope to recruit about 250 volunteers to visit some 15 000 establishments in the four-month period to promote the department's services on occupational safety and health, and relevant information will also be disseminated," the spokesman added.

     Volunteers in the project will conduct questionnaire surveys during the visits to assess the basic work safety and health knowledge of those in charge of the organisations. In addition, publicity materials on occupational safety and health as well as relevant laws will be distributed.

     Members of the public aged 17 or above who have attained secondary school level are welcome to participate in the project as volunteers. The volunteers will be given one-day training on details of the project, basic safety knowledge and communication skills. Certificates will be presented to the volunteers in recognition of their service upon completion of the project.

     Enrolment forms and project details can be obtained from the offices of the Labour Department's Occupational Safety and Health Branch or from the Central Office for Volunteer Service of the Social Welfare Department. They can also be downloaded from the Labour Department's website (www.labour.gov.hk) or the Social Welfare Department's website on the Volunteer Movement (www.volunteering-hk.org).

     For enquiries, please call the Safety Promotion Unit in the Occupational Safety and Health Branch of the Labour Department on 2852 3565 or the Central Office for Volunteer Service of the Social Welfare Department on 2234 0100.

     The Labour Department has, since 1999, been organising this project jointly with the Social Welfare Department. The volunteers have visited over 170 000 workplaces since the project's inception.

Ends/Thursday, June 2, 2011
Issued at HKT 12:12

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