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Occupational safety and health training courses open for applications
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     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 October to December 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 and health regulations. 

     The training courses cover a wide range of topics, including:
 
  1. Major Safety and Health Legislation related to Industrial Accident Prevention and Their Latest Amendments 
  2. Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Safety Management) Regulation and Safety Inspection Programme and Accident/Incident Investigation
  3. Major Safety Legislation related to Accident Prevention on Work in Confined Spaces and other Safety Legislation related to Risk Assessment 
  4. Major Safety Legislation related to Accident Prevention in Logistics Industry (including Use of Tail Lifts) and the latest revised Guidance Notes on Prevention of Trapping Hazard of Tail Lifts 
  5. Industrial Accident Cases Analysis and Related Safety Legislation and Major Safety and Health Legislation related to Employees' Duties (with one class to be conducted in English)
  6. Safety Legislation for Working in times of Inclement Weather and Hot Environment
  7. A Brief Introduction to Safety Legislation and Codes of Practice related to Construction Work (including Renovation, Maintenance, Alteration and Addition Works)  
  8. Major Safety Legislation related to Accident Prevention on Working at Height (including Truss-out Bamboo Scaffolds and Suspended Working Platforms) and Codes of Practice on Scaffolds and Suspended Working Platforms (including the latest revised Code of Practice for Bamboo Scaffolding Safety)
  9. Major Safety Legislation related to Accident Prevention on Lifting Work (including Tower and Mobile Cranes) and Codes of Practice for Safe Use of Tower and Mobile Cranes 
  10. Major Safety Legislation related to Accident Prevention on Loadshifting Machinery Operations (including fork-lift truck) and Safe Use of Power-operated Elevating Work Platform and Common Heavy Machinery (new course)
  11. Major Safety Legislation related to Accident Prevention in Catering Industry
  12. Occupational Safety and Health Ordinance and Regulation (with one class to be conducted in English)
  13. Safety Legislation for Manual Handling Operations
  14. Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Dangerous Substances) Legislation 
  15. Health Hints on the Use of Computer and More Exercise Smart Work
  16. Occupational Stress and Happy Workplace
  17. First Aid in the Workplace
  18. Strategies for the Prevention of Occupational Diseases and 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.
 
Ends/Monday, September 1, 2025
Issued at HKT 11:00
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