HKIE –Safety Specialist Committee Announcement

Technical Seminar –Truss-out bamboo Scaffold Safety and Transportable Temporary Anchor Devices

Jointly organized with Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (Hong Kong Branch)

Date, Time & Venue

20 February 2006 (Monday); 6:30pm - 8:00pm;

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Industrial Centre, Room TU201.

Programme Highlights:

In this Seminar, the speaker will highlight some practical means to enhance the safety protection for the workers working on the scaffold. A transportable temporary anchor device (TTAD) would be introduced in the seminar as a provision of suitable anchorage for the fall arresting system, in particular for the renovation and maintenance works involving the use of truss-out bamboo scaffold in domestic units.  The Anchor Device Sponsorship Scheme for Renovation and Maintenance SMEs that jointly organized by Occupational Safety and Health Council and Labour Department would also be introduced in the Seminar.

Speaker:  Mr., Ng Lung Hoi, Raymond, Senior Occupational Safety Officer of Labour Department

Registration & Enquiries

The seminar is free of charge. Pre-registration is required.  The number of participants is limited to 100 and will be on first-come first served basis. For registration, please complete and return the Standard Reply Form by Email: lamchising@hotmail.com or Fax. 24512827. For contact Mr. C.S Lam at Tel: 91527659. Attendance certificate will be awarded upon completion of the talk.