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The Labour Department will launch the Customer Service Teams Project again in the summer to enhance the occupational safety and health awareness of those operating and working in small and medium-sized enterprises.
People interested in joining the project as volunteers are welcome to register at the Labour Department from tomorrow (June 1).
A spokesman for the Labour Department said no effort was spared in raising employers' and employees' awareness of occupational safety and health. "This year, business services, sanitary and related services and wholesale and retail services will be the targets of visits by our volunteers," the spokesman said.
"We hope to recruit some 250 volunteers to visit more than 15,000 establishments in the next four months to promote the department's services on occupational safety and health and to disseminate relevant information.
"During the visit, project members will conduct a questionnaire survey to assess the basic knowledge of those in charge of the organisations on work safety and health and distribute publicity materials on occupational safety and health as well as the relevant laws," he said.
Volunteers who are aged 17 or above and have attained secondary school level or above are welcome to join the project. Before they start their service, they have to attend a one-day training course to learn about details of the project, basic safety knowledge as well as communication skills.
Enrolment forms and project details can be obtained from all 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 website of the Labour Department (http://www.labour.gov.hk) or the Social Welfare Department's website on Volunteer Movement (http://www.volunteering-hk.org).
For enquiries, please call the Safety Promotional Unit, Occupational Safety and Health Branch of the Labour Department on 2852 3565/2852 4970 or the Central Office for Volunteer Service of the Social Welfare Department on 2234 0100.
The project will be implemented from mid-June until September. When completed, certificates will be presented to the volunteers in recognition of their service.
The Labour Department has been organising this project jointly with the Social Welfare Department since 1999. The project has been well received and the volunteers have visited more than 97,00 workplaces.
Ends/Thursday, May 31, 2007
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