Construction Industry Council - Annual Report 2024

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY COUNCIL 128 OPERATIONAL REVIEW Actively Promoting Modular Integrated Construction (MiC) This year, the HKCITTC completed the setup of a MiC Connection Skillsets Mock-up (Trial) (MiC Mock- up), showcasing various connection skillsets used in MiC construction sites, including external walls, inner ceilings and floors, plumbing, electrical conduits, as well as structural connections. The HKCITTC published a booklet titled Introduction to MiC Connection Skillsets Procedures aiming to promote the application of existing construction skillsets in MiC sites connections to the construction industry. Booklet: Introduction to Modular Integrated Construction (MiC) Connection Skillsets Procedures Establishing the Greater Bay Area Standards (GBA Standards) for Skilled Workers The Development Bureau of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, the Human Resources and Social Security Department of Guangdong Province, the Department of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of Guangdong Province, and the Labour Affairs Bureau of Macao Special Administrative Region Government collaborated with training and assessing institutions, industry experts of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao to formulate GBA standards of the skill levels of skilled workers and technicians in the construction sector, and will take forward the “One Examination, Multiple Certification” arrangement, for enhancing the training quality of the construction industry in the GBA and nurturing talents. As the skill assessment institute for the Hong Kong construction industry, the HKCITTC actively participated in meetings and discussions related to formulation of the GBA standards, taking forward the relevant work, and the GBA standards for the first two pilot trades (i.e. painter and bricklayer) were announced and the “One Examination, Multiple Certification” arrangement was taken forward in March 2025. In light of the feedback from the industry pertaining to the difficulty in finding suitable sites for the Safety Accreditation Scheme on-site safety assessments, the HKCITTC is rebuilding one of its workshops to provide simulated scenarios as an alternative site option for the OSHC’s Safety Accreditation Scheme on-site safety assessments. To provide further protection for truss-out scaffolding workers, joint discussions between the CIC, Development Bureau, Labour Department, OSHC, and the Employees’ Compensation Insurance Residual Scheme Bureau Limited (ECIRSB), aiming to offer support the provision of suitable employees’ compensation insurance for truss-out scaffolding workers by truss-out scaffolding contractors, took place in 2024 and applaudable progress has been made. Starting from 2025, the ECIRSB will offer various discounts on employees’ compensation insurance to truss-out scaffolding contractors, who have appointed the holders of the truss-out scaffolding safety training certificate as their employees and/ or themselves registered as the registered specialist trade contractor and/or become Star Enterprises under the Safety Accreditation Scheme, to further enhance the protection of truss-out scaffolding workers. Representatives from the Development Bureau, Labour Department, Occupational Safety and Health Council, and the Employees’ Compensation Insurance Residual Scheme Bureau Limited visited the HKCITTC