WSD promotes professional development of plumbing in collaboration with the trade (with photos)

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     The Water Supplies Department (WSD) today (November 5) held the Plumbing Industry Professional Development Exchange Session and the Launching Ceremony for the Voluntary Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Scheme for Licensed Plumbers in collaboration with the Vocational Training Council, the Construction Industry Council and plumbing trade associations. The aims of the exchange session and the CPD scheme are to encourage plumbers to continue self-improvement, to introduce how to enhance the professional image of plumbers and to attract youngsters to join the industry.

     Officiating at the ceremony, the Deputy Director of Water Supplies, Mr Wong Chung-leung, said that the WSD had launched the Voluntary CPD Scheme for Licensed Plumbers through the Advisory Board on Licensing of Plumbers last month to promote continuous learning among Licensed Plumbers (LPs). Under the Scheme, LPs who have attained certain CPD credits within a calendar year will be awarded a gold, silver or bronze certificate. In recognition of their achievements and for public reference, information about the credits and certificates they have attained will be uploaded to the WSD website.

     Another officiating guest, the Chairman of the Advisory Board on Licensing of Plumbers, Mr Edmund Leung, said that the plumbing industry offers promising prospects with the anticipated increase in housing construction volume. Furthermore, he added that with changes in design and installation technology for the plumbing system in buildings, plumbing practitioners should keep up with the times and continue to upgrade their knowledge and skills to stay competitive.

     Under the theme "A Brighter Future of Plumbing Industry", the Plumbing Industry Professional Development Exchange Session invited representatives of training institutes to introduce the Voluntary CPD Scheme for Licensed Plumbers, courses for LPs and plumbing technicians as well as the professional development ladder of the plumbing industry. It was well received by about 200 plumbing practitioners and secondary school students.

     For details of the Voluntary CPD Scheme for Licensed Plumbers, please visit the WSD's website:
(www.wsd.gov.hk/en/plumbing_and_engineering/licensed_plumber/voluntary_continuing_prof_dev_scheme/index.html).

Ends/Saturday, November 5, 2016
Issued at HKT 18:10

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The Plumbing Industry Professional Development Exchange Session and the Launching Ceremony for the Voluntary Continuing Professional Development Scheme for Licensed Plumbers organised by the Water Supplies Department, the Vocation Training Council (VTC), the Construction Industry Council (CIC) and plumbing trade associations were held at the Hong Kong Design Institute in Tseung Kwan O today (November 5). Picture shows the Deputy Director of Water Supplies, Mr Wong Chung-leung (centre); the Chairman of the Advisory Board on Licensing of Plumbers, Mr Edmund Leung (fifth left); the Director of Training and Development of the CIC, Mr Alex Leung (fifth right); the Academic Director of Engineering Discipline of the VTC, Mr Eric Liu (fourth left); the Vice Chairman of the Hong Kong Plumbing and Sanitary Ware Trade Association, Mr Raymond Mak (fourth right); the Chairman of the Hong Kong Licensed Plumbing Professionals Association, Mr Tang Kwong-yiu (third left); the Chairman of the Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering - Hong Kong Branch, Mr Kenneth Chan (third right); the Chairman of the Hong Kong Water Works Professionals Association, Mr Cheng Wai-cheung (second left); the Chairman of the Hong Kong Institution of Plumbing and Drainage, Mr Vincent Ma (second right); the Chairman of the Plumbing Technology Student Association, Mr Wong Ping-fai (first left); and the Vice Chairman of the Hong Kong Plumbing General Union, Mr Chiu Kin-keung (first right), officiating at the launching ceremony.

The Deputy Director of Water Supplies, Mr Wong Chung-leung, delivers a welcome speech at the Plumbing Industry Professional Development Exchange Session at the Hong Kong Design Institute in Tseung Kwan O today (November 5).

An exhibition organised by the Water Supplies Department, the Vocational Training Council, the Construction Industry Council and plumbing trade associations opened at the Hong Kong Design Institute in Tseung Kwan O today (November 5) to introduce the development of and employment prospects in the plumbing industry.