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Dear Station Members,
By now, anyone in our Station would have understood the power & danger in operating chainsaws to carry out pruning &/or removing trees. Yet in HK, hardly any institute would offer his kind of training to the private sector. On the other hand, it is our private sector most frequently using chainsaws day in day out in contracting work & routine maintenance.
It is understood by this Station that hardly any landscape worker in our territory, be they woman or senile, has the opportunity to receive proper chainsaw training in accordance with international practice in operating this high speed cutting machine. Then when accident would happen, the incident would hardly came out big in the media & would be classified as an ordinary industrial accident in the injury categories.
In view of this, TCHK (http://hk.myblog.yahoo.com/treeclimbinghk) had gathered resources locally to open up the first chainsaw training for our private sector in HK on 25.5.08. It was tested to be a genuine success with first timers & experienced workers, reviewing their practice & knowledge in accordance with international practices. In the longer run, this will save them perils to stay long & healthy in the industry.
TCHK is now planning to offer the 2nd chainsaw training to its members as well as to the public with information attached. In this round, it is designed to target landscape workers & their supervisors, or anybody interested to learn chainsaw from scratch. The training is suitable for anyone who can speak Cantonese & it is in most parts practical work in the field rather than power point in the classroom. It is aimed to train someone to operate this dangerous tool in the field rather than just talk, talk & talk.
Since the training session can only accommodate 15 candidates (Tutor to student ratio is 1 : 5 for safety reason), it is likely to run full very soon. TCHK is currently the only institute locally which can provide training of this kind to our private sector, & there must be hundreds of workers requiring to operate chainsaw in our landscape industry on a regular basis. In accordance with OSHC laws of HK (CAP 509), every employer is required to provide suitable training & equipment for their workers to carry out a designated duty. This Ordinance would cover chainsaw & any violation is liable with insurance discharge & penalty by Dept of Labour.
For work safety & efficiency, investing time & money for chainsaw training is absolutely necessary. Typhoon season is here & there will be fallen trees requiring chainsaw cutting. Accidents would likely to follow if no training is to be provided. Legal action may follow after that. Therefore, why not prevent it before happening?
A Certificate of Attendance will be issued by TCHK to any candidate completed the training. This Certificate can be shown to Site Safety Officers for acknowledging appropriate training has been given to the candidate in operating a chainsaw on ground in accordance with international practice. It is also an evidence in Court by employer that appropriate training has been provided to staff to use chainsaw in the event of an accident.
TCHK looks forward to help our landscape industry by filling in vacuum with offering local training in arboriculture, starting from tree climbing & chainsaw.
best regards,
Sammy Au
Station Manager
The ISA Mission - Through research, technology, and education, promote the professional practice of arboriculture and foster a greater public awareness of the benefits of trees. (http://www.isa-arbor.com/)
Dear Station Members,
By now, anyone in our Station would have understood the power & danger in operating chainsaws to carry out pruning &/or removing trees. Yet in HK, hardly any institute would offer his kind of training to the private sector. On the other hand, it is our private sector most frequently using chainsaws day in day out in contracting work & routine maintenance.
It is understood by this Station that hardly any landscape worker in our territory, be they woman or senile, has the opportunity to receive proper chainsaw training in accordance with international practice in operating this high speed cutting machine. Then when accident would happen, the incident would hardly came out big in the media & would be classified as an ordinary industrial accident in the injury categories.
In view of this, TCHK (http://hk.myblog.yahoo.com/treeclimbinghk) had gathered resources locally to open up the first chainsaw training for our private sector in HK on 25.5.08. It was tested to be a genuine success with first timers & experienced workers, reviewing their practice & knowledge in accordance with international practices. In the longer run, this will save them perils to stay long & healthy in the industry.
TCHK is now planning to offer the 2nd chainsaw training to its members as well as to the public with information attached. In this round, it is designed to target landscape workers & their supervisors, or anybody interested to learn chainsaw from scratch. The training is suitable for anyone who can speak Cantonese & it is in most parts practical work in the field rather than power point in the classroom. It is aimed to train someone to operate this dangerous tool in the field rather than just talk, talk & talk.
Since the training session can only accommodate 15 candidates (Tutor to student ratio is 1 : 5 for safety reason), it is likely to run full very soon. TCHK is currently the only institute locally which can provide training of this kind to our private sector, & there must be hundreds of workers requiring to operate chainsaw in our landscape industry on a regular basis. In accordance with OSHC laws of HK (CAP 509), every employer is required to provide suitable training & equipment for their workers to carry out a designated duty. This Ordinance would cover chainsaw & any violation is liable with insurance discharge & penalty by Dept of Labour.
For work safety & efficiency, investing time & money for chainsaw training is absolutely necessary. Typhoon season is here & there will be fallen trees requiring chainsaw cutting. Accidents would likely to follow if no training is to be provided. Legal action may follow after that. Therefore, why not prevent it before happening?
A Certificate of Attendance will be issued by TCHK to any candidate completed the training. This Certificate can be shown to Site Safety Officers for acknowledging appropriate training has been given to the candidate in operating a chainsaw on ground in accordance with international practice. It is also an evidence in Court by employer that appropriate training has been provided to staff to use chainsaw in the event of an accident.
TCHK looks forward to help our landscape industry by filling in vacuum with offering local training in arboriculture, starting from tree climbing & chainsaw.
best regards,
Sammy Au
Station Manager
The ISA Mission - Through research, technology, and education, promote the professional practice of arboriculture and foster a greater public awareness of the benefits of trees. (http://www.isa-arbor.com/)
攀爬一族 基礎鏈鋸訓練班 (地上用鋸) 通告
各位親愛嘅族人同埋社會大眾：
本族繼5月25日成功舉辦‘基礎鏈鋸訓練班’之後，其後不斷收到查詢，問幾時再會開班。雖知係本港林林種種嘅所謂‘職業安全訓練班’裡面，乜野都話要去上堂考證書，但唯獨鏈鋸一種咁高危嘅搵食工具反而係無人去教（見圖），你地話搞唔搞笑.
以香港日日都有幾百人係全港各地做綠化護飬嚟計，全港每日至少可能有幾十把鏈鋸係度用緊，而當中又有幾多个操作人員係受過正統訓練丫？咁唔通鏈鋸就唔危險？梗係唔係喇，只不過勞工處無專項統計，而傳媒又唔重視，有受傷嘅就當係一般工業意外處理，無手指腳指咪叫保險公司照賠蘿，係個工人唔好彩之嘛。
其實罧都罧到，一把鏈鋸一分鐘轉成萬下，點到邊度就切到邊度，而條切割鏈往往離開身体部份最多一呎，中招嘅机會可以話大過中‘六合彩’幾千倍，反而唔中招果個先至係高手。係西方國家，絕無可能好似香港咁係工人都可以唔使學就去操作鏈鋸，唔係嘅話中左招果陣，個老板就可能要罰到破產兼夾坐監，唔會好似香港咁落後咁而凈係賠錢就算數嫁。
但係香港果D所謂‘職安机構’，滿口‘工業安全’，而一提到爬樹同埋操作鏈鋸，佢地就保持沈默，有D重話修樹果陣重一定要搭棚，而七成嘅樹會跌死人添 ... 唉，你地話失唔失禮死人丫！佢地夠膽係自己人面前聲大氣粗，但係又敢唔敢係洋人面前照唱爽口丫？
有見及此，本族依家決定再舉辦一班地上用鋸班（搞清楚唔係樹上用鋸阿！！樹上用鋸要識爬樹嫁），詳情如下：
日期：星期日2008年6月29日
時間：9am – 4:30pm
地点：上水鳳溪中學大草地
人數：15人
導師：歐永森、吳志雄、李國文
費用：HK$1000/人（族人）或HK$1100/人（非族人）
指導標準：ANSI Z133.1（2006）
課程內容：
1. 為何要使用鏈鋸去進行切割樹木？
2. 鏈鋸的種類及選用方法
3. 如何購買質量好的鏈鋸？
4. 鏈鋸使用前需要注意的地方 ---- 添加燃料、添加鏈油，檢查風、油格及火咀，檢查鏈剎及切割鏈鬆緊度、等等
5. 鏈鋸起動前必須穿戴的个人防護裝備（PPE）
6. 鏈鋸起動方法及制動方法
7. 切割前現場檢查及風險評估
8. 基礎地上切割技術及安全 ---- 直、橫、背切、跳鋸、夾鋸、等等
9. 平地及斜坡上切割技術
10. 鏈鋸搬運及儲存
目標學員：日常操作鏈鋸的園藝工人，需要現場監工的管理級人員，地盤安全監督人員，任何對使用鏈鋸有興趣人士。
教導語言：廣東話
報名方法：請與李國文副族長聯絡，電話 81000895 ，電郵：lkman@netvigator.com
教埋依一班之後，可能有牌都唔再開同類型嘅班，因為其他事忙呀。所以，各位有興趣嘅人士，敬請及早報名，額滿即止，專請留意。
此致
攀爬一族 族長
歐永森
敬啟
