The Occupational Safety and Health Academy (The Academy) is situated in Tsing Yi to cope with the increasing demand for OSH education. The Academy is a spacious six-storey building with an area of 5,000 square metres, which has opened up a new chapter in OSH education, representing a milestone in the development of OSH services in Hong Kong.
The Academy consists of various interactive teaching facilities, practical rooms and workshops to give students and visitors a simulated experience of various occupational situations, which aim at inspiring them the importance of OSH and good OSH habits and enable them to gain hands-on experience in handling safety equipment designed in different industries. Examples include fork-lift operation, tail lift operation and scaffolding installation, etc. Simulated emergency situations are also included as training facilities such as fire outbreak, chemical spillage and the demonstration of avoiding dog bite.
With a complete range of facilities for training, promotion, research, information and communication functions, The Academy also helps enterprises and organizations to implement and manage their OSH programs, while offering them and the general public the latest, practical OSH knowledge to develop their own safety culture.
